India signs $100bn free trade deal with European EFTA bloc
India to lift import tariffs for several industrial products from four-nation group in return for 15-year investment.
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America’s 80-year need for war
Does America need an exorcism? There is indeed an 80-year pattern in American history that has global implications. Every eight decades, the US faces an existential internal crisis that is overcome with war.
Liu Cixin’s sci-fi epic coming to Netflix
Liu Cixin’s “The Three-Body Problem” – the first of a popular trilogy titled “Remembrance of Earth’s Past” – has entertained and challenged readers since first appearing in Chinese in 2006.
‘Most vexing’ test: Can Pakistan’s Sharifs revive talks with India’s Modi?
Analysts say India’s 2024 election will need to pass first. But a long history between the Sharifs and Modi offers hope.
Bollywood ‘takeover’: Pro-Modi films swamp Indian voters ahead of election
At least 10 releases before the election amplify Modi’s political agenda and vilify critics and opponents – sparing not even Mahatma Gandhi.
How Asian women are challenging bias to carve out entrepreneurial success, from Singapore to India
As a flight attendant for Singapore Airlines, Kay Cheong was staring at an abyss when she was forced to leave her job because she was expecting a baby.
As Taylor Swift’s Singapore run ends, fans from Southeast Asia find ‘inspiration’ from their ‘unpaid therapist’
Ahead of the last gig on Saturday, Agence France-Presse spoke to six diehard fans, known as “Swifties”, about their favourite Taylor Swift song and what she means to them.
India appoints UK PM Rishi Sunak’s mother-in-law, Sudha Murthy, to parliament
Sudha Murthy, 73, is the former chair of the Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the global tech behemoth Infosys her husband N.R. Narayana Murthy co-founded in 1981.