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Damascus: The de-escalation zones deal, signed by Russia, Iran and Turkey, went into effect in Syria at midnight on Saturday, media reports said. Earlier on Friday, Russian media reports cited Russia’s head of the main operational directorate of Russia’s military, as saying that the agreement brokered by Moscow, Ankara and Tehran to establish “de-escalation zones” […]

Washington: Barack Obama proposed to a “serious” girlfriend before he met his eventual wife Michelle, according to a new biography of the former US President. The book – “Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama” writtedn by David J. Garrow – shares for the first time the story of the woman Sheila Miyoshi Jager, with […]

Washington: The White House has welcomed the announcement by global software major Infosys to hire 10,000 American workers in the next two years, calling it a “political victory”. “We’re glad to see companies like Infosys see opportunity in the American economy again,” said Ninio Fetalvo, a White House spokesman, in a statement to the Washington […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed the Syrian crisis and “the very dangerous situation” on the Korean Peninsula. “The conversation was a very good one, and included the discussion of de-escalation to achieve lasting peace for humanitarian and many other reasons,” said a White House statement on Tuesday, adding […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump will on Tuesday speak over phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a White House official said. It will be the first call between the two leaders since Russia denounced a US military strike against a Syrian airbase in April and their third phone conversation since Trump took office on January […]

New York: SpaceX is set to launch on Sunday a classified mission for the US National Reconnaissance Office NRO), the agency in charge of designing, building, launching and maintaining America’s intelligence satellites. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will deliver the spy satellite, known as NROL-76, to orbit from historic Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy […]

Tokyo: Japan will not make concessions in its negotiations with the US for a bilateral trade deal, Finance Minister Taro Aso said. Aso, who is also the deputy prime minister, warned that Tokyo will maintain a firmer stance with Washington when it comes to dealing with the future pact, following the US’ withdrawal from the […]

Washington: With the World Trade Organisation ruling in Mexico’s favour, allowing it to impose trade sanctions worth $163 million a year against the US, the Trump administration lost its first trade battle with the neighbouring nation. The WTO on Tuesday said that’s how much money Mexico has lost from the US unfairly penalising Mexican tuna, […]

Tokyo: Japan and the US began a specific seaborne joint military exercise within the ongoing joint naval exercises that began on Sunday amid heightened tensions with North Korea, media reports said. The USS Fitzgerald and the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Forces destroyer JMSDF Choukai on Tuesday, participated in the Sea of Japan exercises, involving ships […]

New Delhi: To discuss the future of the India-US energy partnership, one of the first Trump administration officials to visit India from the Department of Energy (DOE) held a roundtable meet here with the think tank CEEW on Tuesday. The Council of Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) is an advisor the the Indian government. Beth […]

Washington: The vexed issue of restrictions on American H-1B visas has been taken up with the US administration by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during his ongoing visit to the US, an Indian official said on Friday. The issue was raised by Jaitley at his meeting here on Thursday with AUS Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, an […]

Washington: The US, Mexico and Canada on Monday announced their intention to submit a joint bid to co-host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, a media report said. According to ESPN, the US was planning to host three-quarters of the games, including the semifinals and final. The bid, announced atop the Freedom Tower at the World Trade […]

Mexico City: A senior official from the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) has confirmed that Mexico, Canada and the US are planning a joint bid for the 2026 football World Cup. Speaking to the Guardian ahead of Concacaf’s annual congress, the association’s president, Victor Montagliani said: “Canada, the US and […]

Washington: The US has launched a military strike on a Syrian government target in retaliation for their chemical weapons attack on civilians earlier in the week, President Donald Trump told the media. “Tonight (Thursday), I ordered a targeted military strike on the air field in Syria from where the chemical attack was launched,” Trump told […]

New York: The boycott of video-hosting platform YouTube by advertisers could cost its parent company Google $750 million in revenue, a media report said. Over the past few weeks, major consumer brands, including Johnson & Johnson, PepsiCo and McDonald’s have pulled out their ads from the platform as they are protesting the placement of their ads […]