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Last week, ahead of his USA visit, Modi signed off on a $2.5 billion deal with Boeing (NYSE:BA) to buy Apache and Chinook helicopters.

Silicon Valley tech leaders rolled out the red carpet for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi this weekend, the latest sign of how US tech titans are increasingly keen on strengthening ties and establishing footholds in key worldwide markets.

Conewago Township resident Arlette Figdore, who along with her husband, Phillip, made the pilgrimage to see Pope Francis in Philadelphia this past weekend, offered an astute observation.

Much of Mr Modi’s USA visit, on which he received rock-star welcomes, also focused on connecting with the Indian diaspora in Silicon Valley, the IT professionals who migrated in their droves over the past two decades to seize job opportunities that weren’t available...

He spoke of only two possible outcomes for a settlement in Syria, saying a transitional council reached through a political process would be the “preferred option”.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will make his first state visit to Britain next month, the British government said on Tuesday, 10 years after the last such visit by a Chinese president.

In wide-ranging comments by the pontiff during his flight back to Rome, he also touched on his celebrity status, raised interest in a possible groundbreaking trip to China and expressed strong backing for those who take a stand for their religious views.

Tens of thousands of comments were made in reply, with questions on internet expansion in India, unemployment and also Modi’s human rights record.

We loved our brothers. Those who covered this up are guilty.

Leading a gathering of 700 at the site of Ground Zero, the pope paid tribute to the almost 3,000 victims and those who responded to the worst attacks on U.S. soil that killed almost 3,000 people on September 11, 2001.

“Closing regulatory loopholes that hamper patent enforcement for medicines, providing a sufficient period of data protection for agrochemicals and medicines, and removing the overly restrictive “enhanced efficacy” criterion for the patentability of medicines...

They still believe climate change is natural.

It follows the news that Dublin is to host the World Meeting of Families that year – an event which usually means a papal visit.

Unlike their Indian counterparts, the dailies in America did not have NAMo’s face plastered all over them.

Pope Francis celebrated a giant outdoor mass in Philadelphia on Sunday, bringing to a close an electrifying U.S. tour with an appeal for unity and family love, having met victims of church sex abuse, AFP reports.