Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 26 (ANI): The ambitious Mumbai Coastal Road (MCR) project, spearheaded by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), achieved a significant milestone on Friday with the BMC successfully installing the first bow arch string girder that connects the Coastal Road to the Bandra-Worli Sea Link (BWSL). The massive girder setup installation was completed at 3:25 am on Friday. This achieveme ..read more

LONDON, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Britain's King Charles III will return to public-facing royal duties following the progress made in his cancer treatment, Buckingham Palace said Friday. The King's medical team "are very encouraged by the progress made so far and remain positive about the King's continued recovery," a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said. The King's treatment program "will continue," but doctor ..read more

New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): India's foreign exchange reserves declined for the second week, after having risen for the seventh straight week to hit an all-time high of USD 648.562 billion. As per the latest data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the country's foreign exchange kitty declined by USD 2.828 billion to USD 640.334 billion in the April 19 week. India's foreign currency assets (FCA), the bigges ..read more

TOKYO -- The Japanese central bank on Friday maintained its policy rate unchanged after wrapping up its two-day policy meeting, which sent the Japanese yen to its fresh 34-year low past the 156 line. The Bank of Japan (BOJ) decided to guide short-term interest rates in a range of zero and 0.1 percent, a month after it ended the negative interest rate policy in its first rate hike in 17 years. The announce ..read more

(Photo credit: Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports) Jinichiro Kozuma shot a 9-under 63 to take the first-round lead Friday at LIV Golf Adelaide in Australia. Kozuma started on the 15th hole at The Grange Golf Club, recorded birdies on four of the first five holes and was 8-under after 11 holes. The native of Japan was one of just five players tofinish the round without a bogey. Kozuma is in his first full season with LIV Go ..read more

WARSAW, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Belgian coach Vital Heynen, who just took the reins of the Chinese national men's volleyball team, told Polish media in an interview that "this job was his dream." "In 2021, when I finished working with Poland's national team, I emphasized that there was one team that I would particularly like to coach. It was China. It was always clear to me that if they wanted to hire me, I would j ..read more

The country's share of global GDP will drop below 2%, the fund has projected Slow economic growth will push France out of the list of the world's ten largest economies within five years, according to an updated global outlook from the International Monetary Fund. The Washington-based institution expects France's contribution to global economic growth in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms t ..read more

TOKYO, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Japan's ANA Holdings Inc. saw its net profit rose 75.6 percent to a record 157.10 billion yen (about 1 billion U.S. dollars) in the fiscal year of 2023 led by strong air travel demand, the company said on Friday. The parent company of All Nippon Airways reported a record operating income of 207.9 billion yen, with the operating profit margin exceeding 10 percent for the first time, ac ..read more

The country's share of global GDP will drop below 2%, the fund has projected Slow economic growth will push France out of list of world's ten largest economies in five years, according to an updated global economic outlook from the International Monetary Fund. The Washington-based institution expects France's contribution to global economic growth in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms to d ..read more

With Australian soldiers returning from fighting alongside Israeli forces, it's questionable if the Labor Government will investigate possible war crimes, writes Bilal Cleland. WHILE WE HAVE long discriminated against First Nations people, we have been open to those who look like "us", White European colonists, being somewh ..read more