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Snehil Kumar Singh, District Collector of Kozhikode inaugurates SmartShree initiative The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode’s business incubator, Laboratory for Innovation Venturing and Entrepreneurship (IIMK LIVE), in collaboration with the Kudumbashree Mission has launched SmartShree, an initiative aimed at supporting and scaling 150 micro-enterprise units led by Kudumbashree women entrepreneurs through structured capacity building, intensive…

Mark Savage Music Correspondent Sarah Louise Bennett / Alma Bengtsson / Getty Images Bookmakers have tipped them for success (L-R): Erika Vikman, Kaj, Louane, JJ and Claude The Eurovision Song Contest reaches its grand final on Saturday night in Basel, with 26 countries fighting for the coveted glass microphone trophy. The competition feels less predictable…

Puchong, Malaysia – On a recent Sunday morning, about a dozen men with fishing nets skirted the rubbish-strewn banks of the Klang River just outside the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur. Surveying the river, the men cast their nets into the polluted water. The nets billowed open and sunk quickly under the weight of metal…

Moody’s forecasts the federal deficit will rise to nearly 9% of GDP by 2035, fuelled by rising interest payments, entitlement spending, and insufficient revenue. | Photo Credit: iStockphoto Moody’s Ratings stripped the U.S. government of its top credit rating Friday, citing successive governments’ failure to stop a rising tide of debt. Moody’s lowered the rating…

Katy Watson Australia correspondent Watch: How snakes and spiders are milked for venom With a pair of bright pink tweezers in hand, Emma Teni is delicately wrestling a large and leggy spider in a small plastic pot. “He’s posing,” the spider-keeper jests as it rears up on its back legs. It is exactly what she’s…

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has accused a Mexican woman of furnishing a cartel with grenades and other weapons. The United States has revealed the first federal charges against a foreign national for providing material support to one of the criminal groups that President Donald Trump has designated a “foreign terrorist organisation”. On Friday, the Immigration…

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday blocked the Trump administration from quickly deporting Venezuelan nationals accused of gang affiliations under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798. The decision came in response to an emergency appeal, with the court extending an earlier pause on deportations from a Texas detention facility.  | Photo Credit: Kevin Mohatt/Reuters The…

Watch: The BBC’s Nada Tawfik on how Diddy’s lawyers used freak-off texts against Cassie Cassie Ventura has wrapped up four consecutive days of explosive testimony in the criminal trial of her ex-boyfriend Sean “Diddy” Combs. Breaking down in sobs, the singer told a New York court on Tuesday that she would give back a $20…

Moody’s cited rising debt, saying US had repeatedly failed to end the trend of large annual fiscal deficits and interest. Moody’s Ratings has stripped the United States government of its top credit rating, citing successive governments’ failure to stop a rising tide of debt, a surprise move that could complicate President Donald Trump’s efforts to…