ALL Accor Visa Greater China 20% Off Premium Bookings Through September 30, 2026 (Book By Sep 30)

Accor and Visa have launched an offer for stays at hotels in Greater China (Mainland, Macau & Hong Kong) that is valid for stays through September 30, 2026. ALL Accor members must use promotional code VISAIN when making the booking and then settle...

United States Military Conducts Lethal Strike On Boat In Pacific For First Time

Last Updated:October 23, 2025, 01:49 IST The United States military, directed by Trump, struck a narco-trafficking vessel in the eastern Pacific, eliminating 2 terrorists. Pete Hegseth protected the action as crucial for United States security...

The spice islands where a Chinese community clings to what colonisers left

The dinghy glides across the 100 metres that separate the islands of Banda Neira and Banda Api, and moors under the flanks of the cone-shaped Gunung Api, “fire mountain” in Bahasa Indonesia. My boatman, a small, scrawny fellow named Ambon, points...

Shanghai Commercial Bank Unveils “From Shanghai to Hong Kong, Connecting the World” Exhibition To Mark Its 75th Anniversary

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 27 October 2025 – Shanghai Commercial Bank (the Bank) is pleased to celebrate its 75th anniversary with a series of events starting with a landmark exhibition, “From Shanghai to Hong Kong, Connecting the...

Bhairav Battalions: Inside India’s ‘lean and mean’ elite Army units that can launch surprise attacks on the enemy

The Indian Army is gearing up for a major transformation, which will make it even more lethal to its enemies. In the next six months, India plans to raise 25 Bhairav Battalions, said Lieutenant General Ajay Kumar, the Director General of the...

Oppo Find X9 series goes on sale in China

Oppo’s newest flagship mobile phones are now offered for purchase in China. The Find X9 and Find X9 Pro were revealed recently. Both phones are powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9500 SoC and run Android 16-based ColorOS 16. The base Find X9 begins...

Bank Indonesia Successfully Hosts the Peak Event of IN2MOTIONFEST 2025, Showcasing 1,785 Modest Fashion

Jakarta, Indonesia (ANTARA/PRNewswire)- Teaming up with the Indonesian Fashion Chamber (IFC), Bank Indonesia successfully held the peak event of the Indonesia International Modest Fashion Festival (IN2MOTIONFEST) 2025 from October 8–12, 2025, at...

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis, Governor Acharya Devvrat To Honour Launch Of New Book Tracing PM Modi’s Life On October 24

A book, titled "Modi's Mission", tracing the personal journey of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will be launched on October 24. | X @Rupa_Books New Delhi: A book, titled "Modi's Mission", tracing the personal journey of Prime Minister Narendra...

New Book 'Modi's Mission' Explores Narendra Modi's Idea-Driven Leadership

A new book titled 'Modi's Mission', written by Berjis Desai and published by Rupa Publications, explores the journey of Narendra Modi from childhood in Vadnagar to becoming PM. Desai presents it not as a standard biography but as a story of an...

‘They told me not to speak out’: the woman who took on China – and won her husband’s freedom

Zeynure Hasan was at home in Istanbul in July 2021 when her husband finally called. It had been four days since she last heard from him as he got ready to board a flight to Casablanca. The silence had been torturous. But the news Idris now shared...

Zadie Smith is turning 50. She’s anxious about her birthday party but we’re all invited into her new book

Zadie Smith’s first novel, the lively northwest London–set “White Teeth,” exploded into the zeitgeist 25 years and half her life ago. Ever since, she’s been contributing significantly to the culture with novels and essays, book criticism and...

‘Modi’s Mission’: New book on Prime Minister’s journey from Vadnagar to PMO to be unveiled tomorrow

‘Modi’s Mission’: New book on Prime Minister’s journey from Vadnagar to PMO to be unveiled tomorrow New Delhi: A new book titled ‘Modi Mission’ is set to join the list of biographies written about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s extraordinary life...

The rare-earths travesty with China

RICH LOWRY In the 1960s, the conservative intellectual James Burnham wrote a book arguing that the decline of Western civilization was a self-imposed choice. The volume, famously called “Suicide of the West,” desperately needs to be updated with...

'Significant upside': Buy Tata Steel shares on European turnaround, says Nomura India

Nomura India has initiated coverage on Tata Steel with a ‘Buy’ rating and a target price of Rs 215, implying a potential upside of around 25 per cent. The brokerage cited strong domestic demand, a turnaround in European operations, and improving...

María Berrío creates fantastical worlds from Japanese-paper collages in New York

In the work of New York-based Colombian artist María Berrío, nothing is quite as it seems. Otherworldly tales are part myth, part memory, delicately rendered in watercolour on Japanese paper. Her paintings are unexpectedly rife with familiar and...

CADTM Asia—Activities Report 2025

Across the region, the political context revealed a worrying convergence of debt dependency and austerity. In Sri Lanka, debt restructuring dominated national politics, with IMF IMF International Monetary Fund Along with the World Bank, the IMF...

US Treasuries may nudge India bonds higher, but breach of key levels unlikely

Indian government bonds are expected to see a marginal uptick after a two-day holiday break, tracking a rally in U.S. Treasuries as there is no fresh debt supply from the central government this week. The yield on the benchmark 10-year note may...

Dr. Berberian and Dr. Grigor Discuss Their Research and New Book on Armenian Women in Iran,

Armenian women, as a minoritized ethnoreligious and gender category, played a pivotal role in shaping Iranian modernity. Dr. Houri Berberian (Professor of History, Meghrouni Family Presidential Chair in Armenian Studies, and Director of the Center...

Waaree Energies: YES Securities, Nomura India shares target prices post Q2 results

A couple of brokerages are positive on Waaree Energies following its strong September-quarter performance, driven by higher volumes, backward integration benefits, and robust demand across domestic and international markets. Nomura said Waaree...

‘Salt and Pepper’: American Turncoats Who Fought for the Enemy in Vietnam

by Susan Katz Keating It remains one of the strangest and most unsettling unsolved mysteries of the Vietnam War. The stories were too strange to be true; and at first, no one believed them. American patrols in Vietnam returned from the jungles...