Canberra: The Australian government is failing to properly plan for security risks from climate change, former military and intelligence leaders have warned.

Seoul: South Korea's tech giant LG Electronics said on Friday it has successfully raised $800 million in a dollar bond deal.

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump have secured enough delegates to become their respective party's 2024 nominee, setting the stage for a presidential rematch.

SRINAGAR:In his first visit to Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that Congress and it allies misled the people in the name of Article 370.

Tel Aviv: Close relatives of 'wanted' Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar have reportedly crossed over to Egypt through the Rafah crossing.

Tokyo:Japan's police have launched an investigation into a luxury watch rental operator based in Osaka, Japan, after they received more than 40 complaints about the firm, local media reported on Wednesday.

Cairo: Egypt had denied reports of a temporary suspension of navigation in the Suez Canal as a result of the ongoing tension in the Red Sea's strategic Bab-el-Mandeb area.

Gandhinagar: Global business leaders hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a developed India as they unveiled their investment plans for the country at the 10th edition of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024 which was inaugurated by the PM on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: The price of gold is expected to test levels from $2,060 to $2,090 per ounce, and on any correction if $2035 holds, the prices may target $2,115 level in the current up-move, as per a report by Emkay Wealth Management.

MUMBAI: The rupee appreciated 5 paise to close at 83.32 against the US dollar on Wednesday as more foreign funds flowed into the Indian stock markets which have shot up to lifetime highs.

DHAKA: One female worker has been killed and several others injured in Bangladesh on Wednesday during clashes between police and garment workers demonstrating for a pay hike on the outskirts of Dhaka.

NEW DELHI: India's external debt rose by $4.7 billion in the April-June quarter to touch the USD 629.1 billion mark, although the debt-GDP ratio declined, RBI data released on Thursday showed.

TOKYO: Amid drop in exports and imports, Japan recorded $6.3 biliion trade deficit in August, the government said in a report on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: Adding to the negative sentiment in stock markets, the rupee depreciated to near a 10-month low at 83.14, while the FII outflow of almost of Rs 10,000 crore in August so far also led to selling at higher levels, said Siddhartha Khemka, Head of Retail Research at Motilal Oswal Financial Services.

Ankara:After securing a historic third term as the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday pledged to build the "Century of Turkey" together with the nation and called for unity and solidarity.

CHENNAI:The dedollarisation is a gradual journey and has to face various challenges, including geopolitical angle, said industry officials.

SEOUL: South Korea's Hyundai Motor said on Tuesday its first-quarter net profit jumped 92 per cent from a year earlier on increased production and an improved product mix.

HONG KONG: International rating agency Fitch on Thursday predicted that Hong Kong's economy will rebound by 4 per cent this year, following a contraction of 3.5 per cent in 2022.

Geneva:Football's global governing body FIFA has signed a renewed Memorandum of Understanding with the European Club Association (ECA) for a long-term relationship.

MANILA : The Philippines' debt eased to 13.42 trillion pesos ($248.73 billion) as of December 31, 2022, partly due to the appreciation of the peso against the US dollar, the Bureau of Treasury said on Thursday.

UNITED NATIONS :  World output growth is projected to decelerate from an estimated 3.0 per cent in 2022 to 1.9 per cent in 2023, marking one of the lowest growth rates in recent decades, according to a UN report.

CHENNAI:Gold prices are expected to touch Rs 60,000/10 grams 24-carat shortly with the rates touching Rs 58,550 on Monday, a top official of Madras Jewellers and Diamond Merchants Association said.

NEW DELHI: The Indian rupee has witnessed a depreciation of 6.9 per cent in the current financial year till November 30, the Parliament was told on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON: The US Treasury Department has notified that currency printed before 2021 will continue to be valid legal tender even after 2023 and that such false claims about their becoming invalid, made on Facebook (FB) , which has spread like a prairie fire on the Meta platform, are "baseless" and "totally false".

NEW YORK: The US has removed India from its currency manipulation monitoring list and made the announcement while Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was in New Delhi to boost economic relations between the two countries.

Karachi:The central banks of Pakistan and China have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on setting up yuan clearing arrangements in the South Asian country to increase the Chinese currency's usage for cross-border transactions.

NEW DELHI: With the rupee witnessing a downward spiral for the past several weeks, even crossing the 83 mark against the US dollar, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday said that the Indian currency has behaved in an orderly manner and its trajectory shouldn't be looked at emotionally.

Trading for Samvat 2078 began on a festive note with a significant gap up opening which was on expected lines.

CHENNAI: Growth in large Asia Pacific economies like China, India and Indonesia will be less affected as their economies are more domestically oriented, said S&P Global Ratings on Thursday.

KARACHI: Pakistan's volatile rupee (PKR) became the "worlds best performing currency" in the week that ended on October 7, as it made the largest gain of 3.9 per cent over five working days to 219.92 PKR to a dollar on expectation of significant foreign currency inflows.