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Kotak Mahindra Bank will handle the German bank’s retail, private and wealth portfolio in India, while Deutsche Bank will focus on ultra-high net worth clients. Meanwhile, jet fuel prices have declined. DW has more. Source link
Lifestyle magazine Monocle has just released its “Quality of Life survey”. The ranking isn’t based on hard data, but on how cities actually feel to live in. Securing the top spot is the Japanese capital Tokyo, followed by Copenhagen, Lisbon, Vienna and Sydney. Paris comes in at number eight. Monocle Editor Andrew Tuck tells us … Read more
A week after twin devastating earthquakes struck Venezuela, many families are still searching for loved ones amid the rubble even as the hope of finding survivors dwindles. FRANCE 24 traveled to La Guaira, the region hardest-hit by the earthquakes, to meet some of those still desperately looking for the missing. “What I want is to … Read more
A viral video showing handcuffed men walking in single file is being shared by Islamophobic accounts claiming it depicts Muslims enslaving Christian Africans. However, the video has been taken out of context. Source link
Canada will participate in the next edition of the Eurovision Song Contest in Bulgaria in 2027, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and CBC/Radio-Canada confirmed Wednesday. The country’s national Canada Day announcement comes a week after CBC/Radio-Canada became the EBU’s newest member, making it eligible to compete on the popular pop program. “This Canada Day, as … Read more
US President Donald Trump made over a trillion dollars with various crypto-related ventures in 2025, according to his annual financial disclosure report. The earnings, coming from royalties tied to the Trump memecoin and token sales from crypto firm World Liberty Financial, have prompted accusations of conflicts of interest from watchdog groups. Also in this edition: … Read more
More than 1,000 deaths in Spain were attributed to the recent heatwave that roasted Europe, as the country posted the hottest first six months ever recorded. The number is more than double the 407 deaths attributed to the heat in June 2025, which holds the record for hottest June. Scientists agree that such a heatwave … Read more
As the death toll in Venezuela nears 2000 following back-to-back earthquakes, the aftershocks of the disaster are beginning to make themselves felt. Almost 60,000 buildings are thought to have been damaged or destroyed, while more than 10,000 have been injured leaving hospitals at breaking point. As food shortages become more widespread and diseases proliferate, NGOs … Read more
France’s Ecologists and the government clashed once again in the National Assembly on June 30. The topic: France’s recent heatwave. The Greens reported 10,000 deaths, while the Prime Minister disputed the figure. The group filed a vote of no confidence against Lecornu’s administration and called for a committee to investigate the government’s response to last … Read more
Delano D’Souza is pleased to welcome Christopher Sabatini, Senior Research Fellow for Latin America, the US and the Americas program at Chatham House. Sabatini argues that Venezuela’s earthquake is not simply a natural catastrophe but a political and institutional one. He contends that the scale of the disaster reflects decades of state erosion, corruption, economic … Read more