
- Recently, a Chinese transport ship loaded with nearly 5,000 new energy vehicles departed from Taichang Port in South China’s Jiangsu Province and headed for Europe, reflecting the continued growth of China’s new energy vehicle exports. The export sales of BYD and other car companies lead the world, which not only promotes green travel, but also promotes the stable growth of China’s foreign trade.
- Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Tuesday demanded holding of general elections in July-August this year. BNP has rejected the stance of Muhammad Yunus, the chief advisor of the interim government, that elections should be held by the end of the year or mid-2026.
- Pakistan and Bangladesh on Tuesday underlined the importance of their strong defense ties and agreed to explore ways to deepen military ties. The Principal Staff Officer (PSO) of the Armed Forces Division of Bangladesh, Lieutenant General S. This agreement was reached during the visit of M. Qamar-ul-Hassan to Pakistan.
- Pakistan’s Punjab government on Tuesday claimed that it has discovered “huge gold reserves” worth more than Pakistani rupees 700 billion in the province. Punjab Mines and Minerals Minister Sardar Sher Ali Gorchani told reporters here, “We have discovered 28 lakh tola gold in Attock district of Punjab.”
- Peter Hegseth, who was elected as America’s new Defense Minister, told a committee of the US Parliament on Tuesday that India-US defense relations have strengthened “significantly” in the last decade. He said that he will review the existing relations and agreements with India after assuming the post of Defense Minister.
- Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar on Tuesday met Spanish President Pedro Sanchez and reiterated his commitment to strengthen the “long-term” partnership between India and Spain and informed him about the progress made in bilateral cooperation. Jaishankar reached Spain on Monday on a two-day official visit.
- An Indian citizen recruited by the Russian Army has been killed and another has been injured in Russia’s ongoing conflict with Ukraine. India has raised this matter strongly with Moscow. According to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), following the death of an Indian citizen from Kerala, India has reiterated its demand to Russia to immediately free Indian citizens recruited by the Russian army.
- 60 top politicians from around the world, including America’s newly elected President Donald Trump, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, will address the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting to be held in Davos, Switzerland next week. Announcing the detailed program on Tuesday, the Geneva-based World Economic Forum said that about 3,000 people from more than 130 countries, including 350 leaders of various countries’ governments, will participate in the meeting.
- South Korean investigators made a new attempt on Wednesday to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol in a failed attempt to impose martial law, but a clash broke out after he was stopped by his guards.
- A teenager has been charged with attempted murder after attacking a supermarket employee with a knife in the Australian state of Queensland. The Queensland Police Service (QPS) said on Tuesday that a 13-year-old boy approached an employee at a supermarket in the town of Ipswich, about 30 kilometers south-west of Brisbane, with a knife just after 5:20 pm local time on Monday. Attacked.