Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sent an open letter to Vladimir Putin on June 4, proposing a face-to-face meeting in a neutral country and a full ceasefire during negotiations, after over four years of war and more than 1.37 million Russian casualties.

The Del Vecchio inheritance dispute, a four-year soap opera played out in courtrooms from Milan to Luxembourg over the fortune behind EssilorLuxottica, has taken a significant turn, with two of the billionaire heirs reaching a provisional agreement to stand down from legal warfare.

The USTR has proposed 12.5% additional duties on India and 53 other countries for allegedly failing to ban goods made with forced labour and the timing couldn’t be more awkward, with US trade delegates literally in New Delhi as the report dropped.

SoftBank overtakes Toyota as Japan’s most valuable listed company after an AI-driven 14% single-day surge pushed its market cap above ¥48 trillion, ending Toyota’s 22-year reign at the top of Japan’s corporate pile.

Wockhardt’s Zaynich FDA approval has made history as the first New Chemical Entity fully developed by an Indian pharma company to receive a US FDA nod. With an 89% efficacy rate against drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria and eyes on a $9 billion antibiotics market, India’s pharma ambitions just got a whole lot louder.

India has officially confirmed a BrahMos missile deal with Vietnam, while the BrahMos missile Indonesia deal is reportedly in its final stages, making Southeast Asia the newest fan club of the world’s fastest supersonic cruise missile. Here’s why everyone wants a piece of it.

For nearly a decade, Narendra Modi built his foreign policy around a single goal: making Pakistan a pariah. Today, the plan has gone spectacularly wrong.

Anthropic surpasses OpenAI after closing a landmark $65 billion Series H round at a $965 billion post-money valuation — nearly tripling its worth from just three months ago and reshaping the global AI investment landscape ahead of a widely anticipated IPO.

A rare albino buffalo weighing nearly 700 kilograms, hilariously nicknamed “Donald Trump buffalo Bangladesh” for its striking blond hair, has been spared from Eid al-Adha sacrifice following last-minute government intervention. The story of how an animal with such an absurd name ended up at the national zoo is everything you didn’t know you needed this May.

Taiwan stock market overtakes India with $4.95 trillion market cap, becoming the world’s fifth-largest equity market. TSMC’s AI boom drives the surge past India’s $4.92 trillion.

What began as an audacious White House ceremony in September 2020 has evolved into one of the most contentious diplomatic initiatives reshaping Middle Eastern geopolitics. The Abraham Accords brought four Arab nations into formal recognition with Israel, a breakthrough many hailed as historic, while critics argue it abandoned Palestinian aspirations.

Toshifumi Suzuki, the founder of Seven-Eleven Japan and widely regarded as the father of Japan’s convenience store industry, died of heart failure on May 18. He was 93.

Kevin Warsh has officially taken the helm as the 11th chair of the Federal Reserve, stepping into one of the world’s most influential economic positions. His swearing-in ceremony at the White House marks a significant transition for the central bank, which now faces mounting inflation and intense political scrutiny.

The Pentagon has burned through roughly half its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system’s entire arsenal while shielding Israel from Iranian ballistic strikes, leaving defense officials scrambling to accelerate production amid broader concerns about America’s military readiness against rival powers.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX just filed for what could be the biggest IPO in history. With a $1.75 trillion valuation target and Starlink printing money, the aerospace giant is on track to make its founder the world’s first trillionaire.

Meta began its largest restructuring in over a year Wednesday, laying off 8,000 employees, roughly 10% of its global workforce—as CEO Mark Zuckerberg doubles down on artificial intelligence despite mounting costs and competitive pressures.

India and Italy have dramatically strengthened their strategic partnership during PM Modi’s Rome visit, signing a defence industrial roadmap and critical minerals deal that signals a significant shift in bilateral engagement.

Russian President Vladimir Putin touches down in Beijing for a landmark two-day summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, signalling deeper Russia-China alliance amid global tensions.

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