Monday, March 17, 2025 | 09:55 AM ISTहिंदी में पढें
Business Standard
Notification Icon
userprofile IconSearch

World News

Zuckerberg once asked Xi Jinping to name his child: Here's what happened

Zuckerberg asked Xi to name his baby. Xi declined. Now a former Facebook exec spills secrets in a memoir exposing power, loyalty, and chaos inside Meta

Zuckerberg once asked Xi Jinping to name his child: Here's what happened
Updated On : 17 Mar 2025 | 2:30 PM IST

Oxford historian faces UK deportation for studying Indian history in India

After 12 years in the UK, an Oxford historian faces deportation for spending too many days in India - conducting essential research on Indian history and archives

Oxford historian faces UK deportation for studying Indian history in India
Updated On : 17 Mar 2025 | 1:52 PM IST

Trump calls Biden's pardons invalid, claims they were signed using autopen

US President Donald Trump has alleged that the pardons, signed during Biden's final hours in office, were authorised using an autopen and those responsible for this may have committed a crime

Trump calls Biden's pardons invalid, claims they were signed using autopen
Updated On : 17 Mar 2025 | 1:32 PM IST

Canada PM Carney to meet European allies as tensions with Trump admin rise

Canada's new Prime Minister Mark Carney reached Paris for his first official foreign visit after he was sworn in on March 14. Next, he will move to London

Canada PM Carney to meet European allies as tensions with Trump admin rise
Updated On : 17 Mar 2025 | 1:22 PM IST

US strikes in Yemen: 53 killed, oil prices up, Houthi attacks continue

US vows continued military action to protect shipping routes, launches major strikes against Yemen's Houthi rebels as tensions escalate

US strikes in Yemen: 53 killed, oil prices up, Houthi attacks continue
Updated On : 17 Mar 2025 | 1:00 PM IST

Syria to join donor conference for 1st time, a key step for its new leaders

Syria will attend the conference the ninth edition of its kind for the first time, and will be represented by Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani

Syria to join donor conference for 1st time, a key step for its new leaders
Updated On : 17 Mar 2025 | 12:26 PM IST

Tech giants need to stop racing to build AI gods with uncertain benefits

The obsession with bigger is better has gone on long enough in Silicon Valley, as has the jostling between people like Musk and Altman to have the biggest AI model

Tech giants need to stop racing to build AI gods with uncertain benefits
Updated On : 17 Mar 2025 | 12:16 PM IST

Donald Trump has companies in Europe and Asia walking DEI tightrope

Companies from Roche Holding AG to Nissan Motor Co. have backpedaled on DEI policies in the US

Donald Trump has companies in Europe and Asia walking DEI tightrope
Updated On : 17 Mar 2025 | 11:56 AM IST

Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore thank Musk & Trump ahead of SpaceX rescue

Nasa atronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore thanked Elon Musk and Donald Trump as SpaceX prepares to bring them home after 9 months stranded in space

Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore thank Musk & Trump ahead of SpaceX rescue
Updated On : 17 Mar 2025 | 11:01 AM IST

US-EU tariff war risks $9.5 trn of business: American Chamber of Commerce

Trump has railed against the US goods trade deficit with the EU, although in services there is a US surplus, and urged manufacturers to produce in America

US-EU tariff war risks $9.5 trn of business: American Chamber of Commerce
Updated On : 17 Mar 2025 | 10:55 AM IST

Trump to talk to Putin on March 18 as he pushes for end to Ukraine war

US leader disclosed the upcoming conversation to reporters while flying from Florida to Washington on Air Force One

Trump to talk to Putin on March 18 as he pushes for end to Ukraine war
Updated On : 17 Mar 2025 | 10:09 AM IST

Fast-fashion retailer Forever 21 files for bankruptcy, 2nd time in 6 yrs

The move likely means liquidation for the company, which was unable to find a buyer for its roughly 350 US stores

Fast-fashion retailer Forever 21 files for bankruptcy, 2nd time in 6 yrs
Updated On : 17 Mar 2025 | 9:51 AM IST

Nasa confirms homecoming date of Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore: Details

Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore's journey back to Earth is expected to take several hours, culminating in a parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of Florida

Nasa confirms homecoming date of Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore: Details
Updated On : 17 Mar 2025 | 9:41 AM IST

China plans for global CEOs to meet President Xi in Beijing next week

China's planned interaction with top business figures underscores the message it's been sending that the nation is open for business, contrasting with Trump's more protectionist "America First" policy

China plans for global CEOs to meet President Xi in Beijing next week
Updated On : 17 Mar 2025 | 9:36 AM IST

Chagos Islanders seek to take UK govt to court over deal with Mauritius

Lawyers for the two women argued Monday that it was unlawful to exclude Chagossians from deciding the future of the tropical archipelago

Chagos Islanders seek to take UK govt to court over deal with Mauritius
Updated On : 17 Mar 2025 | 9:12 AM IST

16 killed after ordnance from Syrian war explodes in port city of Latakia

The paramedic group known as the White Helmets said it worked overnight, searching through debris and recovered 16 bodies

16 killed after ordnance from Syrian war explodes in port city of Latakia
Updated On : 17 Mar 2025 | 8:55 AM IST

China's new home prices decline in Feb as govt's stimulus efforts fall flat

On a year-on-year basis, new home prices fell 4.8 per cent versus a 5.0 per cent drop the previous month

China's new home prices decline in Feb as govt's stimulus efforts fall flat
Updated On : 17 Mar 2025 | 8:48 AM IST

Russia's FM urges US Secy of State to 'immediately' halt strikes on Houthis

US airstrikes on Yemen's Houthi rebels have killed atleast 53 people, including five women and two children, and injured nearly 100 others, The Hill reported

Russia's FM urges US Secy of State to 'immediately' halt strikes on Houthis
Updated On : 17 Mar 2025 | 8:04 AM IST

US Fed meeting this week has investors anxiously awaiting Powell's remarks

Even as the Federal Reserve chair has touted US resilience, uneasiness sparked by President Donald Trump's rapidly escalating trade war has sent stocks tumbling over the past month

US Fed meeting this week has investors anxiously awaiting Powell's remarks
Updated On : 17 Mar 2025 | 7:28 AM IST

Bangladesh's Chief Advisor Yunus to visit China, meet President Xi Jinping

Yunus is set to visit China on March 26 and meet Xi on March 28, the Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said, hoping his visit will take Bangladesh-China relations to a new heights

Bangladesh's Chief Advisor Yunus to visit China, meet President Xi Jinping
Updated On : 17 Mar 2025 | 7:26 AM IST