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IsraelWith the double-envelope ballots counted, Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc has 53 seats and Gadi Eisenkot’s 48. Arab-led parties hold 19, and official results are due on 4 November.
GermanyWith euro-area inflation at 3.8%, the bank paused after two increases this year. Lagarde will leave…
IsraelLikud says the vote was stolen through bribery, intimidation and forged ballots. Israel Police say…
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IndiaThe Sensex closed at 74,151 and the Nifty at 22,937. Realty and PSU banks led the gains, while…
IranEight months after US and Israeli strikes began, a ceasefire has collapsed, the Strait of Hormuz is…
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ChinaThe deep quake struck about 400 km from Lhasa. Rescue teams and hundreds of police were sent to the epicentre.
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JapanIsrael120 seats, a 61-seat majority, and a clock that starts ticking once the president hands someone the mandate.
JordanAmman says it killed more than 20 Islamic State militants. Syria says seven people died, including three children and a woman.
IsraelFollow the count, the reactions and the coalition arithmetic as Israel waits for official results.
FranceThe government also capped first-year classes in public high schools at 28 pupils. Student unions say the fight goes on.
United KingdomUnited KingdomThe Bayern Munich striker scored 73 goals for club and country. Kylian Mbappé was second and Lamine Yamal third; Alexia Putellas won the women’s…
GreeceAthens joins a growing list of governments setting a minimum age for social platforms. The hard part will be enforcing it.
United StatesGovernor Lisa Cook and Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack wanted a quarter-point increase. Markets now see a strong chance of a hike in December.
United StatesWith a narrow majority and rising pressure from voters, lawmakers face a test of whether legislating is still possible.
United StatesLayoffs, refocused ambitions, and a new generation of founders are redrawing the map of American innovation.
BrazilDonald Trump said Brazil’s 25 October vote “looked like another rigged election.” He offered no evidence — and the losing side accepted the result.
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DR CongoThe CDC calls it the second-largest Ebola outbreak on record. This week a community health worker was killed while raising awareness about the disease.
AustraliaCommunities are combining Indigenous knowledge and modern science to live with a season that has grown more severe.
The government is examining whether to lower the 12.5% LTCG rate before the next Budget. Here is how the tax works today, with a worked example.
A busy diplomatic week: the 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum, talks between Narendra Modi and Donald Tusk, and an Indian Navy squadron in the Maldives.
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Thirty golds, 35 silvers and 49 bronzes in Aichi-Nagoya beat India’s previous best of 108 from Hangzhou 2023.
A continent that regulates technology well is asking whether it can also build it, and what that would cost.
Local races for school boards, sheriffs, and judges shape daily life more than any presidency, yet draw the…
A billion voters, a million polling stations, and weeks of voting: how India stages democracy at scale.
A quick guide to oil benchmarks, the “risk premium”, and why a missile in Saudi Arabia can raise prices at an Indian petrol pump.
Trend Micro’s TrendAI unit says Discover-Tech was among the biggest sources of ads shown to satellite-internet users.
From Canberra to Athens, governments are drawing legal lines. Here are the arguments — and the practical problems.
Mega-constellations have multiplied the number of satellites overhead. The rules of the road have not kept…
Light-switched brain cells, neutrinos from deep space, the chemistry of left- and right-handed molecules, a…
Images from the edge of the observable cosmos are answering old questions and asking better new ones.
Behind the headlines, researchers are solving the unglamorous problems that will decide whether quantum lives…
The strain behind the DR Congo outbreak is a different species from the one targeted by the licensed Ebola vaccine.
The UN climate summit runs from 9 to 20 November. Finance, national climate plans and fossil fuels will dominate — with oil above $110 in…
The package targets one of India’s most polluted river stretches. The test will be whether sewage treatment keeps pace with the city.
India’s cue-sports great added the WBL World Billiards Championship to a record that already spans billiards…
Sanju Samson’s 67 off 33 and Naman Dhir’s unbeaten 42 gave India a four-wicket win and a 1–0 lead in the…
A handful of nations are fighting for the last places at the tournament, where a single goal can define a…
India won 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze in Aichi–Nagoya. China topped the table with 341 medals; the next…
The archaeological site on the Mahanadi is known for its early brick temple and Buddhist monasteries.
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