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Donald Trump says Putin is playing with fire as Russia launches biggest attack on Ukraine

US President Donald Trump issued a stark warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying he is “playing with fire” as frustration grows over stalled peace talks and Russia’s attacks on Ukraine.In a post on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday, Trump wrote, “What Vladimir Putin doesn’t realize is that if it weren’t for me, lots […]

Covid-19 may have emerged in US first: China tells America to ‘stop playing deaf and dumb’, urges probe in new white paper

China has reignited the contentious debate over the origins of Covid-19 by releasing a white paper that accuses the United States of politicising the issue and suggests the virus may have emerged in America before it was detected in Wuhan.The white paper, published Wednesday via state-run Xinhua news agency, comes in response to renewed allegations […]

Playing neutral or free hand to India?: Teasing out Trump’s post-Pahalgam comment

TOI correspondent from Washington: What exactly did US President Donald Trump mean when he said India and Pakistan will “figure it out one way or the other” in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terrorist attack? One reading is that Trump is treading a neutral path, not wishing to take sides in a clash rooted in […]

‘Stop playing politics!’: Donald Trump urges Fed Chair Jerome Powell to slash rates

‘Stop playing politics!’: Donald Trump urges Fed Chair Jerome Powell to slash rates (Picture credit: AP) US President Donald Trump on Friday called on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to cut interest rates immediately, even as the central bank faces mounting pressure over inflation concerns triggered by his administration’s sweeping new tariffs.“This would be a […]