Tag: Us President Donald Trump

Washington: US President Donald Trump has issued the first veto of his presidency, rejecting a legislation to overturn his declaration of a national emergency to fund a wall along the country’s Mexican border, insisting that the situation on the southern frontier amounted to a threat to Americans’ safety. “Today, I am vetoing this resolution,” Trump […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump has publicly recommended Boeing to “rebrand” its troubled 737 Max planes after two fatal crashes led to the indefinite global grounding of the model and widespread criticism against the company. “What do I know about branding, maybe nothing (but I did become President!), but if I were Boeing, I would fix […]

Washington: A day after ace golfer Tiger Woods won his fifth Masters title and 15th major tournament in a rousing resurrection of his career, US President Donald Trump said that he would give him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Trump made the announcement on a Twitter post on Monday, but did not give any other details, […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump has said that trade talks between the Washington and Tokyo were “moving along very nicely” and suggested a deal might be reached by late May as he met visiting Japanese Prime Minster Shinzo Abe at the White House. During his meeting with Abe at the White House on Friday, Trump […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump spoke over phone with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the issue of Ankara’s purchase of S-400 missile defence system, said the White House. Trump and Erdogan discussed trade, security concerns in northern Syria, and Turkey’s planned purchase of the Russian made S-400 system, Xinhua reported on Monday, citing a […]

San Francisco: Facebook took over a day to tackle the doctored viral video that was intentionally slowed down to show US Speaker Nancy Pelosi talking in a slurred speech. Finding audio and digital forensic experts who could verify that the video had been manipulated required time, but while the fact-checkers were investigating the case, misinformation […]

London: US President Donald Trump was rescued by his wife Melania from an embarrassing situation when he failed to recognize a statue at Buckingham Palace that he had gifted to Queen Elizabeth Il last year. Trump was shown a pewter horse that he gave as a gift when they met in July 2018, and was […]

Mumbai: The key Indian equity indices opened on a positive note on Monday, in line with the Asian stocks, with the BSE Sensex trading 320 points higher. Both the domestic and Asian investor sentiment strengthened after US President Donald Trump on Friday announced that he would not impose 5 per cent tariffs on Mexican exports, […]

San Francisco: A US federal court of appeal has ruled that US President Donald Trump’s government can go ahead with a policy that prohibits American women from receiving abortion operations at federally-funded clinics. A three-judge panel of the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco allowed the US government to enforce a controversial […]

Tehran: Iran on Saturday warned the US against the “mistake” of taking military action against the Islamic republic, saying any attack will draw Tehran’s “crushing response” that will cost Washington dearly and blow up a powder keg in the region. “Threat for threat means that if the enemy fires a single bullet at us, it […]

Pyongyang: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has received a personal letter from US President Donald Trump, the country’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Sunday. After reading the letter, Kim “said with satisfaction that the letter is of excellent content”. Kim said he would “seriously contemplate the interesting content”, Xinhua reported citing KCNA. […]

Osaka: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday arrived here in Japan for the G20 Summit during which he will attend important plurilateral meetings and meet with the world leaders including US President Donald Trump. “Early morning arrival in Osaka. The #G20 Summit, bilateral and multilateral interactions await PM @narendramodi in the coming two days. He […]

Osaka (Japan): US President Donald Trump on Thursday described as “unacceptable” the tariffs hiked by India on American products and demanded that they be withdrawn. “I look forward to speaking with Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi about the fact that India, for years having put very high tariffs against the US, just recently increased the tariffs […]

Osaka: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held talks with US President Donald Trump and discussed various bilateral and global issues including Iran, 5G communications networks, trade and defence ahead of the G-20 Summit. Modi thanked Trump for expressing his “love towards India” in a letter recently delivered by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. […]

Osaka: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump Friday discussed measures to explore collaboration between India and the US in 5G telecommunications technology, amid pressure on New Delhi from the US to ban Chinese telecom giant Huawei over security concerns on these networks. Modi, who is in Osaka, Japan to attend the G20 Summit, […]