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Hong Kong university suspends student union after calls for fire justice

By Connect Gujarat Desk 05 Dec 2025 15:44 IST

India, Canada discuss contours of negotiations towards comprehensive economic partnership agreement

India and Canada’s trade ministers held a virtual meeting on Wednesday to discuss the contours of forthcoming negotiations towards a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA).

By Connect Gujarat Desk 04 Dec 2025 14:40 IST

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Lufthansa Group expands operational efficiency programme

The aviation giant, which also owns Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Swiss and Eurowings, said it had managed to “permanently avoid’ 170,000 tonnes of CO2 since 2022 through 90 separate projects.

By Connect Gujarat Desk 03 Dec 2025 13:43 IST

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US halts immigration applications and naturalizations process for migrants from 19 travel-ban nations

The changes were outlined in a policy memo posted Tuesday on the website of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the agency tasked with processing and approving all requests for immigration benefits.

By Connect Gujarat Desk 03 Dec 2025 13:39 IST

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Pope Leo ends first foreign trip with silent prayer at Beirut blast site

Pope Leo XIV will offer a silent prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion as he wraps up his first foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon on Tuesday.

By Connect Gujarat Desk 02 Dec 2025 13:15 IST

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Twenty-three of the 26 companies in Europe, excluding Russia, saw their arms revenue increase as the continent boosted spending. Their aggregate income rose by 13% to $151 billion, fueled by demand linked to the war in Ukraine and the perceived threat from Russia. There were notably big gains for the Czech Republic's Czechoslovak Group, whose revenue soared by 193% thanks in part to a government-led project to source artillery shells for Ukraine; and for Ukraine's JSC Ukrainian Defense Industry, which had a 41% gain. European firms are investing in new production capacity to meet greater demand, but SIPRI researcher Jade Guiberteau Ricard cautioned in a statement that “sourcing materials could pose a growing challenge,” with restructuring of supply chains for critical minerals a potential complication in light of Chinese export restrictions.

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Revenues of 100 arms makers marked record high in 2024 due to Ukraine, Gaza wars: Report

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, or SIPRI, said the revenues of the 100 largest arms makers grew to $679 billion in 2024, the highest figure it has recorded.

By Connect Gujarat Desk 01 Dec 2025 13:23 IST

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Anthony Albanese ties the knot, becomes first Australian PM to marry while in office

The Australian PM, who divorced his former wife in 2019 and has a son named Nathan, met Haydon more than five years ago at a business dinner in Melbourne.

By Connect Gujarat Desk 29 Nov 2025 14:28 IST

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Magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits western Indonesia amid massive floods, landslides

An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 hit Indonesia's Sumatra island near Aceh province on Thursday, even as the island grapples natural disasters, including a tropical cyclone.

By Connect Gujarat Desk 27 Nov 2025 12:01 IST

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Russian attacks kill at least 6 in Ukraine amid US peace plan discussion

Water, electricity and heat were knocked out in parts of the capital, Kyiv. Video footage posted to Telegram showed a large fire spreading in a nine-story residential building in Kyiv’s eastern district of Dniprovskyi.

By Connect Gujarat Desk 25 Nov 2025 15:00 IST

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China says Japan ‘crossed red line’ with Taiwan military intervention remarks

Japan “crossed a red line” with comments by its new leader suggesting a potential military intervention over Taiwan, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Sunday.

By Connect Gujarat Desk 24 Nov 2025 14:44 IST

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