Suvendu Adhikari is set to be sworn in as the new chief minister of West Bengal today (May 9), marking a major political transition in the eastern Indian state following the recent assembly election.
US President Donald Trump has announced a three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, raising fresh hopes for easing a war that has continued for more than four years.
World food prices climbed in April to their highest in more than three years, with vegetable oils particularly elevated due to the Iran war and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Friday.
The political uncertainty in Tamil Nadu has ended, with actor-turned-politician Thalapathy Vijay receiving formal approval to form the government. After a meeting with Governor Rajendra Arlekar at the Raj Bhavan in Chennai on Friday evening, he was invited to form the government.
The Iran-US war took a sharper turn on Friday, May 8, as US President Donald Trump brushed aside a fresh wave of Iranian missile and drone strikes on the United Arab Emirates, insisting the month-old ceasefire remained intact even as the Gulf edged closer to all-out conflict. The attack on the UAE came a day after American and Iranian forces clashed directly around the Strait of Hormuz, a conduit for roughly a fifth of the world's oil and LNG supplies that Iran has largely shut since the war began on February 28.
Actor-turned-politician Thalapathy Vijay has secured the required majority to form the government in Tamil Nadu, ending days of political uncertainty following a fractured mandate in the assembly elections.