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Trump says India and Russia appear 'lost' to 'deepest, darkest China'

US President Donald Trump continues criticising India and Russia's ties with China

India will continue to buy Russian oil as required, says FM Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said India will keep buying Russian oil, stressing that the country's energy decisions are guided by national interest and citizens' needs

Trump urges European leaders to stop Russian oil imports, cites Ukraine war

In a 'Coalition of the Willing' call, US President Donald Trump urged European leaders to stop buying Russian oil that funds the war in Ukraine and called for stronger security support

Japan PM Ishiba hails Trump's order to cut tariffs on autos, other imports

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba welcomed US President Donald Trump's signing of an order to implement lower tariffs on automobiles and other Japanese imports as a step that addressed uncertainty for key industries. The reduction to 15 per cent from the previous 25 per cent was agreed between the two sides on July 22. Tariff negotiations between Japan and the United States were the top priority for the government, and we have put all our effort into achieving an agreement in the best possible way as soon as possible, Ishiba said Friday. The way it was achieved is just excellent. The step on tariffs comes as the Japanese prime minister faces pressure from right-wing rivals within his party to resign over the party's July election loss. In Washington, Japan's top tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa and his US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick also signed a joint statement, confirming a USD 550 billion Japanese investment in US projects. Akazawa said Trump's order brings down tar

Trump shifts war claims again, now says he stopped 'three conflicts'

While the president did not specifically mention which wars he was talking about, he said some of these conflicts were going on for decades

Trump-Modi's very good relationship is gone now: Former US NSA Bolton

He further said that it's a lesson for everybody that a good personal relationship may help at times, but it won't always protect you

Trump's dinner with tech CEOs: Which Indian-origin bosses among attendees?

Top technology executives praised Donald Trump on Thursday at a rare White House dinner where the US President hosted leading figures in artificial intelligence

Trump hosts top tech CEOs at White House dinner, Musk absent from list

US President Donald Trump hosted a high-powered group of tech executives at the White House on Thursday as he showcased research on artificial intelligence and boasted of investments that companies are making around the United States. This is taking our country to a new level, he said at the centre of a long table surrounded by what he described as high IQ people". It was the latest example of a delicate two-way courtship between Trump and tech leaders, several of whom attended his inauguration. Trump has exulted in the attention from some of the world's most successful businesspeople, while the companies are eager to remain on the good side of the mercurial president. While the executives praised Trump and talked about their hopes for technological advancement, the Republican president was focused on dollar signs. He went around the table and asked executives how much they were investing in the country. Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, who sat to Trump's right, said USD 600 billion. Apple

Two Venezuelan military aircraft fly over US naval vessel as tensions rise

Days earlier, the US had struck a purported drug-smuggling vessel it said was headed from Venezuela, killing all 11 people aboard in a strike that drew criticism at home and abroad

'Fairly substantial' semiconductor tariffs coming 'shortly', says Trump

Trump last month during an event with Cook said that he planned a 100 per cent tariff on semiconductors, while exempting products from companies that move their manufacturing to the US

Xi brings together world leaders sick of being pushed around by Trump

The most surprising image may have been a chummy three-way gathering between Xi, Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who made his first visit to China in seven years

Washington officials sue Trump over National Guard deployment in US capital

The city contends that the mobilization of more than 2,200 troops since mid-August violates US laws meant to bar the military from carrying out domestic law enforcement activities

US set to cut security funds for European allies along Russian border

The move may result in shaving off hundreds of millions of dollars worth of financial support for equipment and weapons training for armies across Europe

