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If an alien were to gain insights into the immigrant ‘situation’ currently playing out in the US, the Netflix show Mo would act as a good gateway. Except, it might lead the alien to believe that there are no Indian immigrants, legal or illegal, in the US. Mo, the semi-autobiographical comedy created by Palestinian-American comic…
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As world leaders gathered in Munich, Germany, for Europe’s top annual security conference, placating, pleasing, and managing US President Donald Trump stood as a top agenda. Trump’s phone call to Russia’s Vladimir Putin, US Vice-President J.D. Vance’s disruptive speech challenging Europe, and, by association, the very nature of trans-Atlantic alliances, and demands to end the…
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Ryadh: Russia and the United States on Tuesday agreed to establish teams to negotiate a path to ending the war in Ukraine after talks that drew a strong rebuke from Kyiv over its exclusion. Washington noted European nations would have to have a seat at the negotiating table “at some point”, following the first high-level…
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It’s a new phase in the Ukraine war as the Trump administration moves to hold talks with Russia without the presence of Ukraine or Europe. The Saudis will be in the mediating role, and the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, Trump’s Middle East special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, all…
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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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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, during a joint briefing with President Donald Trump in the US, spoke about India’s vision of ‘Make India Great Again’ (MIGA) – a phrase inspired by Mr Trump’s signature slogan ‘Make America Great Again’ (MAGA). According to PM Modi, a joint vision of ‘MAGA’ and ‘MIGA’ becomes a mega…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, during a joint briefing with President Donald Trump in the US, spoke about India’s vision of ‘Make India Great Again’ (MIGA) – a phrase inspired by Mr Trump’s signature slogan ‘Make America Great Again’ (MAGA). According to PM Modi, a joint vision of ‘MAGA’ and ‘MIGA’ becomes a mega…
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America, the leader of the free world, is once again hellbent on abdicating its global leadership responsibilities. Donald Trump is back, and so is his signature foreign policy move—cutting the US off from some key global organisations. He has, just like during his first term, decided that the World Health Organisation (WHO) doesn’t deserve US…
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Washington: In a move that has sparked controversy, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has signed a memorandum to rename Fort Liberty in North Carolina back to its original name, Fort Bragg. However, there’s a twist – the new name honours a different individual, not the Confederate general but Private First Class Roland L. Bragg, a World…
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Washington: A US district court judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s freeze on funding for federal aid programs, US media reported. “I think there is the specter of irreparable harm,” District Judge Loren AliKhan was quoted as saying by multiple US media outlets at an emergency hearing. AliKhan scheduled another hearing for Monday…
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