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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s parliament speaker registered Monday for the June 28 presidential election. The entry of Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf brings a prominent candidate with close ties to the country’s parliamentary Revolutionary Guard into the race to replace President Ebrahim Raisi, who died along with seven others in a helicopter crash on […]

Insights from The Economic Times, NDTV, Financial Times, Bloomberg and Al Jazeera The news Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party appear to be on their way to a historic third term as leader of India. Exit polls show that the BJP is on course to win a majority of seats in

FILE – Joe Ajaero, center chairman of the Nigerian Labor Congress, speaks during a protest against the recent electricity tariff increase in Abuja Nigeria, Monday, May 13, 2024. Africa’s most populous country came to a standstill on Monday, June 3. 2024, with an electricity blackout and the closure of major airports, as unions began striking

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A foreign national was detained Monday in the Romanian capital after allegedly attacking the entrance to the Israeli embassy with a Molotov cocktail, causing a small fire but causing no casualties, local media and police reported . A 34-year-old man was apprehended by anti-terrorism officers from the Romanian Intelligence Service before

Left-wing government candidate Claudia Sheinbaum will become Mexico’s first female president after her rivals conceded in an election marred by political violence. “I would like to thank the millions of Mexican women and men who voted for us on this historic day,” Sheinbaum said, as supporters gathered in Mexico City to celebrate with fireworks. The

The incident has led to a rare outpouring of sympathy for the police (AFP) Kenyan police have arrested a 19-year-old motorist who was filmed beating up a traffic policeman on a road in the capital Nairobi. In a widely shared video, the man can be seen attacking the police officer with punches and kicks to

BERLIN (AP) — The death toll from flooding in much of southern Germany rose to two Monday as the body of a missing woman was found. Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited the flooded area and officials warned that water levels could rise further in some areas. The body of the 43-year-old, who rescuers had been searching

TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda apologized Monday for massive cheating in certification tests for seven vehicle models, while the automaker halted production of three of them. The extensive faulty testing at Japan’s largest automaker involved the use of inadequate or outdated data in crash tests and improper tests of airbag deployment and rear

Germany will miss its target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 65% ​​below 1990 levels by 2030, according to the government’s climate advisory body. Contrary to previous statements by Minister of Economy and Climate Robert Habeck, the Council of Experts on Climate Change believes that the 2030 target will not be achieved. In March, Habeck

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has again praised Islamic groups for their conflict with Israel. “An army that claims to be one of the strongest in the world has failed at home,” Khamenei told thousands of supporters in Tehran on Monday. The conflict in Gaza has set the “Zionist regime on a path that