New York: A 21-year-old Indian student was killed in Canada after she was struck by a stray bullet as she was waiting at a bus stop on her way to work and shots were fired by a car occupant. Harsimrat Randhawa was a student at Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario. Hamilton Police is investigating the…
New York/Chadigarh: Gangster-turned-terrorist Harpreet Singh alias Happy Passia, wanted in connection with multiple terror attacks across Punjab and who is alleged to have collaborated with Pakistan’s ISI and Khalistani group BKI, has been arrested in the US, officials said Friday. Passia alias Jora, who had illegally entered the US, was arrested by the FBI and…
Beijing: (Apr 16) China on Wednesday appointed a new top international negotiator after US President Donald Trump said the ball is in Beijing’s court to work out a deal to end the tariff deadlock, even as the White House said Chinese exports to America may face up to a 245 per cent levy. The development…
Washington/Beijing: China now faces up to a 245% tariff on imports to the United States as a result of its retaliatory actions, the White House said in a statement on Tuesday evening. The announcement came as President Donald Trump signed an executive order launching an investigation into the national security risks associated with US reliance…
Boston: The federal government says it’s freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University, since the institution said Monday it won’t comply with the Trump administration’s demands to limit activism on campus. In a letter to Harvard Friday, the administration called for broad government and leadership reforms, a…
Washington: The United States has excluded certain electronics like smartphones and computers from President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, according to a list of items published by the US Customs and Border Protection late Friday. The US CBP listed some 20 products, also including semiconductor-based transducers, solid-state storage devices, and flat panel displays. The exclusions would…
Beijing: China on Friday upped its additional tariff on US goods to 125 per cent, retaliating to America’s 145 per cent levy even as President Xi Jinping urged the European Union to “jointly resist the unilateral bullying” by Washington. China, however, left the door open for talks between the world’s two top economies as the…
Bratislava/Nitra (Slovakia): President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday invited Slovakian businesses to join the ‘Make in India’ programme underscoring that India stands as a shining example of progress in today’s world of uncertainties. President Murmu also visited the Jaguar Land Rover facility here, met its Indian staff and witnessed the rollout of the Land Rover Defender…
Washington: US President Donald Trump’s steep tariff hike targeting Chinese goods, which took effect Thursday, brings Washington’s additional rate on many products to 145 percent, the White House confirms. Trump’s 90-day halt in fresh duties for dozens of countries has come into place, a White House order showed. But he has also doubled down by…
Washington: President Donald Trump has announced a 90-day pause for countries hit by higher US tariffs but a trade war with China has escalated. In a dramatic change of policy, just hours after levies against roughly 60 of America’s trading partners kicked in, Trump said he was authorising a universal “lowered reciprocal tariff of 10%”…
