Month: February 2025

It was a resounding victory that showed the BJP recovering some support since an unexpectedly poor showing in last year’s national elections.

The hostages were five of the 31 Thais abducted by Hamas, while two were confirmed dead in May and one is believed to be alive in Gaza.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalists are tipped to win back control of the capital province Delhi in local elections.

Malaysian stand-up comedy is being muzzled by an increasingly censorious social media amid heightened sensitivities over race and religion.

Pregnant red-bellied black snakes tend to pile on top of each other; two of the adults gave birth to 29 babies as they were being rounded up.

Initial elements of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA) were implemented last year with businesses urged to increase their understanding of the Act ahead of further obligations expected to come into force from this spring.

The AI action summit in Paris will not yield the single global rulebook for deploying artificial intelligence (AI) systems that businesses desire – but it will help them better understand the different ways that policymakers and regulators around the world view AI governance and inform their approach to AI adoption in individual markets.

While regulators are looking to tighten rules for BNPL schemes, an analyst has urged related service providers to enhance their oversight.

Proposals designed to scale-up nuclear power generation in England – including making it easier for small modular reactors (SMRs) to be developed – have been published by the UK government, alongside confirmation that it sees new nuclear power capacity as critical to delivering UK economic growth and the government’s clean energy mission.

US forces have been deployed in a Philippine military camp in the country’s south for decades to advise and train Filipino forces.