Italian PM Giorgia Meloni greets US aide with ‘namaste’; netizens call it ‘Modi effect’ (Source: ANI) Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s visit to the United States for the multilateral meeting on Monday has drawn attention on social media.During her arrival at a multilateral summit, Meloni was seen greeting US chief of protocol Monica Crowley with […]
US student loan changes extend repayment terms up to 25 years. (AI Image) Millions of student loan borrowers in the US are set to face longer repayment timelines and significantly higher lifetime loan costs under a revised version of the federal Standard Repayment Plan. The redesigned plan, introduced as part of President Donald Trump’s “big […]
Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina announced Sunday that he would not seek re-election in 2026, a day after voting against the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ backed by US President Donald Trump. The 64-year-old is the latest in a series of Senate moderates to step aside in recent years.“In Washington over the last few years, it’s […]
Travellers cart their luggage through the international arrivals area at the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles (Image credit: AP) US President Donald Trump‘s new ban on travel to the US by citizens from 12 mainly African and Middle Eastern countries took effect Monday amid rising tension over the president’s escalating campaign of immigration […]
US President Donald Trump has been temporarily allowed to keep enforcing tariffs under emergency powers, just a day after a federal court ruled he had overstepped his authority by trying to impose sweeping tariffs on foreign goods.In a strongly-worded decision on Wednesday, the US court of international trade said that Trump unlawfully invoked emergency powers […]
Pentagon on Thursday announced it will start removing openly transgender service members from the US military, following the supreme court’s recent decision allowing enforcement of the Trump administration’s long-pending ban. Defence secretary Pete Hegseth issued the directive within hours of the ruling, saying that roughly 1,000 transgender personnel who have publicly identified will now be […]
Australia’s prime minister, Anthony Albanese, never styled himself as an anti-Trump figure in his pitch for re-election. He said he trusted President Trump, and that he respected America’s democratic process. He rarely invoked Mr. Trump by name, redirecting questions about him to discussions of budget surpluses or a comment that he was focused on Australia. […]
Canadian PM Mark Carney and Donald Trump (File Image) Canada hit back at the United States over Donald Trump’s 25 per cent auto tariffs and imposed retaliatory duty on the imported US vehicles. Canada slapped a 25 per cent tariff on vehicles imported from the US that are not compliant with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA).Addressing […]
US President Donald Trump announced sweeping global import duties, including a 10 per cent levy on all UK goods and a steeper 20 per cent rate for imports from the European Union, taking effect on 5 April.The move, one of the most aggressive protectionist measures in recent years, has sparked concern across multiple sectors, including […]
