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Houthis Hit Saudi Arabia as Hormuz Talks Stall, Oil Escape Route Under Pressure
Houthis Hit Saudi Arabia as Hormuz Talks Stall, Oil Escape Route Under Pressure
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Fresh attacks, a damaged pipeline and growing threats to Red Sea shipping are tightening the squeeze on Saudi oil exports. With Gulf-Iran talks postponed, the uncertainty now centres on how quickly su ...
Emmy Awards 2026: Jean Smart Goes Five for Five, Matthew Rhys Wins Twice
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Jean Smart completed her five-season Emmy sweep for Hacks, while Matthew Rhys scored a double acting victory. As India woke to television’s biggest night, Noah Wyle and Rhea Seehorn joined the winners ...
Bazball Meets KP: Two Mavericks, One England Dressing Room
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Kevin Pietersen’s England career unravelled through disputes over authority, loyalty and trust. Brendon McCullum’s rise involved a bitter captaincy controversy, a public reckoning with his own behavio ...
Trump Talks Iran Deal, Demands Hormuz Payback and Takes Aim at Google
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Donald Trump says Iran wants a deal and cheaper oil is on the way, while demanding that other countries pay for US protection of the Strait of Hormuz. Washington is also tightening sanctions over Tehr ...
Modak, Mushak & Marketing: How Brands Are Joining Ganpati Celebrations
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Pulse gives Mushak a digital role, EcoLink brings cooling to the darshan queue, Sweet Karam Coffee gets families making modakams, and Bourbon finds a festive new shape. Across Ganesh Chaturthi, brands ...
BRICS Summit 2026: Why S Jaishankar says Modi’s India proved it can bring a divided world to one table
3 min read
With Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, António Guterres and leaders from across the Global South in New Delhi, India's BRICS Summit became more than a diplomatic gathering. According to External Affairs Min ...
TV on Phones Without Mobile Data: India Could Unlock D2M’s Global Push
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India’s vast market could unlock television on phones without a data plan or SIM card. At IBC 2026 in Amsterdam, broadcast executives from the US and Brazil highlighted the country’s potential to driv ...
BRICS was a sumptuous buffet, food critics missed the menu on the table
3 min read
The effort to whip up a controversy over the vegetarian fare at the BRICS summit has little to do with food choice and more with a persistent and compulsive desire to run down the even that delivered ...
The Identity Project
12 min read
The push against illegal immigration from the High-Level Committee on Demographic Change is in step with the government’s mission led by Amit Shah for tech-driven border security and sacrosanct citize ...