Britain and India to sign landmark free trade pact during Modi visit | WN24
LONDON/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Britain and India will sign a landmark free trade agreement on Thursday during a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sealing a deal to cut tariffs on goods from textiles to whisky and cars and allow more market access for businesses. The two countries concluded talks on the long-coveted free trade […]
HKSAR rescue team, preparation team for Kai Tak sports park commissioning honored for outstanding contributions | WN24
HONG KONG, July 23 (Xinhua) — The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government Wednesday awarded HKSAR rescue team and an interdepartmental preparation team for Kai Tak Sports Park Commissioning the Chief Executive’s Award for Exemplary Performance. Speaking at a ceremony, HKSAR Chief Executive John Lee said that the two awarded outstanding teams have demonstrated […]
Venezuelan makeup artist returns home, describes torture during El Salvador detention | WN24
CAPACHO, Venezuela (Reuters) -A makeup artist who became the face of more than 250 Venezuelan migrants deported by the U.S. to El Salvador’s most notorious prison arrived home to his family on Wednesday after what he described as “an encounter with torture and death.” Andry Hernandez, 32, and the other detainees returned to Venezuela on […]
Fentanyl smoke poses ‘Substantial’ exposure risk to staff in bc supportive housing: Report | WN24
A Homeless Man smokes fentanyl in seattle, washington, on march 12, 2022. John moore/getty images Supportive housing staff in some areas of bc are facing “Substantial Exposure” to Secondhand Fentanyl smoke, according to a new report. The findings are basically on an evaluation done by sauve safety services on Behalf of BC’s housing ministry and […]
Dutch far-right voters waver between doubt and conviction ahead of October elections | WN24
This is the city of “Henk and Ingrid.” These are the names of two fictional characters created by far-right leader Geert Wilders to personify an average Dutch couple – the people he has promised to defend against “the system,” “the elite,” “the left-wing clerics,” and, of course, foreigners. In Spijkenisse, a city of around 73,000 […]
EC ASKS Bengal to Create Separate Election DEPT: ‘CEO Lacks Financial, Administrative Autonomy’ | Kolkata News | WN24
Citing a “Lack of Administrative and Financial Autonomy” Available to the State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), The election Commission has been asked the West Bengal Government to Create Epetarate Election Department, compartment. Delinked from any other state department. In a letter dated July 17 and addressed to the west Bengal Chief Secretary, The Electration Commission […]
Calcutta HC Asks Odisha to File affidavit on Detection of Bengali Migrants | Kolkata News | WN24
The calcutta high court on wednesday directed the odisha government to file. Hearing Habeas Corpus Petitions Filed by the families of Two Migrant West Bengal, The Division Bench of Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Reetobroto Kumar Mitra Mitra Direcred the Advocate Genre Had joined the hearing virtually, to submit the affidavit by August 20 and […]
Hong Kong to implement stablecoin ordinance in sustainable manner: HKMA chief | WN24
HONG KONG, July 23 (Xinhua) — Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Eddie Yue said in a statement on Wednesday that it is important to implement the Stablecoins Ordinance in a robust and sustainable manner. Hong Kong’s Stablecoins Ordinance will come into effect on Aug. 1. Yue said that given the merits […]
Merz and Macron discuss NATO and EU-US trade issues | WN24
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron, left, meet at Villa Borsig, the guesthouse of the German Foreign Ministry, in Berlin, July 23, 2025. JOHN MACDOUGALL / AP French President Emmanuel Macron met German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin on Wednesday, July 23, as they sought to present a united front on the […]
Zelenskiy vows to protect Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies, bows to protests | WN24
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed on Wednesday to retain the independence of anti-corruption agencies, bowing to pressure from the first wartime street protests and rare rebukes from European allies. For a second day in a row, thousands of people across the country – from Kharkiv in the northeast to the capital Kyiv to […]