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Israel And Trump Have “Common Strategy” On Gaza’s Future, Says Netanyahu

February 16, 2025 admin

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel and US President Donald Trump had a “common stragegy” on Gaza’s future, after he met visiting top US diplmat Marco Rubio. “We discussed Trump’s bold vision for Gaza’s future and will work to ensure that vision becomes a reality,” Netanyahu told reporters after the…

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Opinion: Modi-Trump Summit: It's The Chemistry, Silly

February 14, 2025 admin

To the outside world, US President Donald Trump may come across as mercurial, transactional, and less dependable. For India, however, he has been a consistent ally, partly due to his great chemistry with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A meeting planned at short notice and with little time for back-channel negotiations has delivered a great deal…

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Opinion: Is This The Birth Of A 'Post-Aid' World?

February 14, 2025 admin

Since President Donald Trump’s January 25 executive orders slashing US global aid commitments, the world of development assistance has been thrown into turmoil. It has become a matter of life and death for those on the ground. Take, for example, a leading wellness hub in Uganda, where LGBTQ+ patients (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and other…

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Trump’s Citizenship Order’s Big Impact On Expecting Indian Parents

February 12, 2025 admin

New Delhi: US President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to ban birthright citizenship for children of temporary visa holders was a bolt from the blue for immigrants, especially Indians, in America. Although on hold for now after a legal challenge, the policy has left thousands of Indians, expecting to be parents shortly, in limbo. For…

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Canada’s Tit-For-Tat Move, China’s “Countermeasure” Vow After Trump Tariffs

February 2, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum were quick to respond to US President Donald Trump’s tariffs with their own measures, with the tit-for-tat moves likely to impact global supply chains significantly. Trudeau said Canada will impose 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian $155 billion in US imports, adding that…

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Donald Trump Freezes $50 Million To Fund Condoms In Gaza

January 29, 2025 admin

Donald Trump Freezes Million To Fund Condoms In Gaza

The White House on Tuesday justified a sweeping freeze in US overseas assistance by citing a $50 million condom distribution program in the Gaza Strip, without offering evidence to back up the claim. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the expenditure was discovered in Trump’s first week including by the new Department of Government…

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A Record Number Of US Firms Are Leaving China

January 29, 2025 admin

At a time when the newly elected U.S. President, Donald Trump, is making a pitch to reshore manufacturing to America, its companies operating out of China are having second thoughts about what was considered a miracle economy. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January, Trump made a simple pitch that if companies…

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Drill, Baby, Drill: Will Trump’s ‘Emergency’ Plan To Make Oil Cheap Work?

January 28, 2025 admin

US President Donald Trump, on the very first day of assuming office, laid out a sweeping plan to maximise oil and gas production, including declaring a national energy emergency to speed the permitting of projects, rolling back environmental protections, suspending new federal offshore wind leasing proposals pending an environmental and economic review, and withdrawing the…

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Is Trump Serious About Annexing Canada? Or Is He Just Being Trump?

January 27, 2025 admin

Years ago, during my one and only trip to Pakistan to report on the 50th anniversary of independence for a Western media outlet, I had the pleasure of meeting some bright, articulate students at the famed Government College in Lahore. Feeling magnanimous (and admittedly swept by their genuine warmth), I decided to drop a bombshell…

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Trump Tells US Agency To Put ‘America First’ In Reviewing Foreign Aid: Report

January 27, 2025 admin

Washington, United States: The Trump administration urged US Agency for International Development (USAID) workers to join the effort to transform how Washington allocates aid around the world in line with Trump’s “America First” policy. It threatened “disciplinary action” for any staff ignoring the administration’s orders. A sharply-worded memo sent on Saturday to more than 10,000…

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