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US bribery and fraud charges are a big test yet for India's Adani, one of Asia's richest men

Nov. 22, 2024 06:14 AM EST

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, one of Asia’s richest men, may be facing his biggest challenge yet with an indictment by U.S. prosecutors for alleged fraud and bribery. But it’s unclear just how the case will affect his businesses and own future — as well as the Indian...

India's Modi seeks energy security from Guyana and its vast oil deposits

Nov. 22, 2024 01:56 AM EST

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday during a visit to Guyana that his government views the South American country as key to its energy security. Modi spoke a day after his foreign minister said India is interested in buying up to two million...

Shares in India's Adani Group plunge 20% after US bribery, fraud indictments

Nov. 21, 2024 12:56 PM EST

NEW DELHI (AP) — One of Asia’s richest men, Indian tycoon Gautam Adani, is again in the spotlight. His companies’ stocks plunged up to 20% in value Thursday after he was indicted by U.S. prosecutors on charges that he duped investors in a massive solar energy project in India by concealing...

Elections in 2 Indian states are seen as a test of Prime Minister Modi's popularity

Nov. 20, 2024 20:53 PM EST

NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of people are voting in state elections in Maharashtra, India’s western industrial hub, and the mineral-rich eastern province of Jharkhand on Wednesday, in a test of the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party and its regional partners. ...

India's Modi offers aid to Caribbean nations while meeting leaders in Guyana

Nov. 20, 2024 20:34 PM EST

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Wednesday he would share technology for combatting seaweed infestation with Caribbean nations, as he visited Guyana in the first such visit by an Indian leader in more than 50 years. Guyana, a South American nation...

Indian and Nigerian leaders pledge stronger security ties and support for Global South

Nov. 17, 2024 10:12 AM EST

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The leaders of Nigeria and India pledged stronger ties in maritime security and counterterrorism during a meeting on Sunday where they also agreed on more support for Global South nations. In his first visit to Nigeria, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was...

The 'super year' of elections has been super bad for incumbents as voters punish them in droves

Nov. 17, 2024 00:18 AM EST

BANGKOK (AP) — Whether on the left or the right, regardless of how long they’ve been in power, sitting governments around the world have been drubbed this year by disgruntled voters in what has been called the “super year” for elections. Donald Trump's victory in the U.S....

Payal Kapadia, director of 'All We Imagine as Light,' sees another way

Nov. 15, 2024 12:36 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Fiction moves stealthily through Payal Kapadia’s films. The Indian filmmaker’s first movie, “Night of Knowing Nothing,” is a documentary about the student strike at the Film and Television Institute of India, Kapadia’s alma mater, following the appointment...

India's Modi likely to find comfort in Trump's return and a shared worldview

Nov. 14, 2024 09:38 AM EST

NEW DELHI (AP) — Donald Trump’s return to the White House has made many countries anxious and recalculating where they stand with the U.S., but India appears to be welcoming the change that may embolden nationalist leaders like Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “I know today a lot...

Trump's second term could realign US diplomacy toward authoritarian leaders

Nov. 07, 2024 00:22 AM EST

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's fiery, right-wing leader says Donald Trump’s victory will help his own battle against immigration and multiculturalism and restore traditional family values. In Argentina, a president who once bear-hugged Trump at a political conference in...