London: Britain has eased rules for so-called special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) to attract more listings to London, just as global regulators have put a watch on SPACs, which may already be peaking in popularity. After a surge in activity in SPACs or “blank check” companies
Yangon: Myanmar’s military ruler is looking for greater cooperation with the international community to contain the coronavirus, state media reported on Wednesday, as the Southeast Asian country struggles with a surging wave of infections. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing called in a speech for more cooperation
Washington: US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will raise the issues of religious freedom, human rights and the use of a spyware for monitoring opponents and foreign leaders when he arrives in New Delhi on Wednesday for talks with the Modi government. “With respect to the
Seoul: North and South Korea exchanged messages in communication channels that have been dormant for more than a year and agreed to improve ties positive steps but ones that still leave any resumption of stalled negotiations to rid the North of its nuclear weapons a
Bangkok: A vast forest complex in Thailand has been added to UNESCO’s World Heritage List, despite the UN’s own experts warning of human rights violations against indigenous people in the area. The Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex in western Thailand is rich in biodiversity, including the critically
Islamabad: The Foreign Office (FO) has rubbished Indian media's claims that Pakistan's Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP+) status was being withdrawn, calling such reports "fabricated" and a continuation of New Delhi's "malicious propaganda" against Islamabad. While the FO statement did not name the specific media
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs walked out of a meeting of the parliamentary standing committee on information technology. The committee, headed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, was supposed to discuss amendments to the Cinematograph Act. The BJP MPs, however, claimed that the committee
New Delhi: Amid the continuing standoff in Parliament, a meeting of opposition parties in the Lok Sabha, chaired by senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, decided that they would come together on the Pegasus spyware phone hacking row and mount pressure on the government for a
Paris: Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: Masks are back Vaccinated people in high-risk parts of the US should resume wearing masks indoors, the top health authority says in a major reversal in guidance underscoring the country’s struggle to suppress the Delta variant. Sydney lockdown
Tikamgarh: A 16-year-old Dalit girl allegedly died by suicide after some boys harassed her at a village in Madhya Pradesh's Tikamgarh district, the police said today. The incident occurred in Tanga village, about 45 km from the district headquarters, on Monday evening, an official said. The girl