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India and Europe next on Trump's to-do list after China trade deal

US President Donald Trump is expected to visit India in February, raising hopes that he will give New Delhi some leeway on trade.

Scientists begin work on a vaccine to tackle coronavirus outbreak

In just three months time, they likely will be testing the first of a number of potential experimental vaccines against the new SARS-like coronavirus that is spreading in China and beyond

US Treasury chief Mnuchin says optimistic about US-UK trade deal

"I'm quite optimistic. I think the prime minister and the president have a very good relationship," Mnuchin told an audience at the Chatham House think tank in London

Bodies of 3 US firefighters retrieved from Australian air crash site

The crash of the C-130 tanker plane on Thursday added to national grief in Australia over bushfires that have since October killed 33 people

Fiat Chrysler asks US court to toss out GM racketeering claims: Report

The company has previously said GM's suit is baseless and aimed at disrupting the Italian-American automaker's proposed merger with France's Peugeot SA

Donald Trump's peace plan may polarise West Asia it seeks to calm

Trump has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his chief rival centrist former general Benny Gantz to the White House next week

China's theaters, studios protest against deal to free stream movie online

Huanxi Media Group announced on Friday that it would show "Lost in Russia" for free on Beijing Bytedance Network's platforms on Jan. 25

Impeachment trial: Trump's team to begin defense arguments at US Senate

Government witnesses told the impeachment inquiry last year that Biden was carrying out official U.S. policy

41 dead in China virus outbreak; Nepal, Australia and Japan confirm cases

Authorities have since imposed transport restrictions on nearly all of Hubei province, which has a population of 59 million.

Boeing struggles to convince investors that 737 Max is a safe investment

Boeing said on Tuesday its troubled workhorse -grounded last March after two crashes in which 346 people died - should receive approval by mid-year from US regulators

India faces first fall in direct taxes in at least two decades: Report

Government was targetting direct tax collection of Rs 13.5 trillion ($189 billion) for the year ending March 31 - a 17% increase over the prior fiscal year

Indonesia to increase imports from India amid Delhi-Malaysia spat: Report

The trade ministers of India and Indonesia, which want to more than double their bilateral trade to $50 billion by 2025, met in Davos on Thursday and agreed to fast-forward trade

US wants India to buy $5-6 billion farm goods to seal trade deal

Both governments had hoped to work out a limited trade deal last year, but struggled to reach an agreement.

India may raise duties on $56 bn worth of imports from China, elsewhere

Higher customs duties are likely to hit goods such as mobile phone chargers, industrial chemicals, jewellery and handicraft items

Coronavirus: Toll at 26, China shuts transport, temples, part of Great Wall

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the new coronavirus an emergency for China but stopped short of declaring the epidemic of international concern

Ten cities in China's Hubei suspend public transportation over coronavirus

Buses in cities of Chibi, Xiantao, Zhijiang, Qianjiang, Xianning, Huangshi and Enshi have suspended services

Malaysia hikes sugar import from India to resolve palm oil spat: Report

India, the world's largest edible oil buyer, this month effectively halted Malaysian palm oil imports apparently in retaliation to Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad's comments on Kashmir

HDFC Bank to tap Egon Zehnder to identify Aditya Puri's successor: Report

Puri, whose term comes to an end in October this year, is also an advisor to the search committee tasked with identifying a suitable candidate

RBI to hold rates on inflation concerns, fiscal boost likely: Poll

The RBI was forecast to next cut rates by 25 basis points to 4.90% in the October-December quarter, according to the poll consensus

India to Singapore: How airlines, passengers are responding to China virus

An explainer on the airline industry's response to the outbreak so far and its potential financial exposure compared to SARS in 2003