CHENNAI – Close to 970 million Indians start voting today as India holds its general election with polls suggesting that incumbent Prime Minister, Narendra Modi will win a third term in the world’s largest democracy. “Many Indians view Modi as a ‘strongman figure’.
Astronomers have made a “once-in-a-lifetime” discovery – the largest known black hole in our galaxy, the Milky Way. Dubbed Gaia BH3, the huge region of spacetime is believed to be 33 times the size of the Sun, according to a new study published
Drone attacks against the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) earlier this month were part of a “well-planned false flag operation” by Russia, Ukraine has said. Kyiv’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Sergiy Kyslytsya told a Security Council meeting on Monday
Two Russian oligarchs began giving evidence in a court showdown yesterday as part of a battle over a chemicals business. Alexander Gorbachev, an asylum seeker, is suing sanctioned businessman Andrey Guryev for a return of his claimed share in fertiliser giant PhosAgro.
A massive missile and drone attack destroyed one of Ukraine’s largest power plants and damaged others, officials said Thursday, part of a renewed Russian campaign targeting energy infrastructure. The Trypilska plant, which was the biggest energy supplier for the Kyiv, Cherkasy and
High-profile real estate tycoon Truong My Lan was sentenced to death Thursday in Vietnam’s largest ever financial fraud case. The 67-year-old — who chaired a company that developed luxury hotels and apartments — was charged with fraud totaling $12.5 billion. Lan’s arrest
LONDON (AP) — Steelworkers at Britain’s largest steel production plant voted to strike for the first time in around 40 years to protest the planned loss of 2,800 jobs by Indian owner Tata Steel, union officials said Thursday. The Unite trade union
Kemi Badenoch hailed new figures showing Brexit Britain is now the world’s fourth largest exporter of goods and services. The Business and Trade Secretary said the UK is “punching above its weight on trade” after moving up from seventh place the year
A senior Ukrainian official has denied Russian accusations that his country’s army fired exploding drones at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, which the Kremlin’s forces have been occupying and running in southern Ukraine since shortly after the war began more than two
A terrifying nuclear disaster warning has been issued after the largest power plant in Europe was bombed. The giant Russian-held Zaporizhzhia facility, which holds six reactors, is in Ukraine, right on the frontline of the conflict. Russia has blamed Ukraine for Sunday’s