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WARSAW, Poland — The Slovak Defense Ministry is considering buying four more F-16 fighter jets in addition to the 14 already on order, a move to compensate for Bratislava’s decision to cancel the purchase of 12 Bell AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters equipped with AGM-114 Hellfire II air-to-surface missiles.Last January, Lockheed Martin announced that the first two of 14 F-16 fighter jets had been delivered to Slovakia, with more due to roll off the production line by the end of the year. But Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Robert Kalyniak said the Slovak cabinet may order four more fighter jets…

It’s election season again in Maharashtra and to prevent vote rigging, both Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) and Eknath Shinde-led Sena have shifted their state assembly members to separate hotels in Mumbai ahead of the Legislative Assembly elections scheduled for Friday.Keeping in mind the secret ballot for the elections, both the camps are keeping a close watch on their own groupings to keep them together and avoid any chance of cross-voting. The Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government collapsed two-and-a-half years ago due to cross-voting in the MLC elections, further splitting the Shiv Sena party.In such elections, due to the secret ballot…

Islamabad said on Thursday that at least 44,000 Afghans who were approved to move to Western countries after the Taliban returned to power remain in limbo in Pakistan.More than 120,000 people, mostly Afghans, were airlifted out of Kabul in chaotic evacuations days after the NATO-backed government collapsed in August 2021.Since then, hundreds of thousands more Afghans have fled Taliban rule, many of them for the promise of new lives in countries that were involved in Afghanistan’s two-decade occupation. Pakistan’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said that three years after the Taliban took power, there are still 25,000 Afghans approved…

Down icon An icon in the shape of a downward angle. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Putin in 2023. NATO has accused China of “decisively encouraging Russia’s war in Ukraine.” Sergey Guneev/Getty Images NATO has accused China of enabling Russia’s war in Ukraine and called on it to end its support.China is said to have circumvented Western sanctions by supplying weapons parts to Russia.China has alleged that NATO has a “Cold War mentality” and “belligerent rhetoric.” NATO on Wednesday accused China of “decisively encouraging Russia’s war in Ukraine” and demanded that it stop supporting Russian forces or face…

Rachel Bovard spoke at the 4th National Conference of National Conservatism in Washington, DC on Monday. Photo: NatCon/X Walking into the Fourth National Conference of Conservatives in Washington, DC this week, I noticed the prevalence of men there. Most of them were young, white, clean-cut, and serious as they greeted one another. There were a few women at the table, for various reasons. Other women were dotted among the audience during the opening plenary session. I don’t mean to belittle the women; they are true believers, partners in the effort of cultural change and political conquest, just as the men…

Pfizer plans to conduct further early-stage trials later this year to identify the drug’s ideal dosing, with results expected in the first quarter of next year, a spokesperson told CNBC. The company said those trials will “inform regulatory submissions.”A spokesperson told CNBC that results are expected to be released in the first quarter of next year.”Danugliplon has demonstrated excellent efficacy in a twice-daily formulation and we believe a once-daily formulation could be competitive in the oral GLP-1 space,” outgoing Pfizer chief scientific officer Dr. Mikael Dolsten said in a press release. Notably, the company observed no liver safety issues in…

After three consecutive quarters of decline, the net employee headcount of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest IT services giant, increased by 5,452 in the first quarter of the current fiscal 2025. The total headcount stood at 606,998 as at the end of June, up from 601,546 as at the end of March, according to a TCS filing with stock exchanges.Enhance your technical skills with high-value skills coursesUniversity OfferingscourseWebsiteIndian School of BusinessISB Product ManagementvisitIndian School of BusinessProduct Management Professional QualificationvisitMIT xPROMIT Technology Leadership and InnovationvisitIn announcing its FY24 results, TCS reported its first annual decline in employee numbers in 19…

An investigation is underway in China after it emerged that an industrial fuel tanker previously used to carry fuel was transporting cooking oil without being washed en route.The revelations have sparked widespread outrage among Chinese families worried about health risks from tainted oil, in a country all too familiar with food safety scandals.The moves come just days before Chinese President Xi Jinping is due to convene a high-level meeting of Communist party officials where his “shared prosperity” agenda will be a top priority and officials are expected to lay out a reform package aimed at restoring confidence in the struggling…

The polls held in the Badrinath Assembly by-election in Uttarakhand reported a voter turnout of 49.8%, which is 15.87% lower than the voter turnout in the 2022 Uttarakhand Assembly elections, where the voter turnout in this constituency was reported as 65.67%.The by-election to the Badrinath Assembly seat in Uttarakhand was necessitated by the resignation of Rajendra Singh Bhandari. Badrinath, constituency 4, is a general constituency in Chamoli district and Garhwal region of Uttarakhand. The semi-urban constituency is part of Garhwal (General) Lok Sabha constituency 2 and the by-elections were held on Wednesday, July 10, 2024 along with 12 other seats…

Image source: akamakis / Shutterstock.com Many of the best-performing stocks come from the technology sector. Few industries offer as much opportunity for growth and expansion as technology companies. Every trillion-dollar public company is a tech giant, and it’s likely the next multi-trillion-dollar company will be in the tech industry, too. Technology also plays a big role. S&P 500 And that NasdaqWhen tech stocks fall, the entire market is affected. The good news is that most tech stocks, including those mentioned in this article, have risen in value over the long term. It’s still possible to find undervalued tech stocks, especially…