NEW DELHI, July 26 - Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Sunday the creation of a task force headed by tech entrepreneur Nandan Nilekani to overhaul India's examination system, following days of youth protests about exam paper leaks.
India’s Education Minister had quit earlier in the day, giving in to one of the CJP's demands.
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, July 26 - Iran will halt its own attacks as long as the United States maintains its latest pause on air strikes, a senior Iranian official told Reuters on Sunday, after President Donald Trump abruptly called off his two-week-old bombing campaign.
For three-quarters of a century, the Middle East operated inside an American frame. Washington was not the only actor, but it was the reference point — the guarantor whose fleets, bases, and diplomatic weight set the outer boundaries of what regional rivals could do to one
Flash floods are expected in parts of Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu and southeastern Xinjiang from Sunday evening through Monday evening.
The monastery is Thailand’s ninth World Heritage site, but its first in the southern region.
The location of the flash flood was identified as the Shuangshimen Scenic Area by an earlier report.
The race in Malaysia will slot in between the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sep 26 and Singapore on Oct 11.
HONG KONG, July 26 - China said on Sunday it organised a routine patrol by its naval and air forces in the South China Sea, accusing the Philippines of holding patrols with foreign countries in the disputed waterway that undermined regional peace and stability.
Mei’s parents were not adequately informed about the risks of the gene-editing trial.
China accused the Philippines of holding patrols with foreign countries in the disputed waterway that undermined regional peace and stability.
Preparations are being made in Russia's Voronezh region, near the border with Ukraine, to accommodate the additional troops, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says in a social media post.
On July 26, KMA issued additional severe heat wave warnings for Gyeongsan, Cheongdo and parts of Daegu.
Much of the Western debate about artificial intelligence centers on the machine itself. Will AI become conscious? Will it surpass human intelligence? Could it acquire goals of its own and escape human control? Japan’s Society 5.0 begins from a different premise. Rather than
The broadcaster is set to premiere the series Aug 3.
Cargo vessel Khoi Nguyen 18, with 62 Vietnamese nationals aboard, ran into distress in waters near Fiery Cross Reef, China's state broadcaster CCTV said.
HONG KONG, July 26 - Rescuers were searching on Sunday for 23 people missing after a Vietnamese ship sank in the busy waterway of the South China Sea, while 39 were pulled from the waters, China's state broadcaster CCTV said.
Other politicians expressed concern about how a lack of sleep could negatively impact her leadership.
The talks between the parties at a police station lasted more than an hour.
Typhoon Noul brought heavy rain and gale-force winds across Guangdong province and neighbouring Hong Kong.
SYDNEY, July 26 - Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday he would seek to raise the issue of tariffs with U.S. President Donald Trump, after Washington this week imposed new tariffs on its trading partners including Australia.
The companies represented have a combined market capitalisation of about 17 quadrillion won (S$15 trillion).
The hike comes as the government attempts to address a surge in migration since the pandemic.
The typhoon has forced the relocation of more than 700,000 people in Guangdong.
North Korea has rejected the outside world while quietly absorbing its shapes, tastes and symbols.
The new rules will take into account the person’s Japanese language abilities.
WASHINGTON/ATHENS, July 26 - Signs of the Iran war's spread emerged this weekend despite a pause in U.S. strikes, as Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis attacked Saudi oil installations along the Red Sea coast and Iran accused Ukraine of targeting an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea.
Formerly the preserve of the rich, tennis is booming in the basketball- and boxing-obsessed country.
The Chinese box office hit is drawing overseas visitors to the Chaoshan region, transforming filming locations into heritage tourism hotspots and raising questions about preservation and privacy.
July 25 - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Russia wanted to bring in 30,000 North Korean troops to take part in its more than four-year-old conflict and was already preparing to receive them.
The CJP protest has been the most visible expression of public anger against PM Narendra Modi's government in recent years.
OMSK, Russia July 25 - Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Saturday that a Ukraine peace deal might be reached if the two sides froze the conflict and resumed negotiations.