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August 10, 2025 2:56 PM

Trump nominates State Dept spokeswoman Bruce as US deputy representative to UN

President Donald Trump said on Saturday he was nominating State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce as the next U.S. deputy representative to the United Nations. Bruce has been the State Department spokesperson since Trump took office in January. In a post on social media in which Trump announced her nomination, the president said she did a "fantastic job" as State Department spokesperson. Bruce will need to be confirmed for the role by the U.S. Senate, where Trump's Republican Party holds a m...

August 10, 2025 2:51 PM

Europe stresses need to protect Ukrainian interests ahead of Trump-Putin talks

European leaders on Saturday welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's plans to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on ending the war in Ukraine, while stressing the need to keep pressure on Moscow and protect Ukrainian and European security interests. Trump plans to meet Putin in Alaska on Friday, saying the parties, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, were close to a deal that could resolve the three-and-a-half-year-old conflict. The U.S. president is open to a trilateral summi...

August 8, 2025 10:17 AM

Trump signs memo requiring universities to disclose admissions data on race

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a memorandum that requires universities to collect admissions data to prove they are not engaged in efforts to shape their student bodies along racial lines, according to the White House. But the largest higher education policy and lobbying organization in the U.S. said the wording of the memo was vague. The American Council on Education also said it may be illegal for schools to collect the data on race that the White House seeks. The move is the...

August 7, 2025 3:18 PM

Soumya Swaminathan lauds PM Modi’s resolve to ensure farmers’ welfare

Soumya Swaminathan, Chair of the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation and former Deputy Director-General (DDG) at the World Health Organization (WHO), on Thursday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's steadfast commitment to safeguarding the welfare of farmers and his refusal to yield to "any kind of pressures." "Firstly, he (MS Swaminathan) would have been very happy that the Prime Minister gave such a strong message of support for farmers, fishermen, and tribal communities - and that he repeat...

August 7, 2025 3:08 PM

New US tariffs no big problem for India, which has huge domestic market: Mark Mobius

Billionaire investor Mark Mobius on Thursday said that the upcoming 50 per cent tariffs on India, announced by US President Donald Trump, are unlikely to significantly impact the country, thanks to its massive domestic market and relatively lower dependence on exports compared to China. Speaking to IANS, Mobius - who manages the Mobius Emerging Markets (EM) Opportunities Fund - said that India is better positioned than many other nations to withstand the effects of the new tariffs. “India ha...

August 7, 2025 11:03 AM

UCLA says Trump administration froze $584 million of its federal funding

President Donald Trump's administration has frozen $584 million in federal funding for the University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA said on Wednesday after the government reprimanded the university over pro-Palestinian protests. The Trump administration has threatened to cut federal funds for universities over pro-Palestinian protests against U.S. ally Israel's war in Gaza. The government alleges universities, including UCLA, allowed antisemitism during the protests. Large demonstrations to...

August 7, 2025 9:39 AM

US tariffs: India must seize this moment to become greater than ever, says Anand Mahindra

Top industrialist Anand Mahindra on Wednesday emphasized that India must use the imposition of 50% tariffs by the US as a catalyst to make the nation greater than ever. He urged the country to seize this moment to shape a virtuous outcome amid the evolving global trade environment. According to the Mahindra & Mahindra Chairman, the “law of unintended consequences” is quietly at play in the ongoing tariff war triggered by the United States. “The EU may appear to have accepted the evol...

August 7, 2025 8:20 AM

Trump imposes additional 25% tariff on Indian imports; economists warn of impact on growth

U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed an additional 25% tariff on imports from India, a move economists say could dent India’s GDP growth in FY26 by up to 0.4%. Sonal Badhan, Economics Specialist at Bank of Baroda, told ANI, “We had initially priced in an approximate 0.2% impact on GDP growth due to the earlier 25–26% tariffs imposed by the U.S. The additional 25% hike will come into effect after 21 days. During this time—or in the coming months—there is a likelihood that lower rate...

August 6, 2025 12:46 PM

Trump declines to say if he supports or opposes potential Gaza takeover by Israel

U.S. President Donald Trump declined to say whether he supported or opposed a potential military takeover of Gaza by Israel and said his administration's focus was on increasing food access to the Palestinian enclave under assault from Washington's ally. KEY QUOTES "I know that we are there now trying to get people fed," Trump told reporters on Tuesday. "As far as the rest of it, I really can't say. That's going to be pretty much up to Israel." Trump said Israel and Arab states were going to ...

August 5, 2025 10:11 AM

EU to suspend US tariff countermeasures for 6 months

The European Union will suspend its two packages of countermeasures to U.S. tariffs for six months following a deal with U.S. President Donald Trump, a Commission spokesperson said on Monday. The EU-U.S. agreement leaves many questions open, including tariff rates on spirits, and Trump's executive order last week setting tariffs on most EU goods at 15% did not include carve-outs such as for cars and car parts. EU officials have said they expect more executive orders to follow soon. "The EU co...