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Will import duty war push India to open its markets?
Getty Images Ahead of PM Modi’s meeting with Trump in February, India cut tariffs on some US products India has usually turned to economic reforms in times of distress, with the most famous example being 1991, when the country embraced liberalisation in the face of a deep financial crisis. Now, with US President Donald Trump’s…
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Israel extends ground operations in Gaza after deadly air strikes
Megan Fisher and Emir Nader in London and Jerusalem Israel Defense Forces The IDF said it had begun “targeted ground activities” in Gaza Israel says it has extended its ground operations in Gaza, after launching a wave of air strikes that the Hamas-run health ministry says killed more than 430 people in two days. The…
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Tesla’s challenges run deeper than controversy around Elon Musk
Theo Leggett International Business Correspondent BBC “This has been our family car for three years, and it has been an absolute dream,” says Ben Kilbey as he shows me his gleaming pearl-white Tesla Model Y. Ben is a staunch electric car advocate. He runs a communications firm that promotes sustainable businesses in the UK. Yet…
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Whistleblower reveals Colombia oil giant’s ‘awful’ pollution
Owen Pinnell BBC Eye Investigations BBC An iridescent film could be seen on the water surface in some places the BBC visited Colombian energy giant Ecopetrol has polluted hundreds of sites with oil, including water sources and biodiverse wetlands, the BBC World Service has found. Data leaked by a former employee reveals more than 800…
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Strangers twice as kind as we think, study suggests
Getty Images Strangers are about twice as kind as people think, a study looking at happiness across the globe suggests. This year’s World Happiness Report – released on Thursday – measured trust in strangers by deliberately losing wallets, seeing how many were returned and comparing that with how many people thought would be handed in.…
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Venezuelan mother says son sent to El Salvador mega-prison from US
Nicole Kolster and Gustavo Ocando Alex BBC Mundo in Venezuela Nicole Kolster/BBC Mundo Myrelis Casique López insists her son is innocent and not a gang member Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, at the White House In a poor neighbourhood of the Venezuelan city of Maracay, the mother of 24-year-old Francisco José García Casique was waiting…
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Ex-researcher sentenced to death for spying, Beijing says
A former engineer at a Chinese research institute has been sentenced to death for selling classified material to foreign spy agencies, Chinese authorities said. After he resigned from the institute, the researcher, identified by his surname Liu, came up with a “carefully designed” plan to sell intelligence to foreign agencies, according to an article published…
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Trump hails ‘very good’ phone call with Zelensky
US President Donald Trump has held what he described as a “very good” hour-long phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky. Writing on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump said the call was aimed at aligning Ukraine and Russia “in terms of their requests and needs”, adding that ceasefire efforts were on track.…
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Who is Turkey’s arrested opposition leader?
Cagil Kasapoglu BBC World Service EPA Ekrem Imamoglu, the Turkish presidential hopeful detained on charges including corruption and aiding a terrorist group, is one of the country’s most popular politicians. A leading figure in the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and mayor of Istanbul, the 54-year-old has long been seen as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s…
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Hungary bans LGBT Pride marches sparking protests
Getty Images Protesters blocked a bridge in Budapest after the law passed on Tuesday Hungary has passed a law banning Pride marches held by the LGBTQ+ community, sparking outrage in and out of the country. Parliament voted for the measure just a day after the bill was submitted on Monday, in a process fast-tracked by…
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