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Huge demonstrations bring down Nepal’s government

Published on Sep 10, 2025 03:00 PM IST

Prisoners burn furniture and other items outside the Dilli Bazaar jail as they try to breakout, following protests against Monday's killing of 19 people after anti-corruption protests triggered by a social media ban which was later lifted, in Kathmandu, Nepal, September 10(REUTERS)

Indonesia’s new president has daddy issues

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto delivers his annual State of the Nation Address, ahead of the country's Independence Day in Jakarta Friday, Aug. 15, 2025.(AP)

Updated on Sep 10, 2025 02:59 PM IST

China wants a military base in the heart of the Pacific

In this undated handout photo released by the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force, a member of the Chinese Police Liaison Team performs during a ‘community engagement event’ in the capital of Honiara, in the Pacific nation of Solomon Islands.(Via AFP)

Published on Sep 10, 2025 08:00 AM IST

The invasion of Chicago has been postponed

Chicago's Mexican community proceeds with a Mexican Independence Day parade(REUTERS)

Published on Sep 10, 2025 06:00 AM IST

A budget battle offers Democrats a chance to show some backbone

Photo: AFP

Published on Sep 09, 2025 07:00 PM IST

Faith in God-like large language models is waning

FILE PHOTO: A message reading

Published on Sep 09, 2025 06:00 PM IST

The promise and peril of Ethiopia’s new mega-dam

FILE PHOTO: The Blue Nile River is seen as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam reservoir fills near the Ethiopia-Sudan border, in this broad spectral image taken November 6, 2020. (via REUTERS)

Published on Sep 09, 2025 05:00 PM IST

Why female pop stars are lambasting mediocre men

US singer Sabrina Carpenter accepts the award for Best Album for

Published on Sep 09, 2025 04:00 PM IST

A reshuffle and a raucous conference show the misery of power

Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire Andrea Jenkyns, Britain's Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage and Reform UK MP Richard Tice attend the Reform UK party conference, in Birmingham, Britain, September 6(REUTERS)

Published on Sep 09, 2025 03:35 PM IST

The Farage power project

Participants stand in front of a build-up 'Deportation Departures board' before British Reform party leader Nigel Farage addresses journalists during a press conference in a hangar at Oxford Airport in Kidlington, England, Aug. 26(AP FILE)

Published on Sep 08, 2025 07:00 PM IST

How America’s Democrats might win back power

Protestors march from City Hall to the Federal Building on June 14, 2025 in Los Angeles, California following the the

Published on Sep 08, 2025 06:30 PM IST

The sinister brilliance of Donald Trump’s security theatre

U.S. Army National Guard Humvees park near the Washington Monument after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department under the Home Rule Act to assist with crime prevention in the nation's capital, Washington, D.C., U.S(REUTERS)

Published on Sep 08, 2025 05:00 PM IST

China’s urban planners could determine the future of city life

When Mr Xi took power in 2012, about half of the population was living in urban areas. Now, two-thirds do, an increase of some 220m people(REUTERS)

Published on Sep 08, 2025 04:30 PM IST

Japan’s new leadership struggle is far from business as usual

Shigeru Ishiba, Japan's prime minister, resigns during a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo(Bloomberg)

Updated on Sep 08, 2025 03:08 AM IST

After a tax scandal, Britain’s government gets a shake-up

Photo: REUTERS

Published on Sep 08, 2025 03:05 AM IST

Is the decline of reading making politics dumber?

Photo: Pixabay

Published on Sep 05, 2025 07:00 PM IST

Why nuclear is now a booming industry

Photo: Plants Vogtle Units 1-4 Georgia Power Company

Published on Sep 05, 2025 06:00 PM IST

Fires, earthquakes and inflation are putting tourists off Turkey

Tourists take photos in an open-air studio with a view of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, July 19, 2025(AP)

Published on Sep 05, 2025 05:00 PM IST

Putin’s petrostate faces a kamikaze petrol crisis

Smoke rises from the Unecha oil pumping station during a fire, in Unechsky district, Bryansk region, Russia, August 21(@MAGYARBIRDS via REUTERS )

Published on Sep 04, 2025 06:00 PM IST

How to study people who are very drunk

Researchers are also increasingly making use of real-world data gathered for other purposes. (AP FILE)

Published on Sep 04, 2025 06:00 PM IST

Schools should banish smartphones from the classroom

Smartphones are far from the only problem schools face. But they are one that is easy to solve.(Unsplash)

Published on Sep 04, 2025 06:00 PM IST

Chicago’s criminals are learning more lucrative tricks

When it comes to street theft in Chicago these days, the clipboard is mightier than the Glock 9.

Published on Sep 04, 2025 04:32 PM IST

Ten years later, “Wir schaffen das” has proved a pyrrhic victory

(FILES) Hundreds of migrants walk on the Elisabet Bridge after leaving the transit zone of the Budapest main train station, on September 4, 2015 intenting on walking to the Austrian border.

Published on Sep 03, 2025 07:00 PM IST

China turns crypto-curious

Published on Sep 03, 2025 06:00 PM IST

Scientists are discovering a powerful new way to prevent cancer

Cancerous cells can also be outcompeted.

Published on Sep 03, 2025 05:30 PM IST

Who is winning in AI—China or America?

China’s AI investors and officials are upbeat.(AFP FILE)

Published on Sep 03, 2025 05:00 PM IST

Xi Jinping’s anti-American party

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025 at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Centre in Tianjin, China, (REUTERS FILE)

Published on Sep 03, 2025 04:36 PM IST

What Finland could teach Ukraine about war and peace

U.S. President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Finland's President Alexander Stubb walk during a meeting, amid negotiations to end the Russian war in Ukraine, at the White House on August 18, 2025(REUTERS)

Published on Sep 02, 2025 06:30 PM IST

America is escaping its office crisis

Photo: Pixabay

Published on Sep 02, 2025 04:30 PM IST

The threat of deflation stalks Asia’s economies

People shop at a market in Bangkok, Thailand, August 24, 2025. (REUTERS)

Published on Sep 02, 2025 03:30 PM IST

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