Russia launched a nuclear-powered icebreaker on Saturday, part of an ambitious programme to renew and expand its fleet of the vessels in order to improve its ability to tap the Arctic’s commercial potential.
In India’s parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist party achieved its best ever result in the parliamentary elections.
The UK prime minister announced that she is going to step down.
U.S. private space company SpaceX launched its first batch of 60 Starlink satellites into space on Thursday, in an effort to build a 12,000-strong satellite network capable of providing broadband internet services.
Pakistan on Thursday conducted a training launch of Shaheen-II, a surface-to-surface ballistic missile. However, Pakistani PM Khan sent a friendly message to Indian PM Modi after his election victory.
Gen. Khalifa Haftar, who is leading the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army, told French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday that conditions for a ceasefire were not in place
The mood among German corporate leaders continued to weaken as the Institute for Economic Research (Ifo) business climate index fell from 99.2 to 97.9 points in May, the German institute revealed on Thursday.
The counting of votes was underway in India on Thursday for the just-concluded general elections, and early trends showed the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was leading the polls.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is concerned about liquidity issues facing some Indian non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) such as mortgage or auto lenders and wants to ensure the problems do not become a systemic issue, two sources told Reuters on Wednesday.
The last state visit to Austria under the elected government came from China. Whils busy to avert chaos in his country amid a scandal video, Austria’s chancellor Sebastian Kurz tried to focus on topis probably more sustainable than his friendship to the right wing FPÖ.