Washington: In a harrowing incident at the Trump International Golf Course in Palm Beach, Florida, former U.S. President and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was confirmed to be “safe and unharmed” after Secret Service agents confronted a gunman near the property on Wednesday afternoon. The incident unfolded as Trump was playing golf at his…
Washington: The tweet came as a surprise, even from the provocative Donald Trump: “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!” the former president said Sunday. On Tuesday, just minutes after a debate with Vice President Kamala Harris that Republican Trump was widely seen as losing, the superstar singer/songwriter posted a message on Instagram saying she would be voting…
Washington: US President Joe Biden will host the fourth in-person Quad leaders summit at his Delaware residence next week, in a rare gesture for his counterparts from Australia, India and Japan, a presidential spokesperson announced Thursday. India, which was scheduled to host QUAD this year, would host the summit next year. QUAD leadership summit is…
Washington: The US and the European Union as part of its dialogue on China have discussed the value of engagement with India in addressing global challenges, including in the maritime sphere, energy and connectivity in the Indo-Pacific. Discussion on India was part of the two-day ‘US-EU Dialogue on China’ and the sixth meeting of the…
Berlin: Underlining that the Ukraine conflict cannot be resolved on the battlefield, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday that Russia and Ukraine have to negotiate, and if they want advice, India is always willing to give. Jaishankar made the comments while responding to questions at the Annual Ambassadors’ Conference of the German Foreign…
Sydney: The federal government has committed to a national plan to ban children from social media. Details are still scarce. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has acknowledged that “no government is going to be able to protect every child from every threat, but we have to do all we can”. But banning children from social media…
Riyadh: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived here in the Saudi capital on Sunday on a two-day visit to attend the first India-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) foreign ministers’ meeting. Jaishankar is here on the first leg of his three-nation tour that will also take him to Germany and Switzerland. “Arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to…
Rome: India and China can play a role in finding a solution to the dragging conflict in Ukraine, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Saturday after holding talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The Italian prime minister’s comments at northern Italy’s Cernobbio city came two days after Russian President Vladimir Putin named India, Brazil…
Beijing: China has warned of floods in some of its rivers in two provinces as Super Typhoon Yagi made landfall in the southern Hainan island on Friday raising widespread concerns about damage to life and property. Bracing for Super Typhoon Yagi, China’s National Meteorological Centre renewed a red alert, the highest level on Friday morning….
Moscow: Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned the US not to cross Russia’s “red lines” on the Ukraine conflict, asserting that Washington is starting to lose its sense of mutual restraint with Moscow, state-owned TASS news agency reported. In an interview on Wednesday, Lavrov said that Americans have “crossed their own red lines” on the…
