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South Africa will extend special permits granted to immigrants from Zimbabwe and Lesotho by two years after the Supreme Court of Appeal barred the authorities from rescinding them. The government decided not to renew expired permits that…

Express News Service PANJIM: To attract filmmakers from across the globe and encourage film shooting in India, the union minister for information and broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur on Tuesday announced an increase in…

When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, on Oct. 4, 1957, it did more than spark fears about America’s ability to compete technologically. It also raised concerns that the U.S. had a shortage of…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A serious cyberattack has disrupted operations at several of Australia's largest ports, causing delays and…

Britain should warmly welcome international students joining universities across the country or risk losing out to the US, Canada and Australia, the higher education admissions chief has said.The intervention came amid concerns that…

Receive free UK foreign policy updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest UK foreign policynews every morning. The UK foreign secretary has said Britain must step up its engagement with African nations on…

The government will expand the design-linked incentive (DLI) scheme for semiconductor companies to include larger companies – both foreign and Indian, as suggested by the industry stakeholders, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, minister of…

Receive free Wang Yi updatesWe’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Wang Yinews every morning. Australia’s foreign minister Julie Bishop thought everything was going well at a meeting with Wang Yi in 2013, as…

A view of the BSE building in Mumbai. File Benchmark Sensex bounced back 351 points while Nifty closed above the 19,750 level on July 26 following buying in infra, banking and oil shares amid fresh foreign fund inflows and rally in the…

China named veteran diplomat Wang Yi as its new foreign minister on Tuesday, removing former rising star Qin Gang after a mysterious one-month absence from duties barely half a year into the job.  Issued…