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Trump Promises $5,000 "Dividend" to Every American If Republicans Win Midterms
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Trump Promises $5,000 "Dividend" to Every American If Republicans Win Midterms

Donald Trump has promised a $5,000 "dividend" to every American adult if Republicans win the midterms, drawing skepticism over its trillion-dollar cost and legality, while Indian social media compared it to the country's own welfare cash schemes.

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Sheikh Hasina's Daughter Saima Wazed Resigns as WHO Southeast Asia Regional Director Amid Fraud Probe International
Sheikh Hasina's Daughter Saima Wazed Resigns as WHO Southeast Asia Regional Director Amid Fraud Probe

Saima Wazed, daughter of ousted Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina, has resigned as WHO's Southeast Asia regional director amid fraud allegations involving her travel expenses, academic credentials and a Bangladeshi land deal, which she denies.

Eiffel Tower Shuts Down After Staff Strike Over "Sidelining" of Female Employees During Hindu Delegation's Visit International
Eiffel Tower Shuts Down After Staff Strike Over "Sidelining" of Female Employees During Hindu Delegation's Visit

The Eiffel Tower closed for a day after staff went on strike over claims that female employees were sidelined and replaced by men during a private visit by a Hindu delegation linked to BAPS, prompting an official investigation in Paris.

UN General Assembly Adopts Resolution to Replace Mercator Map With Equal Earth Projection Showing Africa's True Size International
UN General Assembly Adopts Resolution to Replace Mercator Map With Equal Earth Projection Showing Africa's True Size

The UN General Assembly voted 164-1 to endorse the Equal Earth map projection over the centuries-old Mercator projection, which understates Africa's true size, with only the United States opposing and Ukraine abstaining over unrelated territorial concerns.

Pakistan's PMO Crops Modi Out of SCO Photo to Centre Sharif International
Pakistan's PMO Crops Modi Out of SCO Photo to Centre Sharif

Pakistan's Prime Minister's Office posted a cropped version of the SCO leaders' group photograph from Bishkek on September 1, removing PM Modi, Iranian President Pezeshkian and three other leaders to position Shehbaz Sharif at the centre. India's PMO posted the full uncropped image. Sharif later reversed course and shared the complete photograph on his personal account.

India's GDP Grows 7.8% in Q1 FY27, Beats All Forecasts

India's real GDP grew 7.8% in Q1 FY2026-27 to Rs 81.36 lakh crore, beating the RBI's 7% forecast and a Reuters poll of 58 economists projecting 7.1%. Services grew 10%, manufacturing and electricity c...

26th SCO Summit Convenes in Bishkek to Strengthen Regional Cooperation

The 26th SCO Summit concluded in Bishkek on September 1 with all ten member-state heads, including Modi, Xi and Putin, signing the Bishkek Declaration. Modi called for dismantling the "entire ecosyste...

Trump Announces "Biggest Oil Deal in World History" With Venezuela

President Trump on August 28 announced a deal with Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodríguez giving the US 55% effective control of a new joint venture holding 65 billion barrels of proven oil re...

Pakistan and Kuwait Sign Protocol Agreement-2026 in Rawalpindi

Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif and Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Abdullah Ali Al-Sabah signed the Protocol Agreement-2026 in Rawalpindi on August 27, expanding bilateral military cooperation in t...

Brazil Fines TikTok $30 Million for Processing 8 Million Children's Data

Brazil's National Data Protection Authority fined ByteDance 153.7 million reais ($30 million) on August 25, its largest-ever penalty, for processing data of at least 8 million Brazilian children witho...

US Removes Syria From Terror Sponsors List After 47 Years, Delists HTS

The United States formally removed Syria from its State Sponsors of Terrorism list on August 24, ending a 47-year designation and simultaneously delisting Hayat Tahrir al-Sham as a global terrorist or...

Ukraine Sanctions Masha and the Bear Creators Over Russian Propaganda Claims

Ukrainian President Zelensky on August 20 sanctioned Animaccord Animation Studio and five Russian nationals behind Masha and the Bear, accusing the globally watched children's cartoon of spreading pro...

Pakistan Passes Defence Forces Act 2026

Pakistan's National Assembly on August 20 passed the Defence Forces Act 2026, giving Field Marshal Asim Munir, who simultaneously serves as Army Chief and Chief of Defence Forces, authority to retire,...

Trump Posts Strait of Hormuz as "New US Territory" After 60-Day Iran Deal Expires

President Trump posted a Strait of Hormuz map labelled "New US Territory" on August 18 after the 60-day US-Iran MOU deadline expired without a broader deal. Iran's top negotiator Ghalibaf said the Str...

29 States Put Meta on Trial Over Child Social Media Addiction

A landmark federal trial opened August 18 in Oakland as 29 US states accused Meta of deliberately designing Facebook and Instagram to addict children for profit. California prosecutors cited an intern...


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