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Australia set to pass tougher laws on guns, hate crimes after Bondi shooting

News January 20, 2026

Australia’s lower house of parliament has passed new laws for a national gun buyback, tighter background checks for gun licences and a crackdown on hate crimes, in response to the country’s worst ...

Gold, silver scale fresh highs

Business January 20, 2026

BENGALURU: Gold and silver hit record highs on Monday, driven by a flight to safety after US Presi­dent Donald Trump warn­ed of extra tariffs on some European countries in a dispute over Greenland. ...

Blast kills 7 at Chinese-run restaurant in Afghan capital

News January 19, 2026

An explosion tore through a Chinese-run restaurant in a hotel in a heavily guarded part of Afghanistan’s capital on Monday, killing a Chinese national and six Afghans and injuring several others, in...

Italian fashion great Valentino Garavani dead at 93

Business January 19, 2026

Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani has died, his foundation said on Monday. The cause of death was not immediately known. Usually known only by his first name, Valentino was 93, and had retir...

India, UAE sign $3 billion LNG deal, agree to boost trade and defence ties at leaders’ meeting

News January 19, 2026

India signed a $3 billion deal on Monday to buy liquefied natural gas from the United Arab Emirates, making it the UAE’s top customer, as the leaders of both countries held talks to strengthen trade...

India, UAE agree to boost trade and defence ties, finalise LNG deal

News January 19, 2026

India and the United Arab Emirates agreed to double bilateral trade to $200 billion in six years and strengthen defence ties during talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UAE President Sheikh ...

Two high-speed trains collide in Spain, police sources say 21 people killed

News January 19, 2026

A high-speed train derailed and smashed into another oncoming train in southern Spain on Sunday, pushing the second train off the tracks and down an embankment in a collision that police sources confi...

Pentagon readies 1,500 troops for potential Minnesota deployment

News January 19, 2026

PROTESTERS scuffle with an ICE supporter who was in downtown for ‘Americans Against Islamification’ rally.—AFP WASHINGTON: The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-...

Dutch foreign minister calls Trump’s Greenland tariff threat ‘blackmail’

News January 18, 2026

The Netherlands’ foreign minister on Sunday said that US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose new tariffs on European allies until they agree to sell Greenland to the United States is “blac...

Paracetamol in pregnancy is safe, says study

Health January 18, 2026

LONDON: Taking paracetamol, known as Tylenol in the US, during pregnancy is safe, a group of European researchers have said, after compiling data in response to US President Donald Trumps claims of a ...