Category: World

Washington: A group of members of the United States Congress on Wednesday (Local Time) wrote to President Donald Trump urging him to take immediate steps to reset and repair the country’s partnership with India, following recent tariff measures that they said have strained relations with the world’s largest democracy. In their joint letter addressed to…

Dhaka:  A key adviser in the Muhammad Yunus-led Bangladesh interim government on Wednesday rejected claims by its key ally, the student-led National Citizen Party (NCP), that the advisers were now looking for a “safe exit” amid a visibly changing political scenario. “I am not seeking any exit at all,” environment and climate change affairs adviser…

London: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer begins a two-day visit to India on Wednesday, with the Scotch whisky industry in the spotlight as a “big winner” of the India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which the UK government expects will grow the Scottish economy by 190 million pounds a year. Downing Street said Scotch Whisky Association…

New York/Washington: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday lauded US President Donald Trump for bringing “peace” between India and Pakistan, as he called the American leader a “transformative president”. “You are a transformative president… the transformation in the economy, unprecedented commitments of NATO partners to defence spending, peace from India, Pakistan through to Azerbaijan,…

Lahore:  Pakistani authorities have made foolproof security arrangements for Sikh pilgrims who will visit the country to celebrate the 556th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev next month, officials said on Tuesday. A meeting was held at the Home Department of the Punjab government on Tuesday to review the arrangements for Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary….

New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump on Monday described his use of tariffs as a measure to stop wars, and said that his communication to India and Pakistan during the recent conflict was “very effective”, repeating his claim of ending the battle between the nuclear-armed neighbours using trade. “Tariffs are very important for the United…

United Nations:  In a strong retort against Pakistan in the UN Security Council, India on Monday said its neighbour as a country that “bombs its own people” and conducts “systematic genocide”. During his remarks to the UNSC open debate on “Women, Peace and Security”, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish said Pakistan…

Paris: In the end, Emmanuel Macron’s man wasn’t able to pull it off either. When Sébastien Lecornu was appointed France’s prime minister three and a half weeks ago, the spin was that this was President Macron’s last card. A last card, we were told, but a good one. The 39-year-old was a presidential protégé –…

London: Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s visit to India this week will lead to significant advances across shared areas of interest such as AI and emerging technologies, UK Minister for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Online Safety Kanishka Narayan said on Tuesday. Speaking to PTI ahead of Starmer’s first official tour of India, scheduled for October 8-9,…