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The prime minister warned that reliance on other nations is detrimental to the national economy Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country’s true enemy is not another nation but dependence on foreign powers. Speaking at an event in Gujarat, where he launched maritime projects worth over $40 billion, Modi said India is “progressing with the sentiment of being a …

Golaj is a village in northwestern Albania with a population today of around 4,000 and just a ten-minute drive from the town of Has. In recent years the community has seen most of its young people leave in search of a better life. The only jobs available in the village tend to be low paid ones in farming or roadside …

The White House issued a major clarification on Saturday to its new H-1B visa policy that had rattled the tech industry a day earlier, saying a US$100,000 fee will be a “one-time” payment imposed only on new applicants. US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick had repeatedly said on Friday that the fee would be applied annually, but a White House official …

Federal Communications Commission head Brendan Carr’s threats against the network are “dangerous as hell,” Ted Cruz has said Prominent Republican Senator Ted Cruz has broken ranks with his colleagues and slammed “mafioso” style threats made by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) against US broadcasters regarding the ABC program Jimmy Kimmel Live. The television channel indefinitely suspended Kimmel’s late-night show on …

Vladimir Putin plans to slap higher taxes on rich Russians as he desperately searches for more money to fund his war in Ukraine. The Kremlin boss said the government was considering increasing levies on dividends or raising tax rates on luxury goods – both of which measures would hit wealthy citizens. He noted that the US had done something similar …

Friday’s phone call between the leaders of China and the United States could deliver a marked – if fragile – improvement in stability in the world’s most consequential relationship, Chinese observers said. However, they also sounded a note of caution. One analyst highlighted serious sources of friction, such as confrontations in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, while …

Kiev’s heavy-handed mobilization tactics have driven a large-scale exodus of potential conscripts Authorities in Poland have detained two Ukrainian train drivers and the two passengers they had tried to smuggle into the country illegally. The railway workers have been accused of participating in a human trafficking operation, according to a statement from the Polish Border Guard. Kiev has turned to …

“Dictators,” Churchill observed, “ride to and fro on tigers from which they dare not dismount.” “And,” he added, “the tigers are getting hungry.” EXPERT PERSPECTIVE / OPINION — Churchill penned those words when mankind was on the precipice of what would be the most devastating conflict in human history. The men who took it over the edge – Adolf Hitler, …

One of Spain’s busiest airports is about to get a major upgrade thanks to an eyewatering €1.5 billion (£1.3 billion) expansion plan. Once the upgrades are complete, passengers travelling through Malaga Airport – a gateway for holidaymakers in the Costa del Sol and the rest of Andalusia – will no longer need to remove liquids or laptops from their bags. …

A new accountability system for senior civil servants is targeted at strengthening the fitness of government departments and raising public trust in authorities, Hong Kong’s leader has said. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu told a radio programme on Saturday the measure would push department heads to consistently look for areas for improvement, likening the practice to regular exercise. In his …