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China will assume the rotating Brics presidency in 2027 and host the 19th Brics Summit. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday extended his best wishes to China, which will host the next Brics summit in 2027, saying the world now expects “concrete results” as the grouping entered its third decade.Addressing the open session...

China will assume the rotating Brics presidency in 2027 and host the 19th Brics Summit. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday extended his best wishes to China, which will host the next Brics summit in 2027, saying the world now expects “concrete results” as the grouping entered its third decade.Addressing the open session...

US embassy in London/Image: Getty Images A US diplomat accused of possessing indecent images of children on his phone was secretly removed from Britain and flown to the United States, with British authorities informed about the investigation only after his departure, The Telegraph reportedThe diplomat was working at the US embassy in London when American...

NEW DELHI: Bihar leader of opposition Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday accused the PM Modi-led Centre of giving the state “stepmotherly” treatment in flood relief, while seeking a “national disaster” tag for the flood situation.Addressing a press conference in Patna, the RJD working president criticised chief minister Samrat Choudhary and Union ministers from Bihar for “failing...

Rahul Gandhi’s Brics dinner remark draws BJP backlash NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday took a swipe at the all-vegetarian menu served at the Brics Summit gala dinner, saying that “80% of Indians are non-vegetarian”, while Union minister Kiren Rijiju accused the Congress of politicising...

USS Bataan and the USS Carter Hall (Image source: war.gov) The United States has restricted the hours during which it provides military protection specifically air protection to commercial tankers sailing through the Strait of Hormuz, after a surge in Iranian attacks on ships using the strategic waterway, according to a Financial Times report.The US has...

Russia on Sunday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping offered their services to help end the Ukraine war on the sidelines of the Brics summit.According to news agency Reuters, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed their readiness.“During their bilateral meetings, Modi and Xi took a...

Photo credit: @johnkernickphotography / Instagram When Martha Stewart purchased a 152-acre farmhouse in Katonah, New York, in 2000, the property was more than a country retreat. It became a working farm, creative laboratory and carefully managed home for an ever-growing collection of animals. Over the next 26 years, the former farmhouse evolved into Bedford Farm,...

Chinese president Xi Jinping NEW DELHI: Chinese president Xi Jinping on Sunday called on Global South countries to jointly defend the rule of law in international affairs and strengthen cooperation across areas including artificial intelligence, trade, digital industries, manufacturing and science and technology.His remarks came at the second session of the 18th Brics Summit, where...

He also explained why he no longer prefers expressing AI risks through a single probability. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has said it is more useful to assess the risks posed by artificial intelligence by examining different possible paths for its development rather than assigning a single percentage to the chances of AI causing catastrophic harm.Addressing...