NNW Bureau

Washington, D.C.: A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Niko Hobdari, mission chief for Guinea-Bissau, held discussions in Bissau from April 21–29, 2026, on macroeconomic policies for the …

Washington, DC: On April 27, 2026, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the Article IV Consultation for The Federated States of Micronesia.[1], [2] The FSM is progressing to …

Canadian swimming superstar Summer McIntosh was untouchable at the Fort Lauderdale Open 2026 on Friday (1 May), following up her electric 400m freestyle win with an equally impressive encore in the women’s 200m freestyle. Speeding towards the wall …

Sprint star Julien Alfred was in a league of her own at the Texas Invitational 2026 on Friday, 1 May, running a wind-legal 10.93 seconds to clock the fifth fastest time in the world this season – …

Four-time Paralympic champion in Para cycling, Alex Zanardi, has passed away, the Italian Paralympic Committee announced in a social media post on Saturday (2 May). A Formula 1 driver from 1991 to 1999, Zanardi …

Led by Olympians Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Raiza Dhillon and Mairaj Ahmad Khan, India will compete at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup 2026 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, starting Sunday. The Almaty shooting meet is the second of four ISSF Shotgun World Cups this …

A 21-member Indian squad will compete across five events at the World Athletics Relays 2026 scheduled to start in Gaborone, Botswana, on Saturday. The World Athletics Relays Gaborone 26, which ends on May …

The Indian men’s badminton team defeated a strong Chinese Taipei line-up 3-0 to storm into the Thomas Cup 2026 quarter-finals in Horsens, Denmark, on Friday. This is only the second time that India have …

At 73, when most careers are long behind them, Wang Qi proved that age is just a number. Decked in Fiji blue, the former coach from the People’s Republic of China, made his debut at the ITTF …

When an AI system misidentifies a pest on a smallholder’s field, there is no “undo” button. A single recommendation – if not validated against local conditions or corrected in time …