Taiwan’s Underrated East Coast Is a Gem for Nature Lovers
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India to introduce RBI-backed digital currency: Piyush Goyal
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal, Ambassador of India to Qatar Vipul and others during the launch of India’s UPI at Lulu Hypermarket, in Doha, Qatar on October 7, 2025. Photo: X/@PiyushGoyal via PTI India will soon launch its own digital currency backed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Union Minister of … Read more
‘Unfortunately, Your Hotel Has Gone Out of Business.’
A travel reporter investigated a hotel chain that had filed for bankruptcy — and when the guests showed up, he was the one who told them there was no room at this inn. Source link
What I said was very effective, they stopped: President Trump on India-Pakistan conflict
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House, on October 6, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday (October 6, 2025) described his use of tariffs as a measure to stop wars, and said that his communication to India and Pakistan during the recent conflict … Read more
Syrian army and SDF reach ceasefire deal in Aleppo city following clashes
A couple rides a motorcycle past destroyed buildings in Ein Tarma, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, a suburb of Damascus that was heavily bombed by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad during the war in Syria. | Photo Credit: AP The Syrian army and the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) reached a ceasefire deal in … Read more
Divided Israel marks two years since Oct 7 attack as Gaza war grinds on, hostages languish
An Israeli soldier covers his face as he visits the site where revellers were killed and kidnapped on Oct. 7, 2023, cross-border attack by Hamas militants at the Nova music festival, near the Kibbutz Reim, southern Israel, on October 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Israelis prepared to mourn the dead on Tuesday (October 7, … Read more
White House says no U.S. shutdown-related layoffs yet, but warns they could come
The White House on Monday (October 6, 2025) backed off President Donald Trump’s assertion that U.S. government employees were being laid off “right now” due to the shutdown, but warned that job losses could result if Congress does not restore federal funding. In the shutdown’s sixth day, the Trump administration continued to raise the specter … Read more
Death toll in Indonesian school collapse rises to 61 as more bodies are recovered
In this photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) on October. 6, 2025, rescuers remove the body of a victim from the rubble of a collapsed building at an Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia. | Photo Credit: AP Indonesian crews recovered a dozen bodies on Monday (October 6, … Read more
Hamas and Israel open talks in Egypt under Trump’s Gaza peace plan
Israeli soldiers ride in armoured personnel carriers (APC) near the Israeli-Gaza border as smoke rises in the Gaza Strip, seen from southern Israel, on January 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Delegations from Hamas and Israel on Monday (October 6, 2025) began indirect talks in Egypt on ending the nearly two-year war in Gaza, with … Read more
Medicine Nobel 2025 for scientists who demystified immune system
Mary E. Brunkow (US), Fred Ramsdell (US) and Shimon Sakaguchi (Japan) win Nobel medicine prize. | Photo Credit: Courtesy: https://www.nobelprize.org/ The annual Nobel Week — when the world’s most prestigious prizes for scientific achievement are announced — kicked off Monday with three scientists — two Americans and one Japanese — sharing the Nobel Prize in … Read more