Berlin: The world’s biggest economies have dropped a long-standing public endorsement of free trade at their first meeting with the US President Donald Trump’s administration. Finance Ministers and central bank Governors from the G-20 group of leading economies, including the US, China, Mexico, Germany and India, held two days of tough talking in the German town […]
Washington: The Secret Service detained a man who drove up to a White House checkpoint and claimed to have a bomb in his vehicle, security officials told CNN. There was no confirmation on whether there was any device in the vehicle, but security at the White House was immediately upgraded on Saturday night. The vehicle is […]
Los Angeles: A TV mini-series will chronicle the events of the 2016 presidential election, when Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton. It is being made by cable network HBO’s HBO Films. The TV project is based on the yet-to-be-released third “Game Change” novel by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, co-authors of the book series that influenced […]
London: Global football governing body FIFA’s president, Gianni Infantino, reckons that the controversial travel ban issued by US President Donald Trump could prevent the United States from hosting the 2026 World Cup. Trump’s latest executive order bars visas for people from six countries with a Muslim majority and temporarily shuts down America’s refugee programme, reports […]
Beijing: China will restrict oil exports to and ban textile imports from North Korea, the commerce ministry announced today, as Beijing joined global efforts to enforce tighter UN Security Council sanctions on Pyongyang for its provocative nuclear and missile tests. China, the closest ally of North Korea, accounts for about 90 per cent of Pyongyang’s foreign […]
Washington: Thousands of people from India, who arrived in the US illegally as children, are fearing deportation after President Donald Trump decided to repeal an Obama-era amnesty programme, a South Asian Advocacy group has said. Trump repealed the Deferred Action for Children Arrival (DACA) programme that granted work permits to immigrants who arrived in the […]
Moscow: Striving to salvage ties amid a fierce dispute over Syria, the United States and Russia today agreed to work together on an international investigation of a Syrian chemical weapons attack last week that prompted retaliatory American missile strikes. Washington blames Russia’s ally, Syrian President Bashar Assad, while Moscow says Syrian rebels are responsible. After […]
New York: The United States is looking to comprehensively review UN peacekeeping missions, its envoy to the UN has said, ruling that the focus of such operations too often is on troop contributions or funding countries, and not on protecting civilians or achieving a political solution. Nikki Haley said UN peacekeeping operations is an area […]
Bhubaneswar: The US today sought safe and secure environment for its nationals visiting Odisha in view of the rampant Maoist activities here, officials said. The issue was raised by Consul General Katherine B Hadda at the US Consulate in Hyderabad when she met Odisha’s DGP K B Singh here today. Commissioner of Police, Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Y […]
Washington: “Dad, husband, and 44th President of the United States.” With this message, US president Barack Obama has joined Twitter with his personal account. According to the New York Times, his first post from @POTUS twitter handle on Monday included a greeting -“Hello, Twitter! It’s Barack. Really!” “Six years in, they’re finally giving me my […]
President Barack Obama, with the largest number of Indian Americans in his administration, keeps dipping into the expanding talent pool of the three million-strong Indian American community, to take care of issues ranging from combating terrorist propaganda abroad to nation's health at home
In a move that brought cheer to Indian techies, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that spouses of H-1B and a handful of other visa holders will be eligible to work from May 26
The United States and India are eager to move forward with high-level dialogues and exchanges soon, Secretary of State John Kerry said today, as he extended Republic Day greeting to India.
The United States has voiced hope that a crisis with India over the arrest of a senior Indian diplomat last month would come to a closure and expressed its wish to get back to business and take bilateral ties forward
India and US will resume dialogue on a bilateral investment treaty as the economic growth in both countries is becoming stronger and their economic partnership had strengthening, announced Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama Sunday
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