Workers inspect smart phone components at the visual inspection area of the surface mount technology workshop inside the Realme factory in Greater Noida, India: Anindito Mukerjee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Anindito Mukerjee | Bloomberg | Getty Images India’s booming tech sector has suffered a major blow as startup darlings Byju’s and Paytm plunge into … Read more
You’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday. Former president Donald Trump is on the warpath. As the Biden administration grapples with a spiraling set of crises in … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave You’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday. Readers of Today’s WorldView may agree that it’s been a grim year. … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — In a city known for its excesses, whether reaching toward the sky with the world’s tallest building or hard partying at its beach resorts and bars, Dubai has pulled off another record-breaking feat in the rolling dunes of its desert outskirts. Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, named for … Read more
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s election oversight body on Thursday postponed the country’s upcoming parliament elections for the second time, saying the vote — originally expected in November and then scheduled for the last week of January — will instead take place in February. The Election Commission of Pakistan said the balloting would be held on Feb. … Read more
MANILA, Philippines — Chinese and Southeast Asian diplomats renewed a vow to finalize a nonaggression pact for the South China Sea in three years, two regional diplomats said Thursday. The pledge came during a meeting last week in Beijing, where they expressed alarm over recent confrontations in the disputed waters. The Philippines has protested what … Read more
Comment on this storyComment JERICHO, West Bank — For the first four days of the war, Adly Saleem kept working at a construction site near Tel Aviv, trying not to panic. Like thousands of other Palestinian workers from Gaza, he found himself suddenly stranded in Israel and separated from his family. Saleem frantically tried to … Read more
Pete Davidson shuns city for reclusive life after crises? Recently, Pete Davidson had a lot going on: a breakup with Chase Sui Wonders, a rehab stint, and reckless driving. In response, the SNL alum turned toward the woods to live a reclusive life. Claims of this nature appeared in The U.S. Sun as an insider … Read more
CAIRO — Saudi Arabia is internet hosting its largest Hajj pilgrimage in three years, beginning Monday. However for a lot of pilgrims, and for a lot of others who couldn’t make it, world inflation and financial crises made it extra of a pressure to hold out Islam’s non secular journey of a lifetime. Mohammed, a … Read more
LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia — A picturesque vacationer vacation spot will host crisis-weary Southeast Asian leaders with sun-splashed tropical islands, turquoise waters brimming with corals and manta rays, seafood feasts, and a hillside savannah crawling with Komodo dragons. The sunshiny setting is a stark distinction to the seriousness of their agenda. Indonesian President Joko Widodo picked … Read more