Global debt dipped in the third quarter though it remained near the record high set in June, while debt in emerging markets hit a fresh record high of $92.5 trillion, a report showed on Wednesday. Total debt, including that owed by governments, households and companies, dipped to $296 trillion at the end of September, after…Continue Reading
SynopsisThe Defence Minister was speaking at the inauguration of a three-day event ‘Rashtra Raksha Samarpan Parv’ which will see Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching several new initiatives of the ministry on November 19 marking the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Rani Lakshmi Bai.Agencies”After independence, women did not get a chance to participate very actively in…Continue Reading
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Prince Charles has assured the public that his mother, Queen Elizabeth, is doing “all right” following a series of health scares.“She’s all right, thank you very much,” the Prince of Wales told Sky News royal correspondent Rhiannon Mills on Tuesday, during a trip to Jordan. “Once you get to 95, it’s not quite as easy…Continue Reading
LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II met with the British military’s chief of staff at Windsor Castle on Wednesday, the first time she was seen carrying out a face-to-face engagement since she missed the national Remembrance Sunday service due to a sprained back.The 95-year-old monarch looked well as she chatted with Gen. Nick Carter in…Continue Reading
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials on Tuesday rejected accusations that they endangered astronauts aboard the International Space Station by conducting a weapons test that created more than 1,500 pieces of space junk but a White House official said the move by Russia would threaten activities in space “for years to come.”U.S. officials on Monday accused…Continue Reading
Signage is seen at the headquarters of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 12, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File PhotoWASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday voted in favor of allowing investors who vote by proxy more freedom to choose their candidates during contested…Continue Reading
SAO PAULO, Nov 17 (Reuters) – Brazilian military police clashed with an indigenous group in the northern Amazon state of Roraima during an operation to remove a roadblock, the state government said on Wednesday, as tensions mounted on the reserve over illegal gold mining and land invasions.The Raposa Serra do Sol reserve, site of the…Continue Reading
An Alitalia aeroplane comes into land at Rome’s Fiumicino airport September 14, 2004. REUTERS/Tony Gentile/File PhotoMILAN, Nov 17 (Reuters) – Alitalia on Wednesday launched the sale of its Millemiglia loyalty programme, in another step to dispose its assets before being wound down.The troubled Italian carrier, which last month was replaced by state-owned ITA Airways, said…Continue Reading
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko chairs a meeting, dedicated to the migrant crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border, in Minsk, Belarus November 16, 2021. Nikolai Petrov/BelTA/Handout via REUTERS BERLIN, Nov 17 (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke again with Belarus’s Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday, stressing the need to let the United Nations and the European Commission…Continue Reading