Both have been robustly muscular leaders who began as immensely charismatic politicians conveying an impression that they were makers of history, raring to go. Both have been hyperactive on the world stage. But in the final analysis, Abe is departing on a sombre note, unceremoniously and apologetically, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
From the political maelstrom in Washington to the humanitarian disaster in Yemen to the deadly unrest along the Israel-Gaza border, photographers captured a world in turbulent transition.
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Both the Greek and Iranian deals are extremely imperfect and fraught with uncertainty, says Claude Smadja.
Rupee logs longest winning streak since 2012; up 19 paise.
Analysts expect the Reserve bank to cut rates in next monetary policy.
Olympic organisers say they will not reveal the final torchbearer's identity until the torch arrives in the stadium on live television, watched by billions of spectators.
The RBI fixed the reference rate for the dollar at 64.1505 and for the euro at 72.2720.
Moved by three-year-old Aylan Kurdi's death, Vidhya Ramalingam has kick-started a crowd-funding campaign to buy a rescue ship for immediate action in the Mediterranean.
As German makes provisions to accept 800,000 refugees this year, the nation is split vertically on the crisis with refugee shelters attacked with Molotov cocktails and swastika signs painted outside many refugee homes.
The agreement on sharing of financial information is a distinct and welcome break from its trend.
India overtook Indonesia as the most optimistic consumer market, while Portugal and Slovenia were the most pessimistic.
"You will see further improvement after an immediate reaction and the markets will calm down," says Vikas Khemani.
India's current limit of $25 billion for ownership of government bonds by FIIs is fully utilised, leading to calls for increasing it
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'The Olympics postponement may not be a political body blow to Abe Shinzo, but it is no denying that the economic cost of the postponement of the Games will be heavy for Japan,' observes Dr Rajaram Panda.
8,000 asylum-seekers reach Germany in a single day amid deepening refugee crisis
So unless you are convinced of getting your market timing absolutely bang on everytime, opting for SIPs is more realistic from a logistical and psychological standpoint, says Larissa Fernand
India was ranked 12th among the large economies in 2008, and moved up to 10th by 2013, overtaking Canada and Spain.
Pahal looks to cut down diversion and eliminate duplicate.
The FTSEurofirst was on course for its worst one-day per centage fall since it slumped more than 7 per cent in October 2008
The plane was last detected in the skies over Greece, about 40 minutes from Athens, according to Sky News Arabia.
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The NYSE accounts for more than 60 percent of S&P 500 volume at the close of the market
Technical fault was the reason behind it.
The first major devaluation of the rupee happened in 1966 when it was pegged against the US dollar at Rs 4.75/$
Barcelona must appreciate matching the club's record of nine wins and a draw in their first 10 games of a Liga campaign, especially after Real Madrid's defeat at Girona, coach Ernesto Valverde told a news conference on Monday.
Holidayers' plans have gone topsy-turvy of late and the options have got limited.
In the past two weeks China has cut interest rates.
The board meeting is likely to take place later in Shanghai.
Chances of a sudden collapse in the Shanghai Composite are remote.
'Salman Khan has the fittest body for the last 25 years. He looks younger each passing year. He inspires me a lot,' Himesh Reshammiya gushes about his mentor.
Brexit will likely put brakes on the UK's growth prospects.
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The Confederation of Indian Industry will organise a round table on investment.
Globally, jewellery buying fell 14%, investment slid 11%.
'We are in the middle of an unprecedented SIP revolution.' 'Monthly inflow through SIPs will be Rs 15,000 crore to Rs 20,000 crore soon.' 'Traditional avenues of Indian savings like bank fixed deposits, gold or real estate are no longer attractive to invest.'
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Brazil has long been known as a country that can throw a great party as long as the guests do not mind a location that still has the builders in it.
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