Zohran Mamdani likely to be NYC mayor unless 2 of his rivals quit: Trump

US President Donald Trump has said he thinks Democrat Zohran Mamdani is likely to become New York City's next mayor unless two of the three major candidates running against him drop out of the race. But the Republican didn't say which two candidates he'd like to see quit. Trump said No when he was asked by a reporter on Thursday night if he'd urged or encouraged any of the candidates in the race to drop out, but went on to say he would like to see that happen. I don't think you can win unless you have one-on-one, and somehow he's gotten a little bit of a lead, Trump said of Mamdani. I have no idea how that happened. The president, who spoke as he hosted a dinner at the White House with tech executives, went on, I would like to see two people drop out and have it be one-on-one, and I think that's a race that could be won. Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist, has been the presumptive favourite in the election since soundly beating former governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democra

Trump to sign executive order rebranding Pentagon as 'Department of War'

US President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order on Friday to rebrand the Department of Defence as the Department of War, his latest effort to project an image of toughness for America's military. The Republican president can't formally change the name without legislation, which his administration would request from Congress. In the meantime, Trump will authorise the Pentagon to use secondary titles" so the department can go by its original name. The plans were disclosed by a White House official, who requested anonymity ahead of the public announcement, and detailed in a White House fact sheet. The Department of War was created in 1789, the same year that the US Constitution took effect. It was renamed by law in 1947, two years after the end of World War II. Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth posted DEPARTMENT OF WAR on social media after the executive order was initially reported by Fox News. Trump and Hegseth have long talked about changing the name, and Hegseth even create

Trump signals upcoming talks with Putin after call with Zelenskyy

US President Trump was asked by a reporter during the tech leaders dinner whether he planned to speak to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the near future after talking to Ukrainian President Voldoymyr Zelenskyy earlier Thursday. He said, I will be, yeah. We're having a very good dialogue. At the tech leaders dinner at the White House, Trump was seated at the centre of a long table between first lady Melania Trump and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Melania Trump chaired a meeting of the White House's new Artificial Intelligence Education task force on Thursday afternoon. The event was planned to be the first in the newly paved Rose Garden but moved to the White House State Dining Room because of rain. Trump asked the tech leaders to say a little bit about their companies and talk about their investments in the United States. Zuckerberg estimated that his company would be spending roughly USD 600 billion through 2028.

Appeals court stops order to wind down operations at 'Alligator Alcatraz'

A federal appeals court panel on Thursday put on hold a lower court judge's order to wind down operations of the immigration detention centre in the Florida Everglades dubbed Alligator Alcatraz". The three-judge panel in Atlanta decided by a 2-1 vote to stay the federal judge's order pending the outcome of an appeal, saying it was in the public interest. US District Judge Kathleen Williams in Miami issued a preliminary injunction last month ordering operations at the facility to be wound down by the end of October, with detainees transferred to other facilities and equipment and fencing removed. Republican Governor Ron DeSantis' administration in late June raced to build the facility on an isolated airstrip surrounded by wetlands to aid President Donald Trump's efforts to deport people in the US illegally. The governor said the location in the rugged and remote Everglades was meant as a deterrent against escape, much like the island prison in California that Republicans named it ..

Trump Inc's $5.4 billion crypto foray: WLFI token hit by turbulence

The token, promoted by Donald Trump's family and listed this week on leading exchanges Binance and Coinbase, is still changing hands about 25% below its launch price

Putin slams Trump for using colonial-style tactics on India, China leaders

Russian President Vladimir Putin has reprimanded his US counterpart Donald Trump for attempting to exert colonial-era pressure tactics on leaders of powerful economies like India and China, saying that is not the way to deal with the partners. Powerful economies like India and China, with heavy populations, have their domestic political mechanism and laws, Putin, who is here to attend China's victory parade, told the media here on Wednesday. When somebody tells you, they are going to punish you, you have to think about the leadership of those countries, those big courtiers, which have difficult periods of their history too, will react," the Russian president said. These countries had to deal with colonialists, with attacks on their sovereignty for long periods of time, he added. You have to understand that if one of them shows weakness, his political career will be over, so that influences his behaviour, he said. The colonial era is over. They have to realise they cannot use this

Fed is independent, but could markets be right about Trump's push for cuts?

Trump's push for democratic control of the Fed and its independence are not mutually exclusive