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Pakistan downs five Indian fighter jets
Pakistan downs five Indian fighter jets ISLAMABAD: Pakistan armed forces shot down five Indian Air Force (IAF) jets in response to India’s missile strikes inside Pakistan. The IAF has received heavy loss with downing of jets including three Rafales, a Mig-29 and a Sukhoi SU-30, he told a television news channel. Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR)…
Japan’s drugmaker Shionogi to acquire JT’s pharma units in $1bn deal
OSAKA/TOKYO — Japanese pharmaceutical manufacturer Shionogi is set to buy Japan Tobacco’s drug businesses, a deal that totals around 150 billion yen ($1 billion) combined, Nikkei has learned, highlighting the growing number of merger deals amid increasing research costs for new medicines. The move follows the $3.5 billion deal announcement in Febru that the U.S.…
India Fires Missiles Into Pakistani Territory In What Islamabad Calls ‘Act Of War’
ISLAMABAD (AP) — India fired missiles into Pakistani-controlled territory in several locations early Wednesday, killing at least 19 people including a child, in what Pakistan’s leader called an act of war. India said it struck infrastructure used by militants linked to last month’s massacre of tourists in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir. At least three…
Singapore’s UOB braces for slowdown after flat Q1 profit growth
SINGAPORE — Singapore’s United Overseas Bank on Wednesday reported flat net profit growth for the first quarter of the year as it warned of a near-term slowdown in global growth amid U.S. trade tariffs spurring macroeconomic uncertainties. UOB, one of the biggest lenders by assets in Southeast Asia, logged a net profit of 1.49 billion…
Trump’s university interference erodes science, diversity in US
The U.S. administration of President Donald Trump is ramping up pressure on academics and the scientific community by suspending funding for universities and research institutes. By clamping down on scholars who do not follow its orders, the administration’s actions remind us of oppression in Nazi Germany as well as in China during the Cultural Revolution.…
Watch the aftermath of Indian missile strikes on Pakistan territory | News
India has launched a major pre- strike on Pakistan, saying it targeted nine sites across Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir early on Wednesday 7 May. According to a spokesperson for the Pakistani milit, at least eight civilians were killed in the pre- airstrikes. Video footage shows widespread destruction in the city of Muzaffarabad, the capital of…
Tata seeks Hong Kong expansion by tackling DeepSeek security risks
HONG KONG — India’s largest software exporter is seeking expansion in Hong Kong, sensing opportunities after a series of bank layoffs and mounting security concerns over artificial intelligence models such as China’s DeepSeek. Sankaranarayanan Viswanathan, Tata Consultancy Services’ vice president and head of business innovation in the corporate technology office, told Nikkei Asia that corporate…
India-Pakistan latest: Several Indian planes shot down and soldiers taken prisoner, Pakistan officials say
Listen: Explosions heard in Pakistani Kashmir after India says it launched airstrikes On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Several Indian planes have been shot down, and some soldiers have been taken prisoner, Pakistan officials have…