US President Donald Trump on Saturday doubled down on the global tariffs issue announcing that his administration would raise reciprocal tariffs to 15 per cent, 5 per cent up from his earlier announcement. US President Donald Trump has raised the reciprocal tariffs to 15 per cent on Saturday. (AP) The development comes a day after…
US President Donald Trump on Saturday imposed a 10% “global tariff” on all US trading partners, hours after a Supreme Court ruling that struck down the Trump administration’s reciprocal tariffs imposed in April. White House officials subsequently clarified that for countries like India that have signed trade agreements with the US, tariff levels will temporarily…
US President Donald Trump “genuinely” considers Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “great friend” – a remark by US ambassador Sergio Gor that now appears borne out by outcomes. The India-US trade deal announced by the Republican leader, which took nearly a year of hard bargaining and tested both New Delhi and Washington, has finally been…
US President Donald Trump on Friday played down suggestions that Washington could launch a dramatic operation against Russian President Vladimir Putin similar to the raid that led to the capture of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, saying such a move was “not necessary” even as he voiced deep disappointment over the Ukraine war. US President Donald Trump…
US President Donald Trump on Sunday congratulated the leaders of Thailand and Cambodia on a ceasefire and announced that the fighting between the two neighbouring Southeast Asian nations will stop momentarily. US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Thailand and Cambodia.(File Photo/ AFP) In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump also used…
US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) announced that the United States launched “a powerful and deadly strike” targeting ISIS terrorists in Northwest Nigeria. President Donald Trump pumps his fist at Christmas Eve dinner at his Mar-a-Lago club, Wednesday.(AP) The strike comes after Trump, starting in late October, began warning that Christianity faces an…
A political row over former media boss Jimmy Lai Chee-ying has intensified after his guilty verdict, with the Hong Kong government condemning what it called “despicable political manipulations” and the United States calling for his release. The clash overnight followed Monday’s guilty verdict against the 78-year-old founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper. Lai was…
Published on: Dec 04, 2025 11:49 pm IST Carney has maintained his government will be ready for further negotiations as soon as the United States decides to re-engage. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet briefly with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of Friday’s World Cup draw in Washington, Carney’s office said, as…
Published on: Dec 04, 2025 04:05 am IST US President Donald Trump said that the Russian leader gave the impression that he wants to end the war. US President Donald Trump on Wednesday reportedly said that his envoys had a “very good” meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on negotiating a peace plan in the…
US President Donald Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping has assured him that Beijing would take no military or political action toward unifying Taiwan with mainland China while Trump remains in office. “He has openly said, and his people have openly said at meetings, ‘We would never do anything while President Trump is president,’ because…