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Los Angeles, Nov 21, 2025 -President Donald Trump's administration is planning to open up millions of square miles (kilometers) of US coastal waters to oil and gas drilling, it said Thursday, in a step that could lead to a massive expansion of fossil fuel extraction.The move comes as Washington looks increasingly out of step with much of the developed world, where there is growing acceptance of the reality of human-caused climate change.Under the plan announced by the US Department of the Interior, 34 lease sales will be offered, allowing for drilling in 1.27 billion acres (500 million hectares) -- an area the size of the Amazon.The proposal includes waters off the north coast of Alaska that have never been drilled before, in the Gulf of Mexico -- which the administration calls the Gulf of
New Delhi: India and Russia are in talks to jointly produce the fifth-generation Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jet ahead of their annual summit in December."Intensive work is underway across a range of areas, including the Su-57E platform, which can be utilised to implement India's programme for developing its own fifth-generation fighter," Russian ambassador to India Denis Alipov said in an interview with TASS on Thursday.Alipov said Russia's competitive advantage lies in an unprecedented level of technology transfer and localisation of production, in line with the 'Make in India' and 'Self-Reliant India' initiatives.Talks on technology transfer come ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin's India visit for the 23rd annual summit. In October, defence officials of the two countries held a brainst
In a significant step towards normalising bilateral ties, India is learnt to have resumed issuance of tourist visas to Chinese citizens worldwide, a move ending a five-year suspension imposed following the 2020 Galwan clash.The fresh move followed some sequence of steps taken earlier this year, comprising the January 2025 agreement between India and China when the two countries agreed to resume direct passenger flights.Officials, privy to the development, said that the decision followed an order issued in July this year suggesting to resume tourist visas for Chinese nationals. A month ago, the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra pilgrimage, halted for five years, was also revived in June 2025, with the first group of Indian pilgrims crossing into Tibet. Earlier, on April 1, marking 75 years of diplom
Foxconn will invest $2 billion to $3 billion a year in AI, the head of the world's largest contract electronics maker told Reuters.Foxconn Chairman Young Liu also said he expects a shakeout in China's crowded electric-vehicle market "soon" and that the company is talking with the Japanese government about potential investments in artificial intelligence and EVs."For now, AI will be the majority of the investment," Liu told Reuters on a visit to Tokyo earlier this month. Liu's comments were embargoed until Friday, to coincide with the Apple supplier's annual Hon Hai Tech Day.The investment in AI infrastructure and technology development over the next three to five years means it will account for more than half of Foxconn's roughly $5 billion in annual capital expenditure, said Liu.The Taiwa
