August2023
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Toshiba prepares for $14 bn deal to go private
Aug 7, 2023Toshiba confirmed that a previously disclosed plan to take the struggling Japanese company private in a $14 billion sale will begin on Tuesday. The move follows years of instability for the business, which once represented Japan’s... -
Russia says it advanced 3 km in northeast Ukraine
Aug 7, 2023Russia said Monday its troops had advanced three kilometres (two miles) along the Kupiansk front in northeast Ukraine. “Over the past three days, the advance of Russian troops… amounted to 11 kilometres along the front and... -
Italy, Germany urges extension of Niger coup deadline
Aug 7, 2023Italy and Germany demanded on Monday that a West African deadline for Niger’s coup leaders to reinstate democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum or face military action be extended. “The only path is a diplomatic one,” Italian... -
Biden to tout climate policy in visit to baking US southwest
Aug 7, 2023President Joe Biden will kick off a series of visits pitching his climate program in the southwestern United States on Monday, which has seen a torrid summer of record-breaking heat. His first stop on his tour... -
Typhoon forces Japan atomic bomb commemorations inside
Aug 7, 2023Typhoon Khanun was on track Monday to pour torrential rain on one of Japan’s biggest islands this week, forcing commemorations of the Nagasaki atomic blast to be held indoors. Last week’s typhoon killed at least two... -
Indian opposition leader Gandhi restored to parliament
Aug 7, 2023India’s main opposition leader Rahul Gandhi was restored to parliament Monday after the country’s Supreme Court last week suspended his defamation conviction over his political comments on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Gandhi’s suspension “has ceased to... -
France suspends aid to Burkina Faso
Aug 7, 2023France has suspended economic and budgetary help to Burkina Faso, the French foreign ministry stated on Sunday. The remark comes only days after Burkina Faso and Mali said that any military involvement against Niger’s new military... -
Elon Musk says his cage fight with Zuckerberg will stream on X
Aug 7, 2023Elon Musk announced on Sunday that a “cage match” arranged to by him and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg as a fund-raiser will be broadcast live on X, formerly known as Twitter, which he owns. “Zuck v... -
Donald Trump to seek new judge in election conspiracy trial
Aug 7, 2023Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he will ask a US court to recuse the judge in his criminal prosecution, claiming that the person presiding over the jury deciding the ex-president’s fate will not give him... -
BJP eager to work with AL for political stability in the region
Aug 7, 2023J.P Nadda, President of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said today that his party (BJP) is keen to work with the Bangladesh Awami League (AL) in the future for the benefit of political stability and...