India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with former U.S. President Donald Trump before a meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on February 25, 2020. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images This report is from this week’s CNBC’s “Inside India” newsletter which brings you timely, insightful news and market commentary on the emerging…
A look at Trump’s cabinet and key roles… in 74 seconds US President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign is circling the wagons round several of his cabinet nominees as they come under heavy scrutiny, including claims of misconduct. His defence secretary pick Pete Hegseth denies a sexual assault allegation and potential attorney general Matt Gaetz is at…
Temperatures are cooling in Japan, but interest in visiting shows no signs of abating, as autumn arrivals continue to outpace pre-pandemic levels. The country welcomed 2.93 million foreign visitors in August, followed by another 2.87 million visitors in September — well above the 2.52 million and 2.27 million who arrived during those same months in…
Reuters Trump with Gabbard on the campaign trail If personnel really does amount to policy, then we’ve learned a lot this week about how Donald Trump intends to govern in his second term. More than a dozen major appointments, some of which will require Senate approval, offer a clearer picture of the team entrusted to…
Getty Images Oscar thinks he has the looks and charm of former One Direction band member, Harry Styles There is something quite bold about telling people you look like someone famous – especially if your supposed doppelganger is one of the world’s biggest heartthrobs. But that hasn’t put off the hundreds of men in the…
Argentina’s courts have ordered the arrest of 61 Brazilians facing jail sentences for their involvement in the Brasilia riots last year. In January 2023, supporters of Brazil’s former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro stormed Congress in an attempted overthrow of the new left-wing government led by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, commonly known as Lula. Hundreds…
An Airbus A350-941 from Singapore Airlines is preparing to take off on the runway at Barcelona-El Prat Airport in Barcelona, Spain, on May 1, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Shares of Singapore Airlines dropped after the city-state’s flag carrier reported a fall of almost 50% in net profit for its first half…
Afreen Fatima Politician Javed Mohammad’s house was demolished in 2022 “You can be homesick at home, you know?” That’s how Afreen Fatima, an activist from the northern Indian city of Prayagraj, finds herself feeling, every now and then. In the summer of 2022, Ms Fatima’s childhood home – a yellow-brick two-storeyed house in the bustling…
Ahead of his White House return in 2025, Donald Trump has made several contentious hires in his new administration. Among his picks for Cabinet positions are Congressman Matt Gaetz, Florida Senator Marco Rubio and former presidential rival and vaccine sceptic Robert F Kennedy Jr, who will all require approval from the Senate. Here’s a quick…
Supplied Afghans wait to attempt to cross into Turkey, in a still from a video sent to the BBC by a people smuggler The first time Azaan made the jump across the wall, he broke his arm. Braving the 20ft (6m) drop into a wide trench below is, for many Afghans, the only way to…
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