Stubborn inflation and the Iran war are testing Trump’s economic credibility, threatening to turn household cost pressures into a major liability for Republicans in the November 3 midterms
India must invest in its young people, rethink its strategic dependence on Washington and work with Beijing to shape a
The UAE’s bid for the top job intensifies with Gulf backing, but allegations of Abu Dhabi’s support for Sudan’s RSF could complicate Lana Nusseibeh’s bid to succeed Antonio Guterres
Independent filmmaker Shobhita Thakur’s debut fiction short, The One Who Plays (Khilawadi), has won the Best Short Film Award at
Record security deployment fails to quell France’s mounting unrest, with a possibility to spread it further
Pakistan’s LPG imports from Iran grind to a halt amid border restrictions and import-clearance disputes, sending cylinder prices soaring and stoking fears of worsening shortages as winter approaches
From alleged surveillance and a cross-state manhunt to a suspected Bishnoi gang link, investigators are tracing the shooters, the weapons and the mystery of who ordered the attack
THE SAMOSA SUMMIT Rahul Gandhi’s high tea for INDIA bloc leaders at his Sunehri Bagh Road residence in New Delhi
India’s government-school network has shrunk by nearly 94,000
institutions in a decade. The official argument is that mergers and
rationalisation can improve efficiency and make better use of
teachers and infrastructure. But where is the evidence that children
are learning more as a result? And what happens when the school
closest to a child’s home disappears?
Brazil’s president defeats Flávio Bolsonaro, preserving ties with China and BRICS. But tensions with Washington and a conservative Congress could constrain his agenda
