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Bangladesh launches $5bn graft probe into Hasina's family

Bangladesh has launched a probe into the alleged $5 billion embezzlement connected to a Russian-backed nuclear power plant by ousted leader Sheikh Hasina and her family, the anti-corruption commission said Monday. A statement Monday from the commission said it had launched an inquiry into allegations that Hasina and family members had "embezzled $5 billion" from the Rooppur plant via "various …

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21 hours, 46 minutes ago

Weakened Iran could pursue nuclear weapon: White House's Sullivan

The Hindu

The Biden administration is concerned that a weakened Iran could build a nuclear weapon, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday, adding that he was briefing President-elect Donald Trump's team on the risk. Iran says its nuclear program is peaceful, but it has expanded uranium enrichment since Trump, in his 2017-2021 presidential term, pulled out of a …

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23 hours, 49 minutes ago

The global warming fight has a challenge for India

The Hindu

The outcome of the climate conference in Azerbaijan has been disappointing. Developed countries have accepted 2050, China 2060, and India 2070 as the deadline for energy transition to net zero emissions by 2070. We need to rapidly ramp up electricity generation to establish our claim to an energy level that is sufficient to sustain future growth before we are constrained …

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3 days, 18 hours ago

Pakistan's new ballistic missile programme an 'emerging threat': US official

India Today

A senior White House official on Thursday said nuclear-armed Pakistan is developing long-range ballistic missile capabilities that eventually could allow it to strike targets well beyond South Asia, making it an "emerging threat" to the United States. Speaking to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Finer said Pakistan has pursued "increasingly sophisticated missile technology, from long-range ballistic missile systems to …

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Parliament's standards commissioner is urged to probe Keir Starmer's corruption minister Tulip Siddiq - over claims she and her family took £4 billion in bribes for Putin-funded nuclear power plant

Daily Mail

Parliament's standards commissioner was last night urged to probe Tulip Siddiq after the Treasury minister was named in an anti-corruption investigation in Bangladesh. ‘Without proper clarification and transparency from Ms Siddiq, I feel that she risks bringing her position, and the wider House, into significant disrepute.’ Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission has launched the probe into Ms Siddiq over the alleged embezzlement …

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4 days, 3 hours ago

Labour minister Tulip Siddiq caught up in Bangladesh corruption probe

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. City minister Tulip Siddiq, has been accused of helping Sheikh Hasina, the recently ousted prime …

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Keir Starmer backs anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq amid probe into her family over claims they took £4 billion in bribes for Putin-funded nuclear power plant in Bangladesh

Daily Mail

Sir Keir Starmer has backed his most senior anti-corruption minister, after it was revealed she is being investigated over claims she and members of her family took bribes of up to £4 billion. City minister Tulip Siddiq – who is responsible for stamping out corruption in Britain's financial sector – is being investigated for the alleged embezzlement linked to a …

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4 days, 6 hours ago

Putin challenges the West to a 'high-tech missile DUEL': President suggests giving advance notice of a hypersonic Oreshnik attack to see 'if they can stop it in time' during annual news conference

Daily Mail

Vladimir Putin has challenged the West to a 'high-tech missile duel' as the Russian president suggests he might give advance notice of a hypersonic missile attack to see if the West can stop it. During his annual news conference and call-in show, Putin mockingly challenged Ukraine's western allies to a 'high-tech duel', suggesting that Moscow could give advance notice of …

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4 days, 18 hours ago

Outnumbered Christmas special will leave fans sobbing as Brockman family rocked by devastating news - and it's close to home for lead star

Daily Mail

The Outnumbered Christmas special promises to be an emotional return for the Brockman family. The Outnumbered Christmas special promises to be an emotional return for the Brockman family Dad Pete, played by Hugh Dennis, will reveal he has had a health scare, marking a poignant storyline for the much-loved series This marks the first time we see Sue and Pete …

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4 days, 18 hours ago

Blinken says Iran had bad year, but nuclear negotiations possible

Al Jazeera

Top US diplomat says Iran should ‘focus on itself’ and stop getting involved in ‘misadventures throughout the region’. Speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations on Wednesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Israel has succeeded in damaging Tehran’s allies, Hezbollah and Hamas, as well as Iran’s own military capabilities in a direct strike in October. “There’s no doubt …

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4 days, 18 hours ago

Greener self-sufficient power grid prioritized

China Daily

China is set to further enhance its energy self-sufficiency while expanding its renewable energy dominance in the coming years, said the National Energy Administration during a conference in Beijing on Sunday. The country's total power generation capacity stands at around 3.32 billion kilowatts this year, with electricity output reaching 10 trillion kilowatt-hours, up 5.7 percent year-on-year, it said. China continued …

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Greener self-sufficient power grid prioritized

China Daily

Technicians check equipment at a solar power station in the Kazak autonomous county of Aksay, Gansu province, in November. The country's total power generation capacity stands at around 3.32 billion kilowatts this year, with electricity output reaching 10 trillion kilowatt-hours, up 5.7 percent year-on-year, it said. China continued to accelerate construction of large-scale wind and solar power bases in the …

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US imposes new sanctions on Pakistan's long-range ballistic-missile programme

India Today

The United States said on Wednesday it was imposing new sanctions related to nuclear-armed Pakistan's long-range ballistic-missile program, including on the state-owned defense agency that oversees the program. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement that the measures slapped on the National Development Complex and three firms were imposed under an executive order that "targets proliferators of weapons …

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4 days, 18 hours ago

Radiation levels in New York spike as mysterious drones terrorize the Northeast

Daily Mail

Radiation levels have spiked in New York City, fueling conspiracy theories that the drones terrorizing the Northeast are searching for a missing nuclear warhead. Some linked the radiation events to the region's wave of mystery drone sightings 'When you talk about radiation, clearly this could be one of the things that the drones are doing,' Chang told Forbes Newsroom, 'and …

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4 days, 20 hours ago

Keir Starmer's corruption minister and her family are probed over claims they took £4 billion in bribes for Putin-funded nuclear power plant

Daily Mail

A Labour minister is being investigated over claims she and members of her family took bribes of up to £4 billion. City minister Tulip Siddiq – who is responsible for stamping out corruption in Britain’s financial sector – is being investigated for the alleged embezzlement linked to a nuclear power plant deal in her native Bangladesh. The senior Labour minister …

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5 days, 3 hours ago

China has expanded its nuclear force and strengthened ties to Russia, the Pentagon says

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy China is expanding its nuclear …

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5 days, 11 hours ago

IISc offers 13 online courses 2025: ML for 5G, 6G; photonics . . .

