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Geneva: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday reported “substantial progress” in US talks with China’s top economic officials to de-escalate a damaging trade war, but offered no details of an agreement reached as two days of negotiations wrapped up in Geneva. Bessent told reporters that details would be announced …

United States: The CIA plans to shrink its workforce by some 1,200 positions, while other intelligence agencies will also shed thousands of jobs, the Washington Post reported Friday. The Trump administration has informed lawmakers about the planned cuts at the CIA, which will take place over several years and be …

New Delhi: Millions in Spain, Portugal and parts of southern France were affected by a rare power outage, bringing traffic, trains and regular activities to a halt, causing panic among people. Initially, the cause of the outage was unknown, but the Portuguese power grid operator said a “rare atmospheric phenomenon” …

China is set to open the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in June, a record-breaking structure spanning two miles across a massive canyon, according to The Metro. The 216 million pounds (Rs 2200 Crore) project will reduce travel time from one hour to just one minute. Towering over 200 meters higher …

The total downsizing will shrink the department from 82,000 to 62,000 employees. The US health department will reduce its workforce by around 10,000 full-time employees as part of a broader cost-cutting overhaul of the federal government, according to an official statement released Thursday.  Including early retirements and so-called “deferred resignations,” …

Geneva: The United States cutting funding to Gavi, an organisation that provides vaccines to the world’s poorest countries, could result in more than a million deaths and will endanger lives everywhere, the group’s CEO warned on Thursday. The news that Washington is planning to end funding for Gavi, first reported …

London: The first plane landed at Heathrow Airport late Friday, about 18 hours after an inferno at an electrical substation caused a power outage that shuttered Europe’s busiest air travel hub. The British Airways jet touched down just before sunset after Heathrow lifted its closure order that disrupted global travel …

Pune: The fire on a private firm’s minibus that killed four employees near Pune was allegedly an act of sabotage by a vengeful driver who had a dispute with some staffers and was also upset over a pay cut, police said on Thursday. “Investigation revealed that the fire was not …

New Delhi: India says it has not committed to slashing import duties on US products, days after President Donald Trump announced that New Delhi had agreed to “cut their tariffs way down”. Only weeks into his second term, Trump has upended global trade, targeting friends and foes alike. He has …