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174 of the world’s biggest 500 companies have their GCCs in India: Report
India’s Fortune 500 GCCs are transforming into AI-native hubs, leading innovation and reshaping global business operations India is emerging as a transformation hub of the largest global companies with Fortune 500 firms increasingly set up their...

The Impact of NIH Cuts Ripples Beyond U.S. Borders
Rory De Vries an associate professor of virology in the Netherlands, was lifting weights at the gym when he noticed a WhatsApp message from his research partners at Columbia University, telling him his research funding had been cancelled. The next...

China and Serbia complete another section of Pan-European corridor
02:35 Serbia marked a major milestone in its transportation infrastructure with the official opening of another section of the E-763 highway. Stretching through western Serbia, this 19.5-kilometer segment will reduce the time it takes to travel...

ICE is now hunting for clergy members willing to work in Guantánamo Bay
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Australia’s health outcomes above OECD average
The prevalence of chronic conditions and multimorbidity is increasing in Australia, with half of people aged 65 and over having two or more chronic conditions and almost one in three having at least one. The most common chronic conditions found in...
Driven: Dacia Duster 140 Hybrid
Styling The car that this new Duster supersedes was, in itself, a rather handsome machine in its own right, but the latest third-gen variant takes the aesthetic appeal to a whole new level. It helps, of course, that our test version was not only...

Heatwaves in Europe: Which countries face the biggest GDP and labour productivity losses?
Last year was the warmest year on record both in Europe and globally, with temperatures exceeding all previous levels since 1850. Globally, the last ten years also mark the warmest decade on record. Europe is the fastest-warming continent on...

Ursula von der Leyen faces confidence vote in far-right challenge
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Russia-Ukraine: What to know as Russia attacks Ukraine
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Russian troops launched a broad, three-pronged assault on Ukraine that brought explosions and set off air raid sirens to the country’s capital, Kyiv, and other cities, shattering any remaining hope that a military conflict...

Here is the short list for Mobile Europe’s CTO of the Year 2025 Awards…
Mobile Europe would like to congratulate those who made it to the shortlist for 2025’s CTO of the Year Awards, sponsored by Amdocs. The winners will be announced after the invitation-only, roundtable discussion which will take place at 15:00 BST...
Indian LR-LACM missiles emerge as game changer in European security, challenging US as sole defence supplier
India’s Long-Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LR-LACM), developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), has sparked significant interest among several European NATO member states following its unveiling at the Defence...

Von Der Leyen Survives EU No-Confidence - Power Could Be Mortally Wounded in the Process
Last week, one of the premier Bond villains in all of Europe, European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen, survived a no-confidence vote. Dammit. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has survived a no-confidence motion in the...

Who is Archita Phukan, now Ishtara Amira? Kendra Lust link, past claims and AI controversy explained
Archita Phukan, now calling herself Ishtara Amira, went viral after a photo with Kendra Lust. But questions have surfaced about her identity, including claims of AI use and a fabricated backstory involving prostitution. Archita Phukan, a social...

3 years without Dell: Asian laptop makers now dominate in Russia
As a brief look at the list of laptops that DNS currently sells reveals, 2022 to 2025 Western sanctions did not entirely disrupt the lives of regular consumers or electronics sellers. However, several changes are apparent and, one might argue,...

Who is an acceptable migrant?
In the spring of 2016, as Britain hung like a drop of sweat off the nose of the European project, French riot police squelched into the Calais Jungle and began tearing it down. I was there reporting on the refugee camp. We parked outside a...

Lyca Mobile's Market Understanding Through Customer-Focused International Connectivity Solutions
When Lyca Mobile Chairman Allirajah Subaskaran worked in his family's grocery store in Paris during the 1980s, he observed immigrant customers desperately seeking affordable ways to call home. That experience of witnessing unmet communication...

AI is starting to wear down democracy
Since the explosion of generative artificial intelligence over the last two years, the technology has demeaned or defamed opponents and, officials and experts said, begun to have an impact on election results. Free and easy to use, AI tools have...

Simtel Secured EPC Contract for BESS Construction Project
Simtel signed an EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) contract with Energy Capital Group, owned by MOGAN Bucharest, part of the GÜRİŞ Group from Turkey, for the implementation of a battery energy storage project. The value of the...

MerchantPro Compass H1 2025: eCommerce holds steady under pressure, with +2% growth and a shift toward efficiency
After a 2024 marked by adaptation and consolidation, Romanian eCommerce entered 2025 with a more restrained dynamic. According to MerchantPro Compass, the biannual analysis conducted by MerchantPro, a SaaS eCommerce platform supporting over 2,000...

Vibrio bacteria: How to swim in European waters and survive
What you need to know Vibriosis is caused by Vibrio bacteria, which live naturally in brackish, warm, low-salinity coastal waters Typical European locations include the Baltic Sea, North Sea and Black Sea Climate change may be leading to more...