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Indian industrialist billionaire Sajjan Jindal says his steel, paint, cement and energy conglomerate will supercharge its investments to around $65bn… Read More »Steelmaker JSW ‘bullish’ on grabbing share of India’s infrastructure boom
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Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated unharmed on Saturday after what appeared to be a smoke bomb was thrown… Read More »Japanese PM unharmed after ‘smoke bomb’ attack
Benjamin Netanyahu has long cultivated an image as Israel’s “Mr Security”, and the ultranationalist partners in his coalition government campaigned… Read More »Netanyahu’s calibrated security approach stokes cabinet tensions