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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: The Navy is taking bold steps to cut red tape and sharpen its focus on the fight. A new memo signed by Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan orders a 35% cut to civilian Public Affairs Officer (PAO) billets and moves all hiring and contracting decisions under tighter control.Leaders say the goal is to make the force leaner, faster and more disciplined while saving taxpayer money.”The memo was signed with the intent to make a more lethal and agile force, placing the most capable people in the right positions…

New Delhi: Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in sectors such as textiles, diamonds and chemicals, which together account for nearly 45 per cent of India’s total exports, are likely to be the most affected by the imposition of higher tariffs by the United States, according to a report by Crisil Intelligence.   The US currently levies an ad valorem duty of 25 per cent on Indian goods, but has announced an additional 25 per cent tariff that will take effect from August 27, raising the total duty to 50 per cent. The report noted that this increase will significantly…

NEW ADMINISTRATIVE CAPITAL, Egypt — There was a muted response from Israel after Hamas said it had agreed to the latest proposal from Arab mediators for a ceasefire in Gaza and to free the remaining hostages. Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty told NBC News on Tuesday that the deal was based on a proposal by President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, for a 60-day ceasefire, during which some of the remaining 50 hostages would be released and the sides would negotiate a lasting ceasefire and the return of the rest.He added that the proposals would allow for “the…

Labour-run councils are considering legal challenges to close hotels housing asylum seekers after a landmark ruling prompted officials to consider increasing the use of former military sites as emergency accommodation.Wirral and Tamworth councils said they are exploring high court injunctions to remove claimants after the Conservative-run authority in Epping Forest won a temporary high court injunction to remove people from the Bell Hotel.The developments come after the Home Office minister, Dan Jarvis, said the government is looking at alternative options if there is a flurry of successful challenges from councils.Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, is determinedto stick to her plan…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal appeals court in San Francisco granted the Trump administration an emergency stay, halting a lower-court order that preserved Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 60,000 immigrants from Honduras, Nicaragua and Nepal.The National TPS Alliance, which represents people with TPS in the U.S., as well as those from Honduras, Nicaragua and Nepal who challenged the decision to terminate TPS, argue the action was unlawful and at least partially motivated by racial bias.Judge Trina Thompson, a federal judge in California, delayed the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) decision to terminate protections for immigrants…

New Delhi: Starting September 1, 2025, SBI Card is making changes to its credit card rewards programme. Under the revised policy, users of select SBI credit cards will no longer earn reward points on spends made on digital gaming platforms and government-related transactions. This update is part of a broader set of changes recently announced by the card issuer. According to an update on the SBI Card website, reward points will no longer be earned on certain types of transactions for specific cardholders starting September 1, 2025. “W.e.f. 1 Sep 2025, accrual of Reward Points on spends on Digital Gaming…

LONDON — The Kremlin signaled Wednesday it was in no rush to agree to a leaders’ summit with Ukraine, and warned the West that talks over security guarantees for Kyiv were a “road to nowhere” without its involvement.Moscow’s latest intervention came as the White House pressed ahead with arrangements for a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, while U.S. and NATO officials discussed how to ensure Ukraine’s protection as part of an eventual peace deal with Russia.The White House was actively looking to secure a meeting location and date, a senior administration official said Tuesday, adding that the Hungarian…

England will sell off more than eight times as many council homes in 2025-26 as were constructed the previous year, research has found.Right to buy is depleting council housing stock more quickly than public housing can be replaced, forcing people to spend more money on private market rents and obtain less secure tenancies, a report from the thinktank Common Wealth finds.Its analysis of government data in England found that 38,170 social homes and 2,850 council homes were constructed by the government in 2023-24. In 2024-25, 2,260 council homes were built. There were 13,966 sell-offs of council houses through right to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani dodged a question about President Donald Trump labeling him a “communist” when pressed by Fox News’ Nate Foy on Wednesday.Referencing a Fox News Digital report, in which his supporters dismissed Mamdani’s “communist” label, Foy asked the self-described democratic socialist if the distinction between communism and socialism matters. “Are there elements of communism in your platform?” Foy asked. “The elements of my platform are all about affordability, and I am a democratic socialist,” Mamdani said. “When New Yorkers ask me what it means, I take them to…

New Delhi: The combined Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI) increased by 2.0 per cent (provisional) in July, 2025 as compared to the Index in July, 2024, Ministry of Commerce and Industry said in a statement. The production of Steel, Cement, Fertilizer and Electricity recorded positive growth in July, 2025.   The ICI measures the combined and individual performance of production of eight core industries viz. Coal, Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Refinery Products, Fertilizers, Steel, Cement and Electricity. The Eight Core Industries comprise 40.27 percent of the weight of items included in the Index of Industrial Production (IIP). The summary…