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Bengaluru (Aryavarth): Looking back on recent events in France, Bastille Day 2023 was surprisingly quiet. After days of riots, French President Emmanuel Macron led the ceremonies of France’s national day,...

New Delhi (IPA Service): India is working out local currency trade deals with an increasingly larger group of countries, thereby avoiding invoicing in US dollars for every trade. This is...

New Delhi (IPA Service): On June 22, the White House organized a dinner that 400 guests attended. The three-course menu was simple and vegan. The starter was a salad of...

Bengaluru (Aryavarth): A growing number of central banks around the globe are working on digital versions of their national currencies, a survey by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) published...

Bengaluru (Aryavarth): “No matter how blonde you dye your hair, how sharp you shape your nose, you can never become a European or American, you can never become a Westerner,”...

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 17 2023 (IPS) - Just after a band of mercenaries tried to oust the government in the Maldives back in 1988, I asked a Maldivian diplomat, using...

The White House has claimed she meant to say “pollution” in a speech touting Biden’s green energy funding Bengaluru (Aryavarth): US Vice President Kamala Harris listed reducing the population as...

Bengaluru (Aryavarth): Government debt reached €2.816 trillion ($3.1 trillion) in May after passing the €2.800-trillion mark in April, figures showed. It represents a €4.8 billion ($5.3 billion) increase compared to...

Bengaluru (Aryavarth): The artificial intelligence (AI) “revolution” could jeopardize more than a quarter of jobs in the 38-member Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the group warned in a...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s success in concluding high valued defence deals during his visit to France on July 13 and 14 has led to the escalation of fighting between the...

Bengaluru (Aryavarth): French President Emmanuel Macron described New Delhi as a “key partner” in his country’s future during a charm offensive for visiting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is the...

Bengaluru (Aryavarth): Criticism of NATO by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky infuriated Washington so much that officials briefly considered backtracking on its commitment to eventually invite Kiev to join the military...