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The recent leak of 124,000 confidential Uber documents has shed light on some of the ethically questionable activities that have arguably helped fuel the ride-hailing company’s global rise. Among allegations of law breaking and the secret lobbying of government figures, the “Uber files” show that the company paid academics to…

The granddaughter of a former Lebanese president and ex-diplomat Monday announced her candidacy for the cash-strapped country’s upcoming presidential elections on a platform critical of Iran-backed Hezbollah party. The country’s political woes are compounded by its crippling economic crisis, which the World Bank says is the worst worldwide in over…

Institutions to extend ₹30-crore aid to municipality

Mohamed gave up farming because of successive droughts that have hit his previously fertile but isolated village in Morocco and because he just couldn't bear it any longer. "To see villagers rush to public fountains in the morning or to a neighbor to get water makes you want to cry,"…

Officials of Karnataka Urban Water supply Modernisation Project (KUWSMP) said that the entire water supply infrastructure would be handed over back to the Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation after the contract period

Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine comes at a cost of an 11% contraction to his nation's economy, as sanctions bite.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan has elicited a strong response from China: three days of simulated attack on Taiwan with further drills announced, plus a withdrawal from critical ongoing conversations with the US on climate change and the military.

Russia suffered 70,000 to 80,000 casualties – troops killed or wounded in action – since war began, US official says.

The World Bank on Monday said it was mobilizing a $4.5 billion grant for Ukraine provided by the United States that will help Kyiv meet urgent needs created by Russia's invasion, including healthcare, pensions and social payments.