President Droupadi Murmu indicated that the first Budget of PM Narendra Modi's third term will feature historic steps and accelerated reforms addressing job creation, inflation, and manufacturing. Expectations are high for a reform-oriented Budget, aiming to fulfill the 2047 development agenda. Despite BJP's reduced parliamentary majority, the government plans bold measures and new legislations, including one nation-one election and strengthening the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. President emphasized India's favorable environment and the need for lawmakers to support the country's development aspirations.

Julianne Smith reiterated that NATO will not accept countries engaged in a military conflict as its members

Alexander Grushko said that peace was an easy goal to attain through the Minsk agreements, which provided for the Lugansk and Donetsk regions reunification with Ukraine

According to the report, the Kiev government may receive 50 such howitzers

Donald Trump and President Biden are set to take the debate stage at 9 p.m. Thursday for the first time in 2024.

Winnipeg police say the occupants of a home that exploded in the Transcona neighbourhood on Wednesday were not there at the time of the blast.

A judge dismissed all sexual misconduct charges against a Newfoundland lawyer Thursday, saying repeated inconsistencies and falsehoods in the complainant's accounts eroded her credibility and left him unable to believe her allegations.

Nova Scotia Justice Minister Barbara Adams says the province's police watchdog is in talks with a civilian agency that may be willing to investigate the role of police in the wrongful murder conviction of Glen Assoun.

The Supreme Court of Canada has rejected an application from a Saskatoon man who murdered his wife.

The contents of these agreements was not disclosed

The prankers noted that they do not utilize AI algorithms in their pranks yet, but they do not rule out that they might use them in the future

«The prime minister may introduce red lines or restrictions to the president,» Sebastien Chenu said

The US and its allies launched Operation Prosperity Guardian aiming to ensure both the freedom of navigation and the safety of maritime traffic in the Red Sea

Alexey Krasnokutsky added that damage is still being assessed

The participants discussed the general idea of the exercise, the schedule of drills, the make-up of the exercise’s joint command, and other organizational issues

Alexey Krasnokutsky pointed out that the sub-munitions scattering area of ATACMS missiles was rather large, but a significant part of the territory has been inspected already

RIYADH: Secretary-General of the Islamic Military Counter-Terrorism Coalition Maj. Gen. Mohammed bin Saeed Al-Moghedi welcomed the chairman of the Academy of Strategic and Defense Studies in Oman, Maj. Gen. Hamid bin Ahmed Sakroon, to coalition headquarters on Thursday. Along with his delegation, the chairman was briefed on the coalition’s key works and its role in coordinating international efforts to combat terrorism. Its monitoring, follow-up and analysis processes were also reviewed.

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s consuls general to New York and Suez took an oath of office before the Kingdom’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan in Riyadh on Thursday. During a swearing-in ceremony, the Consul General to New York Abdullah Al-Hamdan and the Consul General to Suez Marzouq Al-Nafi’i said: “I swear by Allah Almighty to be loyal to my religion, king, and homeland, not to divulge a secret of the state’s secrets, to maintain its interests and regulations at home and abroad, and to perform my duties with honesty, integrity, and sincerity.”

RIYADH: A facility in Qassim region has been fined SR500,000 ($133,000) after the Saudi Food and Drug Authority found the documentation of a shipment it imported had been tampered with, with the intention of selling a type of fish banned from import to the Kingdom.

MADINAH: Hajj and Umrah pilgrims in Madinah are always particularly interested in those historic and archaeological monuments linked to Prophet Muhammad, seeking to learn more about the sites and how their facilities have been developed over the years. The Al-Ghars Well, which is located in Al-Awali neighborhood and close to the Prophet’s Mosque, is one such example. It has undergone developmental works and improvements as part of a program that has included several mosques and historic and archaeological sites and monuments in Madinah.

RIYADH: Trainees from the King Fahad Naval Academy of the Royal Saudi Naval Forces have joined the First Training Squadron of the Indian Navy at Southern Naval Command in Kochi. The 76-strong group is the second batch of trainees to undergo training with the 1TS, with the first attending in May–June 2023. “This is the second time Saudi navy officers are being trained at this facility in Kochi, India. Last year, we had 55 Saudi cadets for similar training,” said Suhel Ajaz Khan, Indian ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

The Permanent Secretaries' Board (PSB) has expressed «grave concern» about the recent public discourse relating to calls for the resignation of the Ministry of Health's permanent secretary, Dunstan Bryan. Bryan's oversight of...

Shelby Busch has framed her quest to unearth election fraud in the battleground state in the language of a religious holy war.

Canada has welcomed more than 3.9 million new citizens since 2005, with nearly one third coming from India, the Philippines or China, according to a CTVNews.ca analysis.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Political analyst Bonifácio António said Wednesday that the implementation of the process to combat corruption in Angola since 2017 is having a positive impact on society.

[New Times] Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) and the French National Agency for Medicines and Health Products Safety (ANSM) are looking to enhance cooperation in the regulation of medicines and vaccines following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on June 20.

[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed deep sadness at the deaths of two South African National Defence Force soldiers, following a mortar attack at their base in Sake in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) says its teams are currently working to address outages in some sections of the island, which have been caused by unusually high winds impacting the distribution system. However, director of corporate...