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South Korea finance minister, trade envoy to hold tariff talks with US counterparts

July 22, 2025 revoi editor

South Korea’s new finance minister and the country’s top trade envoy will meet in Washington with U.S. counterparts on Friday for talks on U.S. tariffs, Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol said on Tuesday. The country’s foreign and industry ministers will also visit the U.S. for trade discussions as early as this week, Koo told reporters after […]

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Trump releases Martin Luther King assassination files

July 22, 2025 revoi editor

The U.S. Justice Department on Monday released more than 240,000 pages of documents related to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, including records from the FBI, which had surveilled the civil rights leader as part of an effort to discredit the Nobel Peace Prize winner and his civil rights movement. Files were posted on […]

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Death toll rises to 27 in Bangladesh air force jet crash, official says

July 22, 2025 revoi editor

At least 27 people were killed after a Bangladesh Air Force training jet crashed into a college and school campus in Dhaka, officials said on Tuesday, with 88 people, including children, being treated in hospital. The F-7 BGI aircraft crashed soon after it took off at 1:06 p.m. (0706 GMT) on Monday from the airbase […]

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IMF’s Gita Gopinath to step down in August, return to Harvard University

July 22, 2025 revoi editor

Gita Gopinath, the No. 2 official at the International Monetary Fund, will leave her post at the end of August to return to Harvard University, the IMF said in a statement on Monday. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva will name a successor to Gopinath in “due course, ”the IMF said. Gopinath joined the fund in […]

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Mishap: 20 dead as China-made BAF training aircraft crashes into Dhaka school campus

July 21, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Nearly 20 people, including school students, died and around 100 were wounded when a Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) training aircraft crashed into a college and school campus in Dhaka on Monday afternoon. According to military and fire officials, the Chinese-made F-7 BGI aircraft, piloted by Flight Lieutenant Towkir Islam Sagar, […]

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Roving Periscope: India, B’desh worried over China’s mega-dam project in Tibet

July 21, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Two weeks after the 14th Dalai Lama celebrated his 90th birthday on July 6 in the presence of Union Minister Kiren Rijiju at Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, China has started the construction of the world’s largest dam project on the Brahmaputra’s source in Tibet, the media reported on Monday. Earlier this […]

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Israeli fire kills 67 people seeking aid in Gaza, medics say, as hunger worsens

July 21, 2025 revoi editor

At least 67 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire as they waited for U.N. aid trucks in northern Gaza on Sunday, the Gaza health ministry said, as Israel issued new evacuation orders for areas packed with displaced people. The ministry said dozens of people were also wounded in the incident in northern Gaza. It was […]

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Japan’s shaky government loses upper house control

July 21, 2025 revoi editor

Japan’s ruling coalition lost control of the upper house in an election on Sunday, further weakening Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s grip on power even as he vowed to remain party leader, citing a looming tariff deadline with the United States. While the ballot does not directly determine whether Ishiba’s administration will fall, it heaps pressure […]

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Sensex, Nifty open flat amid India-US trade deal uncertainty

July 21, 2025 revoi editor

India’s benchmark indices opened on a cautious note Monday, as uncertainty surrounding the India-US trade deal weighed on investor sentiment and capped early gains. The Nifty rose 30.60 points, or 0.12 per cent, to open at 24,999, while the Sensex added 160.80 points, or 0.20 per cent, to start at 81,918.53. However, both indices quickly […]

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Calm reported in Syria’s Sweida, Damascus says truce holding

July 21, 2025 revoi editor

Residents reported calm in Syria’s Sweida on Sunday after the Islamist-led government announced that Bedouin fighters had withdrawn from the predominantly Druze city and a U.S. envoy signalled that a deal to end days of fighting was being implemented. With hundreds reported killed, the Sweida bloodshed is a major test for interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, […]