Ottawa: Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday called early elections for April 28, pledging to defeat Donald Trump’s drive to annex the United States’s huge northern neighbour. Carney, a former central banker, was chosen by Canada’s centrist Liberal Party to replace Justin Trudeau as prime minister, but he has never faced the country’s…
Modesto (California): Most Indians swear by their daily handful of almonds, and with the staggering 85 per cent of those in India coming from California, Emily Fleischmann, vice president of global market development at the Almond Board of California (ABC), says India has played a “critical role” in the remarkable success story of California almonds….
Dhaka: Army troops in Bangladesh on Saturday intensified their patrols on the streets of Dhaka as the country witnessed rising tensions with the newly formed student-led National Citizen Party (NCP) accusing the military of political interference. The NCP staged protest rallies at the premier Dhaka University campus, vowing to thwart at any cost a “military-backed…
Washington: The United States said Friday it was terminating the legal status of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, giving them weeks to leave the country. President Donald Trump has pledged to carry out the largest deportation campaign in US history and curb immigration, mainly from Latin American nations. The order affects around 532,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans,…
Washington: President Donald Trump said on Friday that war plans should not be shared with his adviser Elon Musk because of his business interests, a rare suggestion that the billionaire entrepreneur’s expansive role in the administration will face limits. Trump made the comments during an Oval Office meeting on developing a new fighter jet, and…
Peshawar: A Pakistan Army captain and at least seven terrorists associated with a banned outfit were killed during a gunfight in the country’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday, sources said. The intelligence-based operation was conducted in the Karri Malang area of the Dera Ismail Khan district bordering South Waziristan. Three more soldiers were…
Washington: US President Donald Trump slammed the high tariffs charged by India and other countries including China, calling it “very unfair” and announcing reciprocal tariffs will kick in from next month. The president made his case for his reciprocal tariffs, which will commence on April 2. He wants to impose the same tariff on imports from…
Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump said he would speak to Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Tuesday morning about ending the Ukraine war, with territorial concessions by Kyiv and control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant likely to feature prominently in the talks. “What’s happening in Ukraine is not good, but we’re going to see if we can…
Jerusalem: At least 413 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed after the Israeli military conducted “extensive strikes” on Hamas, ending a weeks-long deadlock over extending the ceasefire that paused fighting in January. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the strikes after Hamas refused Israeli demands to change the ceasefire agreement. “Israel will, from now on,…
Dhaka: The interim government of Professor Muhammad Yunus refuted US National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard’s remarks on the alleged persecution of minority communities in Bangladesh saying her comments were “not based on any evidence or specific allegations”. “They (Gabbard’s comments) paint an entire nation with a broad and unjustified brush,” the chief adviser’s office said…
