India and Nordic countries have a new engagement, driven in part by a desire for middle powers to find common ground in the face of concerns about global powers. However, they have clear differences over ties with Russia, as said by Iceland’s Prime Minister Kristrún Mjöll Frostadóttir. Speaking to The Hindu on the sidelines of…
Novorossiysk Fuel Oil Terminal (NMT) in the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk, Russia. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A fire broke out at an oil depot in the southern Russian port of Novorossiysk following a Ukrainian drone attack, the city’s mayor said on Saturday (May 23, 2026). “As a result of falling UAV (unmanned aerial…
Prime Minister’s Shehbaz Sharif’s four-day China will add new dimensions to Pakistan-China relations. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday (May 23, 2026) departed for Hangzhou, China, in the first phase of his four-day visit to promote ties with Beijing and celebrate the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties. Also Read |…
Days after U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to China, India will chair a meeting of the Quad’s Foreign Ministers on Tuesday (May 26, 2026), with talks about a “free and open Indo-Pacific” on the top of the agenda. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will host his counterparts from the U.S., Australia, and Japan on May…
A person walks by a blocked-off road as a chemical incident involving a failing tank of flammable liquid called methyl methacrylate, used in the aerospace industry, has forced an evacuation in the surrounding area in Garden Grove, California, on May, 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Officials ordered tens of thousands of people to evacuate…
Polish airline LOT had accused Boeing of fraud and sued for $250 million in lost income after the company’s alleged “purposeful and negligent false representations and omissions concerning the 737 MAX aircraft” Source link
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Kolkata on Saturday (May 23, 2026) for his four-day diplomatic tour to India, with the city marking the opening leg of a visit that carries considerable political and historical resonance. His arrival in the eastern metropolis…
SpaceX’s Starship 39 rocket launches from Starbase during the 12th test flight as seen from South Padre Island, Texas, on May 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: AFP SpaceX launched its biggest, most powerful Starship yet on a test flight Friday (May 22, 2026), an upgraded version that NASA is counting on to land astronauts on…
In today’s episode: TVK inducts VCK and IUML leaders into its Cabinet, raising questions about the DMK’s strength; the Delhi High Court questions the WFI over Vinesh Phogat’s eligibility and more. Source link
Four workers died, and 90 were trapped underground at a coal mine in northern China after carbon monoxide reached dangerous levels at the site, the official Xinhua News Agency reported early Saturday (May 23, 2026). A total of 247 miners were underground at the Liushenyu coal mine in Shanxi Province when the accident occurred on…