Palm Beach: President Donald Trump on Saturday signed an order to impose stiff tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China — fulfilling one of his post-campaign commitments to voters that threatened to spark higher inflation and disrupt businesses across North America as the countries vowed harsh measures in response. Mexico’s president immediately ordered retaliatory…
Dhaka: Notwithstanding the tense relations between India and Bangladesh ever since the ouster of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in August last year, a second consignment of rice from India arrived at Mongla Port on Saturday, a media report said. Two ships carrying 16,400 tonnes of rice arrived at the port in the morning, The…
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff Gen Syed Asim Munir visited Balochistan on Saturday amid clashes in the restive province in which 18 security personnel and 23 terrorists have been killed in the last 24 hours, according to a media report. The army chief was given a comprehensive brief on the prevailing security situation in…
Washington: US President Donald Trump has announced plans to impose on Saturday a 25 percent tariff on Canada and Mexico, its two neighbouring countries, and is also in the process of considering a similar measure against China. Trump said he would make a decision on Thursday night about whether to include oil in the list…
Washington: President Donald Trump has said that birthright citizenship was primarily intended for the children of slaves and not for the whole world to “come in and pile” into the US. On the very first day of his inauguration, Trump issued an executive order against birthright citizenship, which was struck down by a federal court…
Washington: Two countries – India and China – have the most tariffs but no inflation, an American businessman nominated by US President Donald Trump to be his commerce secretary told lawmakers on Thursday, making a point that there is no relationship between tariffs and inflation. “The two top countries with tariffs, India and China, have…
Washington: A commercial American Eagle plane about to land at the Reagan National Airport collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday night, in one of the worst aviation disasters in recent US history. “Both aircraft crashed instantly and were immediately submerged into the icy waters of the Potomac. (A) real tragedy. The massive…
Washington: A regional jet carrying dozens of passengers and a military helicopter have collided midair raising fears of mass casualties and forcing a halt to all takeoffs and landings at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. US President Donald Trump said late on Wednesday he had been briefed on the “terrible accident”. “May God bless their…
Washington: US President Donald Trump has signed a presidential memorandum to set up a 30,000-person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay to detain “high-priority criminal aliens.” The Guantanamo Bay facility, which has so far been used to hold terrorists, will now also house illegal immigrants with criminal records. The signing took place on Wednesday, with Trump…
Ottawa: A Canada Commission report has said that “no definitive link” with a “foreign state” in the killing of Canadian Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was “proven”, smashing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations that accused the involvement of Indian agents in the killing. In September 2023, Trudeau said Canada had credible evidence that agents…