The Hindu

The Centre for Continuing Education of Indian Institute of Science will offer 13 online courses in 2025. The courses offered are on Machine Learning for 5G and 6G wireless communication, Introduction to Photonics, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Pharmaceutical Analysis, Learning, Memory, Behavior and Brain, and more. The courses are mostly online with synchronous mode with occasional offline sessions. Professionals …

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5 days, 18 hours ago

Nuclear bunker sales increase, despite warnings they won't provide protection

NPR

Nuclear bunker sales increase, despite warnings they won't provide protection toggle caption Jae C. Hong/AP When Bernard Jones Jr. and his wife, Doris, built their dream home, they didn't hold back. "You want to go to your most robust building" "Look, this fallout exposure is entirely preventable because it is something that happens after the detonation," said Brooke Buddemeier a …

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5 days, 18 hours ago

Russia detains Uzbek national who planted bomb and live-streamed killing of nuclear protection forces chief

India TV News

Moscow: Russian intelligence agency said on Wednesday that it has detained a suspect in the killing of a senior general in Moscow. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov was killed Tuesday by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building in Moscow, a day after Ukraine's security service levelled criminal charges against him. Kirillov, 54, was the chief of the …

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5 days, 18 hours ago

Letters to the Editor: Trump will pit the military against law and order

LA Times

Then-President Trump departs the White House in 2020 with Atty. To the editor: I appreciate the dedication and the military service of ML Cavanaugh; however, Donald Trump cannot be trusted to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” He told more than 30,000 lies during his tenure in office, according to the …

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Pentagon report: China to build 1,000 nukes by 2030

Politico

President-elect Donald Trump will use tariffs and economic pressure in an attempt to exert influence over Beijing, and he is seeking to fill his administration with China hawks, from State Department pick Marco Rubio to incoming national security adviser Rep. Mike Waltz. “They also are showing some interest in developing a new conventional ICBM that could strike Hawaii, Alaska and …

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Nuclear bunker sales increase, despite expert warnings they won’t protect you

The Independent

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5 days, 23 hours ago

Moscow accuses Ukraine’s allies of condoning ‘terrorism’ after top Russian general killed

Firstpost

A top Russian general accused by Ukraine of being responsible for the use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops was assassinated in Moscow by Ukraine’s SBU intelligence service on Tuesday morning in the most high-profile killing of its kind. Image- AFP Russia on Tuesday criticised Ukraine’s allies over what it called insufficient reactions to the assassination in Moscow of the …

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6 days, 6 hours ago

Takeaways from the AP’s reporting on nuclear bunkers

Associated Press

Global security leaders are warning that nuclear threats are growing as weapons spending has surged around the world. “Look, this fallout exposure is entirely preventable because it is something that happens after the detonation,” said Brooke Buddemeier a radiation safety specialist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where the U.S. government designs nuclear weapons. Sanders-Zakre called radiation the “uniquely horrific aspect …

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Bangladesh launches $5bn graft probe into Hasina's family

Weakened Iran could pursue nuclear weapon: White House's Sullivan

The global warming fight has a challenge for India

Pakistan's new ballistic missile programme an 'emerging threat': US official

Parliament's standards commissioner is urged to probe Keir Starmer's corruption minister Tulip Siddiq - over claims she and her family took £4 billion in bribes for Putin-funded nuclear power plant

Labour minister Tulip Siddiq caught up in Bangladesh corruption probe

Keir Starmer backs anti-corruption minister Tulip Siddiq amid probe into her family over claims they took £4 billion in bribes for Putin-funded nuclear power plant in Bangladesh

Putin challenges the West to a 'high-tech missile DUEL': President suggests giving advance notice of a hypersonic Oreshnik attack to see 'if they can stop it in time' during annual news conference

Outnumbered Christmas special will leave fans sobbing as Brockman family rocked by devastating news - and it's close to home for lead star

Blinken says Iran had bad year, but nuclear negotiations possible

Greener self-sufficient power grid prioritized

Greener self-sufficient power grid prioritized

US imposes new sanctions on Pakistan's long-range ballistic-missile programme

Radiation levels in New York spike as mysterious drones terrorize the Northeast

Keir Starmer's corruption minister and her family are probed over claims they took £4 billion in bribes for Putin-funded nuclear power plant

China has expanded its nuclear force and strengthened ties to Russia, the Pentagon says

IISc offers 13 online courses 2025: ML for 5G, 6G; photonics . . .

Nuclear bunker sales increase, despite warnings they won't provide protection

Russia detains Uzbek national who planted bomb and live-streamed killing of nuclear protection forces chief

Letters to the Editor: Trump will pit the military against law and order

Pentagon report: China to build 1,000 nukes by 2030

Nuclear bunker sales increase, despite expert warnings they won’t protect you

Moscow accuses Ukraine’s allies of condoning ‘terrorism’ after top Russian general killed

Takeaways from the AP’s reporting on nuclear bunkers