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Flags at government sites are flying at half-mast and security vehicles are parked in the heart of Beijing, as China mourns former Premier Zhu Rongji.Zhu died of an illness last week at 97, and will be cremated at a funeral in Beijing on Tuesday. There has not been footage from the ceremony, which is being kept low-key.Zhu, who served as China’s premier from 1998 to 2003, is remembered as one of the country’s most important economic reformers.While hailing the late premier as a “loyal” party member, the Chinese state is also wary that public mourning for his era of reform…

85-year-old David Siggins says he is “close to a breakdown” after Rochford Council ordered him to remove the £2,200 driveway he built for easier access to his Essex home. (Photo: SWNS) An 85-year-old man in Essex is facing the threat of legal action after being ordered to remove a £2,200 block-paved driveway he built outside his home, claiming he needed easier access because of his difficulty walking. According to a report by SWNS, David Siggins, from Rochford, said he spent two years trying to follow the correct process before transforming a grass verge into a 3-metre-wide by 5-metre-long driveway.Siggins, who…

Germany has carried out its first raids under a new law to crack down on smugglers using the country as a staging post for small boat crossings on the English Channel, the BBC has learned.More than 9,000 life jackets, dozens of dinghies and engines and 360 pumps were seized by police this spring during a joint operation involving the UK, France and Germany in the North Rhine-Westphalia region.The dinghies and equipment are now being stored at a secret location that the BBC was given special access to.The boats could have taken more than 2,000 migrants across the Channel illegally, according…

The number of job vacancies has fallen to its lowest level in more than five years as smaller businesses cut back on recruitment, the latest official figures indicate.Vacancy numbers dipped slightly over the May-to-July period to 707,000, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which said small firms were citing labour and operating costs as reasons for scaling back hiring.The ONS said the labour market was “little changed overall”, with the unemployment rate remaining at 4.9%.Growth in regular earnings – which excludes bonuses – picked up slightly, rising at an annual pace of 3.5% in the three months to…

For the second time in the Test match, KL Rahul and Devdutt Padikkal stitched together a half-century stand for the second wicket. It was only the fifth time an Indian pair had managed two 50-plus partnerships in the same Test in Sri Lanka, the second such instance in Galle and the first in 16 years, with VVS Laxman and Suresh Raina the last to achieve the feat in Colombo in 2008.Devdutt Padikkal and KL Rahul scored a second straight 50-run stand in the Galle TestHowever, the partnership would not have been possible without a crucial intervention from Padikkal, who convinced…

Kevin Lamour wrote that staff were “deceived” by Infantino’s lack of openness in planning. File | Photo Credit: AP FIFA’s chief operating officer, Kevin Lamour, has reportedly left his role at football’s governing body just weeks after saying its president, Gianni Infantino, had deceived staff with his World Cup sell-off plan.Also read | Why did FIFA scrap its World Cup stake sale? | ExplainedLamour, who is based in Zurich, all but invited Infantino to fire him in a statement to The Associated Press on August 1, 2026, that defended his colleagues amid intense fallout from the plan to sell stakes…

Serena Williams and Venus Williams lost in their first doubles match together since 2022 while men’s top seed Alexander Zverev battled into the fourth round on Monday (August 17, 2026) at the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Masters.The Williams sisters, with 14 Grand Slam titles and three Olympic gold medals together, were side-by-side for the first time since the 2022 U.S. Open but lost to American Payton Stearns and Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine 6-2, 1-6, 10-8.”It was fun and special. We kicked off a little rust,” Ms. Serena Williams said. “I didn’t come here to win this tournament. It’s about having fun and…

Sun moved to Leo zodiac signs yesterday, where Ketu is already transiting and now people are worried because it creates a Grahan yoga so here we are going to talk about the remedies for each zodiac sign and save yourself and get rid of the bad effects of this Grahan yoga..!! Source link

Indian vegetarian food is hardly limited to dal, sabzi and paneer. Across the world, other cuisines have built equally comforting dishes around lentils, chickpeas, potatoes, aubergines, beans, rice and plenty of spice. Many of these dishes use familiar ingredients but bring them together in completely different ways. The surprise is how easily some of these flavours fit an Indian palate. From smoky eggplant dishes to crispy chickpea fritters and chilli-laced noodles, these are international vegetarian dishes that do not feel like a compromise. Source link

Mumbai: Aegis Logistics, a leading Indian importer, storage and distribution company for oil and gas, is in advanced discussions to acquire UAE-based Tristar, the largest privately owned liquid logistics company in West Asia, valuing the target at $1.5 billion, people aware of the development told ET.It could be one of the largest consolidation efforts in the industry that has seen unprecedented volatility due to the ongoing Iran-US conflict.The Mumbai-based company, with a market capitalisation of Rs 45,156.15 crore ($4.75 billion) has initiated discussions with a group of European and Indian private sector lenders for acquisition financing.Tristar operates across 30+ countries…