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JFK assassination documents bared, but Trump holds back hundreds
27 Oct 2017
The release date of the documents was mandated in 1992, but despite having months to prepare for it, Trump’s decision came down to a last-minute debate with intelligence agencies on what to withhold
Saudi Arabia to spend $500 bn on futuristic city with fully green power
26 Oct 2017
Saudi Arabia is getting into the city-building business with a new mega-city that will span three different countries and be powered completely by alternative or green energy
Xi Jinping gets fresh 5-year term, name added to Chinese constitution
24 Oct 2017
President Xi Jinping has emerged stronger than ever as an amendment to the constitution made his ideology a new component of the Communist Party of China’s guide for action, while Premier Li Keqiang also won a fresh term
Abe’s big election win bolsters Japanese markets
23 Oct 2017
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who assumed office in December 2012, now looks set to secure a third three-year term as LDP leader next September and go on to become Japan’s longest-serving premier
Don’t push for veto power in UN, Nikki Haley tells India
18 Oct 2017
'The key to getting India on the UN Security Council would have to be not to touch the veto,’ says US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, adding that the five nations with veto power are unwilling to share it
Russia to issue its own ‘CryptoRuble’: report
17 Oct 2017
The CryptoRouble, however, could not in any way be seen as an affirmation or legalisation of Bitcoin or any other decentralised cryptocurrency, which will remain banned in Russia
Warming seas could lead to 70% increase in hurricane-related financial loss
16 Oct 2017
If oceans warm at a rate predicted by a UN-sponsored group that assesses climate change research, expected financial losses caused by hurricanes could increase to $12 billion by 2100
Trump inks executive order to bypass Congress, undercut Obamacare
13 Oct 2017
Trump’s order cuts off subsidies to health insurance companies for low-income patients and instead lets small businesses band together to buy cheaper, less regulated health plans for their employees, which, however, may not be available until 2019
Scientists find gold in Swiss sewage system
13 Oct 2017
World's 'better' countries have higher rates of cancer
12 Oct 2017
The world's "better" countries, with greater access to healthcare, experience much higher rates of cancer incidence than the world's "worse off" countries, according to new research
World's 'better' countries have higher rates of cancer
12 Oct 2017
The world's "better" countries, with greater access to healthcare, experience much higher rates of cancer incidence than the world's "worse off" countries, according to new research
UK Farm incomes could halve after Brexit: Report
12 Oct 2017
Global economic recovery gaining pace: IMF
11 Oct 2017
Proof of Russian meddling in US poll grows; Google, Microsoft to probe
11 Oct 2017
The revelations add to the evidence that the Russian disinformation campaign had not only multiple targets among US technology companies but also multiple centres of operations
WTO: India to push food security issue
09 Oct 2017
India, particularly, will insist that a permanent solution on public stock holding be one of the deliverables in Buenos Aires as was promised at the Ministerial meets in Nairobi and Bali
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to anti-Nuke campaign group ICAN
06 Oct 2017
The Nobel Committee cited a rising risk of nuclear war and the spread of weapons in the light of the North Korean threat to bestow the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize on the campaign group seeking a global ban on nuclear arms
Russia in $3-bn missile defence deal with Saudi Arabia
06 Oct 2017
Saudi Aramco and Russian oil companies also signed several agreements on oil technology amidst new developments on the energy front that tend to put a squeeze on oil demand
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