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Will PM Modi meet Trump at ASEAN Summit later this month? Here’s what MEA said

Malaysia has conveyed to India that US President Donald Trump will be in Kuala Lumpur from October 26 to 28 to attend the ASEAN and East Asia summits. New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday weighed in on a likely meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump during the ASEAN Summit in Malaysia later this month. The summit will take place from October 26-28 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Speaking at a presser, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said there still time for the ASEAN Summit to take place and related information will be shared…

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CEO of Dutch chip firm praises PM Modi’s communication strategies, slams EU leaders

Frank Heemskerk, executive vice president of global public affairs at ASML, stated that it is not always easy to have access to top EU policymakers and also revealed that the company's CEO had a two-hour meeting with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Brussels: A senior executive of Dutch semiconductor giant ASML slammed the European Union for being inaccessible to Europe's companies. He said this during Politico's Competitive Europe summit in Brussels on Wednesday. Frank Heemskerk, executive vice president of global public affairs at ASML, stated that it is not always easy to have access to top EU policymakers and also revealed that the company's CEO…

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Massive fire erupts at Chevron’s El Segundo refinery in California | VIDEO

A huge fire erupted at Chevron's El Segundo refinery in Los Angeles County following an explosion. Footage showed bright flames and smoke, though no injuries or evacuations have been reported. Authorities are investigating the cause. California: A massive fire broke out at Chevron's El Segundo refinery in California's Los Angeles on Thursday night. According to US media reports, the blaze followed an explosion that shook the refinery premises. Following the incident, the emergency services rushed to the site soon after receiving calls about the incident. There have been no reports of injuries or evacuations so far. Eyewitnesses captured dramatic visuals…

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Munich airport shut down after drone sightings: Passengers stranded after several flights grounded

Munich airport officials said 17 flights were unable to take off, affecting almost 3,000 passengers, while 15 arriving flights were diverted to three other airports in Germany and one in Vienna, Austria. munich: The Munich airport was forced to temporarily shut down on Thursday night after a string of drone sightings in the area, airport officials said. Germany's air traffic control restricted flights at the airport shortly after 10 pm on Thursday and then halted them altogether, airport operators said. 3,000 passengers stranded after 17 flights disrupted Giving more details, officials said 17 flights were unable to take off, affecting…

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Albania PM Edi Rama mocks Donald Trump’s ‘Armenia-Albania mix-up’ as Macron and Aliyev laugh

At the European Political Community meeting in Copenhagen this week, world leaders openly ridiculed US President Donald Trump over his repeated blunders confusing Armenia with Albania, adding to a list of his much-criticised geographical slip-ups. Copenhagen (Denmark): US President Donald Trump’s repeated blunders confusing Armenia with Albania turned into comic relief at the European Political Community summit in Copenhagen, where European leaders openly poked fun at his geographical gaffes. Leaders share a laugh at Trump’s expense During the summit on Thursday (October 2), Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama jokingly confronted French President Emmanuel Macron and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev. Rama…

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Canadian theatre halts screening Indian films after series of violent attacks in the past week

This Canadian theatre was first targeted on September 25 at around 5:20 am. As per the updates from Halton police, two suspects carrying red gas cans "used a flammable liquid to ignite a fire at the exterior entrance doors of the theatre." Toronto: A movie theatre in Canada's Ontario province has halted screening of Indian films after it became the target of arson and shooting attacks on two separate occasions in the past week. The authorities at Film.ca Cinemas in Oakville linked the attacks to theatre screening of South Asian films and withdrew the screenings of Rishab Shetty's Kantara: A…

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Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to visit India on Oct 9, first diplomatic breakthrough since 2021 takeover

Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi will visit India on October 9, marking the first senior-level Taliban delegation to New Delhi since 2021. The visit comes after months of backchannel diplomacy and growing humanitarian aid from India. Kabul: In a major diplomatic development, Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi of the Taliban government is set to visit India on October 9. This will be the first high-level visit from Kabul to New Delhi since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021. The United Nations Security Council has also granted Muttaqi a temporary travel exemption between October 9 and…

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Putin praises Trump’s peace efforts but says US missile supplies to Ukraine threaten Moscow-Washington ties

Vladimir Putin has warned that US supplies of long-range missiles to Ukraine will escalate tensions but not change the battlefield outcome. He praised Donald Trump's peace efforts, offered to extend the nuclear pact, and warned the West against seizing Russian oil ships. Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that any move by the United States to supply long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine would mark a serious escalation in ties between Moscow and Washington. Speaking at a forum of international policy experts in Sochi, he said such supplies would damage bilateral relations but would not alter the battlefield situation.…

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57 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza as Hamas considers response to Trump’s peace deal

In Gaza City, health officials at Shifa Hospital said they received five bodies and several wounded people, adding that its staff are having difficulties reaching the hospital as Israel wages a major offensive aimed at occupying the city. Gaza: At least 57 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes and gunfire in the Gaza Strip even as Hamas was still considering its response to US President Donald Trump's proposal for ending the nearly two-year war. Trump’s plan requires Hamas to return all 48 hostages The plan requires Hamas to return all 48 hostages — about 20 of them thought by Israel…

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‘India will not accept humiliation, US tariffs will fail’: Putin takes down Trump’s policies

Putin said Donald Trump's move to impose tariffs on India and China will backfire immensely and that it would only lead to global inflation and slow down America's economic growth. Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday criticised Washington’s efforts to pressure India and China into cutting energy ties with Moscow, warning that such actions could harm the global economy. Addressing a forum of Russia experts in Sochi city, Putin said that higher tariffs on countries trading with Russia would raise global prices and force the US Federal Reserve to keep interest rates high, slowing American economic growth. "US tariffs…

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