Asia
Southeast Asia's Innovation Gap Is Now an Efficiency Problem
Five Southeast Asian economies have expanded innovation plans, but rankings and efficiency ratios show a persistent divide between inputs and usable outputs.
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India
India and Japan defence ministers set Delhi talks on Indo-Pacific security
Rajnath Singh and Shinjiro Koizumi are due to examine stronger defence ties, strategic trust and new areas of cooperation during a bilateral meeting in Delhi.
Europe
Record UK heat deepens Europe's drought and wildfire emergency
West London reached 38.1°C as drought strained water supplies and fires spread from England and France to Greece, exposing weak adaptation to a hotter European climate.
Asia
Trump orders reduction of US-South Korea military exercises
The White House tied the cutback to Seoul's refusal to support the Iran war and Trump's outreach to Kim Jong Un, raising questions about allied readiness as North Korea expands its missile arsenal.
India
India sets refinery targets to secure cooking gas supplies during Middle East war
A government order caps the nationwide daily LPG target at 63,810 metric tons and requires storage and transport capacity as India builds buffers against disrupted Middle East imports.
Oceania
Penny Wong frames Australia's multicultural cohesion as a national-security asset
The foreign minister's planned speech links domestic cohesion to Indo-Pacific partnerships, trade and resilience as One Nation's support rises and Pauline Hanson calls for a monoculture.
Oceania
China rejects New Zealand claims of espionage and foreign interference
Beijing's embassy disputed New Zealand's latest security assessment, which identifies China as the only country conducting espionage at scale and the most active foreign-interference actor.
Latin America
Dominican Republic expels Cuban diplomats as regional alignments shift
Santo Domingo ordered Cuban diplomatic personnel and their families to leave without explaining the decision, prompting a sharp response from Havana and demands for clarity at home.
India
India's retail inflation rises to 4.45% as food and fuel pressures build
July inflation moved further above the central bank's 4% target, with food prices rising 5.52%, while the RBI still sees limited evidence that the pressure has spread broadly through the economy.
Latin America
Colombia races to find survivors after century's strongest quake kills more than 110
A magnitude-7.4 earthquake devastated western Colombia, damaging about 1,600 buildings and confronting a newly inaugurated government with a national rescue, security and humanitarian emergency.
Russia
Russia's services PMI rises to 49 in July but remains in contraction
The decline in services activity eased to its slowest pace in three months, yet new orders fell for a fourth consecutive month and firms continued to reduce employment.
Russia
Russian diplomat portrays US-EU ties as an exchange of military and economic interests
Rodion Miroshnik argued that Europe seeks American military, technological and energy capabilities, while Washington is pursuing European capital, skilled personnel, technology and industrial activity.