Tag Archives: War

Washington: Before the US launched military strikes on Yemen on March 15, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth shared critical information about the planned attacks to a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, the New York Times reported on Sunday, raising more questions about the …

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and tech billionaire Elon Musk spoke today about a US-India partnership in the areas of technology and innovation. The two leaders, who had met in Washington earlier this year, took forward their discussion, including about Mr Musk’s auto and tech firms – like Tesla …

Washington DC: The White House said on Tuesday (US Local Time) that a productive conversation was held between the US and Russia and shared that there could be economic partnerships between the two countries but before that to take place a ceasefire needs to happen first. The remarks were made …

Washington: The United States and China– two of the world’s largest economies– are locked in a dangerous trade stand-off that may have no winners. As the US tries to arm-twist China — with mounting tariffs– into seeking a deal from his administration, it is becoming increasingly clear that Beijing may …

Washington: High drama on stock markets and tensions with China mixed with lighter fare for Donald Trump this week as he again dominated the news agenda for seven days. – Real pressure – Trump signed an executive order lifting water-pressure restrictions on showerheads, a move the White House said would …

New Delhi: China on Friday said it would raise tariffs on US goods to 125 per cent from 84 per cent, hours after President Xi Jinping urged the European Union to join hands with Beijing in resisting “unilateral bullying”, referring to the massive tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. The …

Washington: The two largest economies in the world – the United States and China – are at war, with tariffs being used by either side as its weapon. While the US has increased reciprocal tariffs on all Chinese goods from 10 per cent on April 1, to 125 per cent …

If there is one quality about the contours of Iran-US relations that isn’t likely to change in the short run, it is its draining nature. When the inauspicious matchup between Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iran’s president and George W. Bush in the White House escalated hostilities to all-time highs in the …

Vaniya Agrawal recently announced her exit from Microsoft. An Indian-American software engineer has accused some of Microsoft’s biggest names of “celebrating on the blood” of Palestinians. The confrontation took place during Microsoft’s 50th-anniversary celebrations on March 4 in Redmond, Washington, when Vaniya Agrawal, a company employee, interrupted a panel featuring …

On April 2, US President Donald Trump threw a gauntlet to the world and the post-1945 US-constructed global order with across-the-board and significant country-specific tariffs. The tariff rates were higher than what was anticipated even by Trump’s key business supporters in the US. Markets reacted negatively worldwide, falling 10% in …