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After a gap of over seven years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to travel to China later this month to attend the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.
Bangladesh will hold its next national elections in February 2026. The Election Commission has begun preparations to make sure the elections are free, fair, and peaceful. Over 120 million people are expected to vote to choose 300 members of the national parliament.
Starting this week, representatives from over 190 countries have gathered in Geneva with one shared goal: to end the world’s growing plastic pollution crisis.
On 26 June, the Danish government proposed amendments to its copyright laws to strengthen protections against deepfakes.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing a new political crisis after an ultra-Orthodox party quit his government over a long-running dispute over mandatory military service.
U.S. President Donald Trump has announced on Monday a major policy shift on Ukraine, promising new weapons and threatening permissions on Russian export buyers unless a peace deal is done within 50 days. This move arises from his growing frustration with Moscow’s ongoing aggression.
These range from ministerial visits to revival of direct flights and pilgrimages. To call a spade by no other name, necessity rather than mutual goodwill seems to be at work.
A global jump in coffee bean prices caused in part by trade disruptions and climate change has alarmed italians. Nearly three-quarters of the Italians drink coffee by which almost always mean espresso for them at least once a day.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar recently embarked on a significant diplomatic mission to Singapore and China, visiting both countries from July 13 to 15.
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