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Suranjana TewariBBC Asia business correspondentGetty ImagesModi and Xi last had a bilateral meeting in 2017India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in China on Sunday with the sting of Donald Trump’s US tariffs still top of mind.Since Wednesday, tariffs on Indian goods bound for the US, like diamonds and prawns, now stand at 50% – which the US president says is punishment for Delhi’s continued purchase of Russian oil.Experts say the levies threaten to leave lasting bruises on India’s vibrant export sector, and its ambitious growth targets.China’s Xi Jinping, too, is trying to revive a sluggish Chinese economy at a time…

Everton’s Jack Grealish (centre) celebrates with the fans after the Premier League match at Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton. Picture date: Saturday August 30, 2025. (Photo by Nick Potts/PA Images via Getty Images)PA Images via Getty Images In Wolverhampton on Saturday, just as was the case the previous week in Liverpool, there was one man in the blue of Everton who got the fans off their feet when he received the ball. Tapping the ball with the inside of his right boot and shifting his shoulders, Jack Grealish looked every inch the creative mastermind England fell in love with in the summer…

Since it’s hard to predict where this is all going, it’s likely to Microsoft’s long-term advantage to develop its own models. It’s also possible Microsoft has introduced these models to address use cases or queries that OpenAI isn’t focused on. We’re seeing a gradual shift in the AI landscape toward models that are more specialized for certain tasks, rather than general, all-purpose models that are meant to be all things to all people. These new models follow that somewhat, as Microsoft AI lead Mustafa Suleyman said in a podcast with The Verge that the goal here is “to create something…

With the 4K restoration of master Bimal Roy‘s “Do Bigha Zamin” (Two Acres of Land) set for its world premiere at this year’s Venice Film Festival‘s Classics section, India’s Film Heritage Foundation director Shivendra Singh Dungarpur is reflecting on the monumental effort to restore the 1953 Indian cinema landmark — and why the film remains essential viewing seven decades later. “Bimal Roy made ‘Do Bigha Zamin’ two years before Satyajit Ray’s ‘Pather Panchali,’” Dungarpur tells Variety. “Satyajit Ray said about Bimal Roy that he was able to sweep aside the cobwebs of the old tradition and introduce a realism and…

College football has never been more unpredictable as the transfer portal and NIL deliver massively transformed rosters. And with that, Week 1 gave us one of the most electric weeks of college football that we’ve had in years. Right off the top, five AP Top 25 teams fell before the end of Week 1, including three in the top 10. Texas became the first preseason No. 1 team to lose its opener since Miami fell to BYU in 1990. But even down the board, there were major shakeups. Auburn looked the part of a complete team in a dominant win against Baylor.…

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A flotilla carrying aid and various public figures, including Greta Thunberg and European lawmakers, is set to sail from Barcelona on Sunday, aiming to reach Gaza by mid-September. Organisers called it the largest solidarity mission yet, after Israel blocked the two previous attempts.

Neve Gordon-FarleighBBC News, NorfolkGetty ImagesThe Lotus factory has been based in Hethel in Norfolk since the 1960sSports car manufacturer Lotus will cut 550 jobs at its UK headquarters in Norfolk, the BBC understands.Lotus, which is based at Hethel near Wymondham, had previously denied reports that it was to close its factory there and set up a new plant in the United States.In June, it said it was “actively exploring options in the global market” but remained “committed to the UK”.However, confirming the job cuts earlier, the company said the decision followed “a review of Lotus Cars’ business objectives in line…

When a team of scientists embarked two years ago on a $1m landmark study of Iowa’s persistent water-quality problems, they knew that the findings would be important to share. High cancer rates amid the state’s inability to stem the tide of pollutants flowing into rivers and lakes was a growing public concern.But now, after the completed study pointed to agricultural pollution as a significant source of the key US farm state’s water problems, public officials have quietly stripped funding from plans to promote the study findings, according to sources involved in the project.The report, the results of two years of…

The Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin, who created the celebrated ballets Anna Karenina and the Carmen Suite, has died in Germany at the age of 92, Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre said on Friday.He and his wife of 57 years, the legendary ballerina Maya Plisetskaya, dominated the Soviet and Russian cultural scene for the latter part of the last century. She died in 2015.Shchedrin’s work ranged from choral music and concertos to opera and ballet, blending Russian folk influences, classical traditions and avant garde technique. His 1972 ballet Anna Karenina remains a staple for major theaters around the world.The Bolshoi Theatre, where Shchedrin…