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June 9, 2025 10:27 AM

Political divide widens as Trump deploys National Guard to Los Angeles

Republicans and Democrats traded barbs on Sunday after President Donald Trump deployed the National Guard to Los Angeles amid massive protests against increasing and divisive immigration raids. "Important to remember that Trump isn't trying to heal or keep the peace. He is looking to inflame and divide," Democratic Senator Chris Murphy said in one of the most direct rebukes. "His movement doesn't believe in democracy or protest - and if they get a chance to end the rule of law they will take i...

June 6, 2025 12:01 PM

US Supreme Court makes ‘reverse’ discrimination suits easier

The U.S. Supreme Court made it easier on Thursday for people from majority backgrounds such as white or straight individuals to pursue claims alleging workplace "reverse" discrimination, reviving an Ohio woman's lawsuit claiming she was illegally denied a promotion and demoted because she is heterosexual. The justices, in a 9-0 ruling authored by liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, threw out a lower court's decision rejecting a civil rights lawsuit by the plaintiff, Marlean Ames, against her...

June 6, 2025 10:30 AM

Operation Sindoor outreach: Indian delegation calls on US Vice President in Washington

An all-party Indian Parliamentary Delegation, led by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, on Thursday had an "excellent meeting" with the United States Vice President J.D. Vance in Washington, briefing him about Operation Sindoor, terrorism faced by India and regional security. The delegation is on a 2-day visit to the United States as part of India's global outreach against terrorism following Operation Sindoor. The Indian Embassy in the United States said, "The All Party Parliamentary Delegation le...

June 5, 2025 4:52 PM

Trump suspends entry of international students studying at Harvard

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday suspended for an initial six months the entry into the United States of foreign nationals seeking to study or participate in exchange programs at Harvard University, amid an escalating dispute with the Ivy League school. Trump's proclamation cited national security concerns as a justification for barring international students from entering the United States to pursue studies at the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based university. Harvard in a statement calle...

June 5, 2025 10:28 AM

Indian delegation reaffirms anti-terror resolve during high-level meetings in US

An all-party Indian parliamentary delegation on Wednesday held a series of high-level meetings in Washington to underscore India's firm stand against Pakistan-sponsored cross-border terrorism. After their arrival on late Tuesday, the Indian delegation began their official engagements on Wednesday, which included meetings with US Congress members, policy leaders and members of the Indian Diaspora. The delegation, led by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, held discussions with the leadership of the For...

June 4, 2025 4:15 PM

US: Higher metals tariffs kick in as deadline for ‘best’ offers arrives

The U.S. tariff rate on most imported steel and aluminum doubled on Wednesday as President Donald Trump ratchets up a global trade war on the same day he expects trading partners to deliver their "best offer" in bids to avoid punishing import tax rates on other goods from taking effect in early July. Late on Tuesday, Trump signed an executive proclamation that puts into effect from Wednesday his surprise announcement last week that he was taking the tariffs on steel and aluminum imports that ha...

June 4, 2025 4:15 PM

Global alarm rises as China’s critical mineral export curbs take hold

Alarm over China's stranglehold on critical minerals grew on Tuesday as global automakers joined their U.S. counterparts to complain that restrictions by China on exports of rare earth alloys, mixtures and magnets could cause production delays and outages without a quick solution. German automakers became the latest to warn that China's export restrictions threaten to shut down production and rattle their local economies, following a similar complaint from an Indian EV maker last week. China's...

June 4, 2025 9:18 AM

FIFA’s inaugural Club World Cup set to kick off in the US amid challenges

FIFA's billion-dollar gamble to revolutionise club football begins a week on Sunday with plenty of cash up for grabs but questionable enthusiasm as 32 teams prepare to contest the expanded Club World Cup in 12 stadiums across the United States. The tournament – designed as a glittering curtain-raiserfor the 2026 World Cup – has had to contend with the prospect of empty seats along with controversial qualification rules and player welfare concerns after an exhausting European season. Lionel...

January 20, 2025 10:57 PM

Trump sworn in a second time, vows ‘golden age of America’

Donald Trump vowed to usher in a new era of American greatness, minutes after he was sworn in as president for the second time to complete an extraordinary political comeback following two assassination attempts, a felony conviction and an indictment for attempting to overturn his 2020 election loss. "The golden age of America begins right now," he said. Trump took the oath of office to "preserve, protect and defend" the U.S. Constitution at 12:01 p.m. ET inside the U.S. Capitol, administered ...

January 20, 2025 9:13 AM

Trump’s swearing-in to be held indoors, with multiple threats Washington takes no chances

For the swearing-in of US President-elect Donald Trump, who has survived two assassination attempts, Washington is taking no chances mobilising a huge safety cordon of tens of thousands of personnel, putting miles of fences, installing vehicle barriers, and deploying helicopters and drones. Moving the ceremony indoors to the Capitol because of the freezing weather on Monday may lessen some risks but major threats remain. "From radiological threats to flat tires, the Secret Service has spent ove...