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Hyundai chief meets with India PM Modi
Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) Executive Chair Euisun Chung has met with India’s Prime Minister, Shri. Narendra Modi, to discuss cooperation and the development of the Indian mobility industry. Executive Chair Chung was in India to review HMG mid- to long-term strategy and attended the Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) stock exchange listing ceremony on October…
Read MoreHow scammers duped India job seekers with a fake bank
A few weeks ago, police in India discovered that scammers had set up a fake bank branch – complete with a logo, office furniture and even some employees – in a village in Chhattisgarh state. BBC Hindi pieced together what happened. Jyoti Yadav was delighted when she got a job as an office assistant at…
Read More1 arrested following ‘unauthorized’ pro-Palestine demonstration at UCLA
One person was arrested after UCLA campus police ordered those attending an “unauthorized demonstration” to disperse Monday evening. The pro-Palestine demonstration featured about 40 people, UCLA police said, and was located at Dickson Court North, an area not “designated for public expression,” according to school policy. The demonstration was organized by a student organization called…
Read MoreTwo plead guilty to murder of former Air India suspect Ripudaman Singh Mali
NEW WESTMINSTER, British Columbia (AP) — Two men accused of killing of former Air India bombing suspect Ripudaman Singh Malik have pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in a Canadian court. The courthouse in New Westminster, British Columbia, confirmed the pleas on Monday from Tanner Fox and Jose Lopez in the shooting death of Malik, who…
Read MoreHezbollah hiding more than $500M in gold, cash under hospital in Lebanon, IDF says
Hezbollah, the Iran-backed terror proxy, is hiding $500 million in gold and cash in a secret bunker formerly run by the group’s deceased leader under a hospital in Beruit, Israeli military officials said Monday. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, an Israel Defense Forces spokesperson, said the Israeli Air Force was monitoring the vault “deliberately” located beneath…
Read MoreHezbollah’s future in focus amid missile barrage and Israeli apology
The future of militia group Hezbollah was put under the microscope on Monday as Lebanon’s prime minister said he had not heard from them in weeks and the head of the Arab League remarked that their “idea” could not be destroyed. Israeli attacks over recent weeks have sought to paralyse Iran-backed Hezbollah amid a similar…
Read MorePeru Sentences Ex-Leader Toledo to Prison Over $35 Million Bribe
(Bloomberg) — A Peruvian judge has sentenced former President Alejandro Toledo to 20 1/2 years in prison for having received an eight-figure bribe tied to the construction of a highway project. Most Read from Bloomberg The sentence is a key milestone for Peru, its first presidential conviction after launching a corruption crackdown last decade in…
Read MoreQuarter of English Town Halls Likely to Need Bailout, Poll Finds
(Bloomberg) — A quarter of town halls in England are likely to need emergency bailouts from the UK’s central government to avoid bankruptcy in the coming years, according to a survey of council chief executives that lays bare the parlous state of local authority finances. Most Read from Bloomberg Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves…
Read MoreHundreds mourn Catholic priest and Indigenous peace activist killed in southern Mexico
SAN ANDRES LARRAINZAR, Mexico (AP) — Hundreds gathered Monday to mourn Catholic priest Marcelo Pérez, an activist for Indigenous peoples and farm laborers who was killed in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas. It was a killing that many say was a tragedy foretold, in a state where drug cartels have caused thousands of people…
Read MoreToxicology tests show Liam Payne had ‘multiple’ drugs in system: reports
Pop star Liam Payne had multiple drugs including crack cocaine and methamphetamine in his system when he fell to his death from a hotel balcony in Argentina, according to initial toxicology reports cited by US media on Monday. The British singer and former One Direction member died last week at the age of 31, after…
Read MoreItaly adopts a new decree to overcome hurdles jeopardizing its migration deal with Albania
ROME (AP) — Italy’s far-right government on Monday approved a new decree aimed at overcoming judicial hurdles that risked derailing a controversial migration deal with Albania. Under the new decree — which is effective immediately — the government shortened the list of countries considered “safe” by law, meaning that Rome can repatriate to those countries…
Read MoreUN Palestinian agency accuses Israel of stopping aid deliveries
The head of the UN agency giving aid to Palestinians, Philippe Lazzarini, has accused Israel of stopping humanitarian assistance from reaching the north of the war-torn Gaza Strip. “The Israeli authorities continue to deny humanitarian missions to reach the north with critical supplies including medicine and food for people under siege,” wrote Lazzarini, the head…
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