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Why Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Erling Halaand will wear special jerseys at FIFA World Cup 2026? Explained

New Delhi, June 13 -- Spain's Lamile Yamal and Norway's Erling Halaand are among 891 players who will be wearing a special jersey at the FIFA World Cup 2026. Unlike previous editions, as many as 48 te... Read More


Nagarjuna Backs Akhil Akkineni's Lenin for June 26 Release After Three-Year Gap

New Delhi, June 13 -- "Watched the first cut of our film LENIN last night. I say this with confidence and pride. you are about to witness a new AKHIL on June 26 2026." The endorsement carries weight b... Read More


Fitch Hands CITIC Securities the First A-Class Credit Rating Ever Given to a Chinese Brokerage, Cracking a Ceiling That Stood for Two Decades

HONG KONG, June 13 -- Fitch Ratings has assigned an A-minus long-term issuer default rating with a stable outlook to CITIC Securities and its Hong Kong subsidiary CITIC Securities International, the f... Read More


China's Private Space Companies Are Sprinting Toward IPOs Behind SpaceX, and Shanghai's STAR Market Has Quietly Opened the Door

SHANGHAI, June 13 -- A wave of Chinese private space companies is moving simultaneously toward public listings on Shanghai's STAR market and the Hong Kong stock exchange, in the immediate slipstream o... Read More


Spain's Opposition Wants Sanchez Gone, but the Numbers, and the Far Right, Keep Him in Power

MADRID, June 13 -- Spain's conservative opposition has spent weeks insisting that Pedro Sanchez's government is finished, drowning in corruption cases and abandoned by the public. This week its leader... Read More


Saudi Arabia Lifts Its Five-Year Ban on Lebanese Exports as Beirut Leans Back to the Gulf

BEIRUT, June 13 -- Saudi Arabia has reopened its market to Lebanese goods after nearly five years, lifting an import ban that gutted one of the country's most important export sectors and signalling t... Read More


Trump Says a US Strike Killed a Gang Leader Inside Venezuela, 'Coordinated' With the Government That Replaced Maduro

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- President Trump has announced that a US military strike inside Venezuela killed the leader of the Tren de Aragua gang, a killing he said was coordinated with the government in C... Read More


Kenya's Ousted Deputy Goes Into Seclusion to Build the One Opposition That Could End Ruto

NAIROBI, June 13 -- Rigathi Gachagua, the deputy president William Ruto sacked in a dramatic impeachment, has retreated into seclusion to attempt the one thing that could cost Kenya's leader a second ... Read More


Hungary Moves to Dismantle the State Media Machine Orban Spent Sixteen Years Building

BUDAPEST, June 13 -- The government of Prime Minister Peter Magyar has submitted legislation to tear down and rebuild Hungary's state media, an attempt to undo what critics at home and across Europe s... Read More


Dhamaal 4 Trailer Launches Ajay Devgn and Gang on Another Treasure Hunt

New Delhi, June 13 -- The trailer for Dhamaal 4 dropped on June 12, launching the fourth instalment of Indra Kumar's comedy franchise with a premise built around competitive treasure hunting and the k... Read More