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UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : International Relations MCQs on Eurasian Economic Union, Sir Bani Yas Island and more (Week 124)
Nitendra Pal Singh, The Indian Express
UPSC Prelims Daily Subject MCQs: Test your knowledge with today’s UPSC Essentials quiz on International Relations — brush up for UPSC Prelims 2026.
Aug 24, 2025, 1:34 PM
India’s services giant TCS lays off over 10,000 for reasons including AI, hikes wages for survivors
Simon Sharwood, Theregister.com
PLUS: Huawei open sources its CUDA equivalent; China boosts brain-computer interfaces; Scientists to visit penguins Trump taxed; And more! Asia In Brief Indian services giant Tata Consultancy Services will shed over 10,000 staff but will give pay rises to mos…
Aug 11, 2025, 12:59 AM
Thailand and Cambodia agree to ceasefire: Will it stop the deadly fighting?
Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English
Malaysian PM says rivals sides agree to an 'immediate and unconditional' ceasefire after five days of deadly fighting.
Jul 28, 2025, 2:33 PM
Trump’s ceasefire push fails to stop Thailand-Cambodia border clashes
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
Artillery fire erupts along disputed frontier as each side blames the other for the escalation amid US call for truce.
Jul 27, 2025, 10:30 AM
Why is Taiwan holding a ‘Great Recall’ vote?
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
Voters in Taiwan get to decide the fate of 31 KMT legislators in two recall votes with global implications.
Jul 25, 2025, 4:00 AM
Japan votes in a key election as Prime Minsiter Ishiba faces a loss and political uncertainty
MARI YAMAGUCHI, Yahoo Entertainment
Japanese were voting Sunday for seats in the smaller of Japan's two parliamentary houses in a key election with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his ruling ...
Jul 20, 2025, 2:44 AM
US strikes trade deal with Indonesia, Trump says, without providing details
Reuters, Yahoo Entertainment
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States had struck a trade deal with Indonesia. Trump had threatened the...
Jul 15, 2025, 2:12 PM
A military exercise drawing together 19 nations and 35,000 forces begins in Australia
The Associated Press, NPR
The largest-ever war fighting drills in Australia is underway and expected to attract China's attention. Talisman Sabre began in 2005 as a joint exercise between the U.S. and Australia.
Jul 14, 2025, 5:15 AM
Photos: The Scale of China’s Solar Power Projects
Alan Taylor, The Atlantic
As the Trump administration’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” eliminates many clean-energy incentives in the U.S., China continues huge investments in wind and solar power, reportedly accounting for 74 percent of all projects now under construction worldwide.
Jul 10, 2025, 5:57 PM
China backs Southeast Asia nuclear ban; Rubio, Lavrov at ASEAN meeting
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
US President Trump's tariffs loom over gathering in Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur which will also feature US-Russia talks.
Jul 10, 2025, 9:16 AM
Can India stop Pakistan’s river water — and will it spark a new war?
Abid Hussain, Al Jazeera English
The decades-old Indus Waters Treaty faces its gravest challenge as India suspends it, prompting Pakistan to warn of war.
Jul 9, 2025, 6:59 AM
Tariff Deadline POSTPONED – But Japan, South Korea Could Still Face 25% Rate
The Hill, Yahoo Entertainment
NewsNation Washington correspondent Kellie Meyer explains that the Trump administration has offered a few weeks' reprieve from the kind of high reciprocal...
Jul 7, 2025, 11:52 PM
North Korea has a new luxury beach resort. But the country isn't open to most tourists
Se Eun Gong, NPR
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he wants the luxury resort on the eastern seacoast to become a "world destination," but the country has been reluctant to allow in foreign tourists.
Jul 5, 2025, 2:07 PM
'The Man Who Would Be King': Saudi crown prince pushes for liberalization of his society
NEVILLE TELLER, Yahoo Entertainment
Everyone with an interest in the Middle East will welcome this study by Karen Elliott House of a man who is bound to play a vital role in the region’s future...
Jul 5, 2025, 1:18 PM
What’s bringing China and the EU closer?
Al Jazeera English
The two sides are marking 50 years of relations this month, holding talks and pledging deeper cooperation.
Jul 2, 2025, 7:08 PM
China’s Tianwen-3 Mission Could Beat the U.S. in the Race to Grab Mars Rocks
Andrew Jones, Scientific American
Launching in 2028, China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission could bring Red Planet rocks back to Earth as early as 2031—years ahead of competing U.S.-European efforts
Jul 2, 2025, 12:00 PM
How will the next Dalai Lama be chosen – and could there be two?
Yashraj Sharma, Al Jazeera English
Dalai Lama confirms that a successor will be chosen. Here's how - and why it matters to Beijing, Washington, New Delhi.
Jul 2, 2025, 7:26 AM
Russia’s Space Program Is Another Casualty of the War in Ukraine
Eugene Gerden, Scientific American
To achieve its ambitious plans for missions to the moon and beyond, Russia needs other spacefaring nations as partners. But the war in Ukraine is making that help increasingly hard to find
Jul 1, 2025, 1:00 PM
Is the 'big, beautiful' India-US trade deal in trouble?
BBC News
With days to go before 9 July, when the tariff pause ends, hopes persist but negotiations are tough.
Jul 1, 2025, 6:40 AM
Is the US forfeiting its Red Planet leadership to China's Mars Sample Return plan?
Leonard David, Space.com
"Returning the scientifically selected samples that await us on Mars, as part of a balanced portfolio, will help to ensure the US does not cede leadership in deep space to other nations, such as China."
Jun 29, 2025, 10:00 AM
What to know about the US B-2 bombers heading to Guam
Katherine Faulders, Luis Martinez, Sam Sweeney, Ivan Pereira, ABC News
B-2 stealth bombers have been deployed to Guam, two sources with knowledge of their movements told ABC News, as tensions with Iran increase.
Jun 21, 2025, 10:19 PM
Apple’s push in India continues: Foxconn to start making iPhone casings in the country
Marcus Mendes, 9to5Mac
Foxconn is taking another step in cementing its rolerole in Apple’s Indian manufacturing strategy. After years of focusing mainly on iPhone assembly, the Taiwanese contract manufacturing giant is now preparing to build iPhone casings locally for the first tim…
Jun 20, 2025, 3:26 AM
WATCH: Indonesia volcano spews towering column of ash
ABC News
Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki has erupted with giant ash and smoke plumes again after forcing evacuations of villages and flight cancelations.
Jun 18, 2025, 11:56 AM
Video captures Israeli attacks on two Iranian cities
Al Jazeera English
Israeli attacks have targeted Isfahan and Tehran in the fifth night of strikes across the country.
Jun 18, 2025, 2:03 AM