US to prioritise defence, energy sales to India: White House
Washington, Feb 13 (IANS) The US will seek to prioritise and boost defence and energy sales to India, senior White House officials said Thursday previewing a meeting later in the day between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The officials also said the two leaders will build on the accomplishments of the American […]
American teacher held in Russia since 2021 returns home, meets Trump
Washington, Feb 12 (IANS) Marc Fogel, an American history teacher who had been deemed “wrongfully detained” by Russia, has been released and returned to the US in what the White House has described as a diplomatic breakthrough that could help in improving relations with Moscow and advance negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. Fogel, […]
Kuwait PM says Trump’s decisions will impact global economy
DUBAI(RAHNUMA): Kuwait’s Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah has warned that US President Donald Trump’s economic decisions would have “repercussions” for the entire world. Speaking at the World Governments Summit in Dubai on Tuesday, in a departure from his planned speech, the prime minister said listening to Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the IMF, […]
Trump declares February 9 as ‘Gulf of America Day’ after renaming Gulf of Mexico
Washington, Feb 10 (IANS) United States President Donald Trump has officially designated February 9 as “Gulf of America Day,” marking the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico. The proclamation was signed on Sunday while Trump was en route to New Orleans for Super Bowl 59, with Air Force One flying over the renamed region. The […]
Kremlin spokesman ‘neither confirms nor denies’ report of conversation between Putin, Trump
Moscow, Feb 9 (IANS) Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday that he could “neither confirm nor deny” reports of a conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump regarding Ukraine, media reported. “As the administration in Washington unfolds its work, there are many different communications. And these communications are carried out […]
‘PM Modi’s Feb 12-13 US visit valuable opportunity to engage Trump administration on all areas of mutual interest’
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be among the first few world leaders to visit the United States following the start of US President Donald Trump’s second term in office a few weeks ago, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Friday. The visit, which will take place on February […]
Shutting USAID weakens US, helps adversaries: Democrats
New York, Feb 4 (IANS) Democrats have vowed to fight the shuttering of USAID, asserting it weakens the US and helps its adversaries. They took aim at President Donald Trump’s adviser Elon Musk, the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), who announced the decision on Monday, questioning his authority. “We are not going […]
USAID headquarters closed on Monday, Musk says aid agency should be ‘shut down’
Washington, Feb 3 (IANS) Elon Musk, the tech billionaire who heads an agency entrusted by US President Donald Trump to increase the efficiency of the federal government, said on Monday that he wants to shut down US Agency for International Development (USAID), an autonomous body of the State Department that is one of the world’s […]
Trump fires Biden-appointee Rohit Chopra who headed consumer protection
New York, Feb 2 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has fired Rohit Chopra, who was appointed the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) by former President Joe Biden. In a letter to Trump on Saturday, Chopra acknowledged that his term as the director of the CFPB “has concluded”. Media reports said that he […]
Canada ready for Trump tariffs: Trudeau
Ottawa, Feb 1 (IANS) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that Canada is ready to deliver a “purposeful, forceful but reasonable, immediate” response if US President Donald Trump imposes tariffs on Canadian imports, local media reported. The prime minister, delivering remarks at a meeting of the Council on Canada-US Relations in Toronto, said his country […]
