The Americas, Australasia, Asia, Europe and Africa have already been marking the arrival of the new year with fireworks and festivities.

Women ‘of a certain age’ say they’ll no longer vanish into obscurity. Governments across the region should take note.

Signed into law by President Dwight D Eisenhower, PL-480 allowed countries like India to buy US grain with local currency, ...

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The BBC spoke to 10 other BJP volunteers who also ... by several accounts on X and amplified by some news channels. At the time, India's foreign affairs ministry rejected the claim.

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Around the same time, South Korea rapidly grew rich, benefitting from an export boom in cars and electronics. And money from ...

The country is currently stuck in a political gridlock that will only be intensified by two recent impeachments.

A survivor of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami has recalled the moment he was awoken by "screaming and shouting" – two decades on ...

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He burst onto the scene in 2023 with viral hit Lehenga, which was streamed millions of times on TikTok. His latest, Bengali, builds on his first hit with lyrics referencing his identity and heritage.