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Japan’s economy is now the world’s fourth-largest after it contracted in the last quarter of 2023 and fell behind Germany.

Global military spending in 2023 climbed by 9 per cent to reach $US2.2 trillion, according to UK-based think tank.

From chief executives to heiresses, these are the top 10 women who have amassed more than $450 billion between them.

It turned out the pigeon was an open-water racing bird from Taiwan that had escaped and made its way to India.

The two 14-year-olds were located by Police after more than three days of searching.

Mabindra hasn't been seen for three days, while Saurab was last spotted at Sydney International Airport late yesterday.

Millions tuned in across India to watch the opening of a vast Hindu temple, in a ceremony considered to be the crowning moment for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist ambitions months before he seeks to win a rare third term in elections.

When blistering extreme heat gripped India's capital, Ramesh says he felt faint but had no option other than to keep on toiling.

It's one of the few places in the world with a New Year's Eve party more famous than Sydney. And it didn't disappoint.

Security guards overpowered the intruders as one of them climbed over the tables of the lawmakers' seating area.

The world is getting warmer, but at the base of Mount Everest temperatures have remained inexplicably cool. Now we know why.

Vaishali Rameshbabu is only the third woman in India to earn a grandmaster title, but she's not the first in her family to achieve the feat.

It's a stunning result for families whose loved ones were trapped for a gruelling 17 days and fed through narrow steel pipes.

The rescue mission was expected to last only a few days.

FIRST ON TODAY: When Arnold Dix got the call to fly to the Himalayas to help rescue 41 stranded workers, he didn't hesitate.

Farmers were struggling to plant their crops. Artificial intelligence provided the solution.

The first images of dozens of men trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan tunnel have emerged, as a complex and frustrating operation to free them enters its 10th day.

Workers have been trapped in the collapsed tunnel for one week, and some are suffering health issues.

Smog is so bad in New Delhi that it's literally taking years off people's lives. So how did Beijing fix its smog problem?

The hope is to fix wide pipes for 40 workers trapped underground for a sixth day to crawl to their freedom.

Diwali 2023 celebrations reached across India, with millions celebrating.

As many as 40 workers in India are confined behind a pile of rubble with little oxygen and water.

A centi-millionaire is defined as someone who holds more than US$100 million in investable assets.

New revelations emerged as relations between India and Canada sunk to their lowest level for decades.

India has fired back after Justin Trudeau said India was potentially behind the killing of a Sikh activist in Canada.

It all started Justin Trudeau claimed he has credible information linking India to the killing of a prominent Sikh leader.

Canada has expelled an Indian government over alleged involvement in the death.

Since launching into the Australian market - 18 months ago, Yog n Oats has recorded a 600 per cent revenue growth in the past year.

After police officer Daniel Auderer appeared to joke about a colleague killing a pedestrian, he said he understood his comments could be interpreted as "horrifying".

Vladimir Putin wasn't in India, which left Anthony Albanese to meet with European leaders still hopeful of a free trade agreement promising more jobs and cheaper products.

But not all observers were wholly impressed by the commitment.

The Group of 20 top world economies welcomed the African Union as a member at their annual summit on Saturday.

India's Prime Minister has sparked questions about whether the nation could be headed for an official name change after 'India' was replaced with a Sanskrit word on G20 Summit invitations.

The no-show of China's top leader – unprecedented since the first such summit was held in 2008 – will likely be seen as a snub to India.

India launched its first space mission to study the sun on Saturday, less than two weeks after a successful uncrewed landing near the south polar region of the moon.

India, the Philippines, and Malaysia have all lodged protests.

This lunar phenomenon only happens once every two or three years - which is why the phrase "once in a blue moon" means something that happens infrequently - but when it does, it dazzles.

India has become the fourth nation to land successfully on the moon, and the video footage is starting to roll out

Previously, only the United States, China and the former Soviet Union have completed soft landings on the lunar surface.

Images from the scene showed the broken structure laying on the ground, with a thick plume of dust and smoke billowing in the air.

India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is swooping toward the moon's surface ahead of its historic landing attempt, and it's capturing some stunning visuals on the way.

Australian wealthy women have total combined net worth of a whopping $60 billion, according to the latest study from City Index.

Travellers to the country have been urged to exercise a high degree of caution.

Since the start of July the records have been tumbling, one-by-one.

A graphic video has emerged on social media from Manipur amidst ongoing ethnic violence in the north-eastern Indian state.

The newly-opened Surat Diamond Bourse in India is billed as a "one-stop destination" for over 65,000 diamond professionals across nine structures of 15-stories across more than 14 hectares.

Residents from rural Queensland to Melbourne posted on social media with different theories of what they saw but many weren't quite right.

A windswept Arctic fox, a murmuration of birds facing a snowstorm in the Himalayas, and a man and a boy in a flooded living room are among the images recognized in this year's Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation's Environmental Photography Award.

Victorian stores have been found selling Ayurvedic medicines contaminated with scheduled poisons, including lead, the state's department of health has warned.

Gura Pallay was watching another train pass by the one he was sitting in when he heard sudden, loud screeching.