Washington : US President Donald Trump said Thursday he did not expect to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping before a March 1 deadline in trade war negotiations between the two economic superpowers. “Not yet,” Trump told reporters at the White House when asked if a meeting had been […]
SEOUL, South Korea — South Koreans, always deeply divided over how best to deal with their often belligerent northern neighbor, are reacting with both hope and wariness to U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement that he will hold a second nuclear disarmament summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong […]
London : Margaret Thatcher’s home town cautiously backed plans to erect a statue of the late British leader — but only after putting it on a plinth tall enough to keep vandals at bay. The strong-willed “Iron Lady” of the 1980s remains a polarising figure in Britain six years […]
Mumbai : Snapping its two-day losing streak, the rupee ticked higher by 23 paise to close at 71.57 per US dollar Tuesday amid fresh foreign fund inflows and gains in domestic equities. Forex dealers said investors were cautious ahead RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee outcome scheduled for February 7. “Rupee […]
Kabul : Afghan officials say 21 people have been killed in the latest Taliban attacks in the country, including 11 policemen who were slain when the insurgents stormed a checkpoint in northern Baghlan province. Safder Mohsini, head of the provincial council, says the checkpoint attack late on Monday […]
Doha : Qatar is running out of time to stamp out widespread serious labour abuse for tens of thousands of migrant workers before hosting the 2022 World Cup, Amnesty International warned Tuesday. The human rights group said in a yet another critical labour report that despite well-publicised “nascent reforms”, […]
open view news desk A group of Indian Origin youth from 8 countries called on the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh under the 53rd Edition of […]
open view news desk The Committee of Experts (CoE) constituted by the Ministry of Defence under the chairmanship of Lt. Gen (Retd) DB Shekatkar to recommend measures to enhance combat capability and rebalance defence expenditure of the armed forces, submitted its report in December 2016. The Report was […]
San Salvador : Nayib Bukele, the popular former mayor of San Salvador, claimed victory Sunday in the Central American country’s presidential elections. “At this moment we can announce with total certainty that we have won the presidency,” the 37-year-old Bukele told supporters. A few minutes before his declaration, the […]
Washington : Worried about a potential Republican primary challenge, President Donald Trump’s campaign has launched a state-by-state effort to prevent an intraparty fight that could spill over into the general-election campaign. The nascent initiative has been an intense focus in recent weeks and includes taking steps to change state […]
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