Trump threatens India with 50% tariff as negotiations fizzle and Modi keeps importing
President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced sweeping and substantial tariffs on India, one of America’s most important trading partners. In addition to a 25% tariff that is set to go…
Trump says there’s a ‘good chance’ he’ll meet with Putin, but no ‘breakthrough’ in Witkoff’s Moscow trip
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday there was a “very good prospect” of a summit meeting soon with Russia that could lead to an end to the war in Ukraine.…
Chinese embassy in UK strongly opposes former British PM’s visit to island of Taiwan
In response to former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visiting Taiwan who has called on Western countries to build economic relations with Taiwan, the Chinese Embassy in the UK said…
US services sector stalls in July amid rising tariffs and weakening job market
The US services sector effectively stagnated in July as firms – faced with tepid demand and rising costs – reduced headcount, according to a Bloomberg report on Tuesday local time.…
Witkoff heads to Russia as Trump’s sanctions threat looms
President Donald Trump’s trusted foreign envoy Steve Witkoff is due in Moscow on Wednesday after the Kremlin requested a meeting with him in a last-ditch effort to avoid the punishing…
World marks 80 years since US dropped atomic bomb on Japan as global powers still trade nuclear threats
As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the first use of a nuclear weapon on the Japanese city of Hiroshima near the end of World War II, the planet…