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March 28, 2025 11:17 AM

Shashi Tharoor welcomes Trump’s recognition of India’s voter ID system

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has welcomed United States President Donald Trump’s recent recognition of India’s voter ID system. Trump referenced India’s system in his latest executive order, which aims to reform the US federal election process. The order mandates proof of citizenship for federal elections and imposes new restrictions on mail-in voting, drawing comparisons with election systems in India and other nations. Reacting to Trump's remarks, Tharoor emphasized that India has maintai...

March 28, 2025 9:35 AM

Trump orders elimination of ‘anti-American ideology’ from Smithsonian institutions

President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered that "improper, divisive or anti-American ideology" be removed from the Smithsonian Institution, the vast museum and research complex that is a premier exhibition space for U.S. history and culture. The Republican president, in an executive order, directed that Vice President JD Vance undertake the action. The order also directs the Interior Department to restore federal parks, monuments and memorials that have been “removed or changed in the last y...

March 27, 2025 4:41 PM

Iran ready for indirect talks with US, Khamenei aide says

Kamal Kharrazi, an adviser to Iran's supreme leader, said on Thursday Tehran has not closed all doors to resolve its disputes with the United States and is ready for indirect negotiations with Washington. Tehran has so far rebuffed U.S. President Donald Trump's warning it to make a deal or face military consequences. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called the message deceptive and Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said talks are impossible unless Washington changes its "maximum pressure" pol...

March 26, 2025 8:11 PM

Tesla to launch in Saudi Arabia as Musk and the kingdom mend relations

Tesla will start sales in Saudi Arabia next month, the electric carmaker said on its website, signalling CEO Elon Musk and the kingdom have healed a rift that dates back to the billionaire's short-lived bid in 2018 to take the company private. Tesla trades in other Middle Eastern countries, but not in Saudi Arabia, the Gulf region's largest market. The dispute started when Musk tweeted in 2018 he had "funding secured" to take Tesla private after meeting Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, th...

March 26, 2025 9:56 AM

Trump signs election order calling for proof of U.S. citizenship to vote

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday that would require voters to prove they are U.S. citizens and attempts to prevent states from counting mail-in ballots received after Election Day. The sweeping order also would seek to take federal funding away from states that do not comply. Trump has long questioned the U.S. electoral system and continues to falsely claim that his 2020 loss to Democratic President Joe Biden was the result of widespread fraud. The president and...

March 25, 2025 9:32 AM

Trump pushes US claims to Greenland as territory’s leaders lambast US delegation trip

President Donald Trump on Monday doubled down on his suggestion that the U.S. should take over Greenland as leaders from the semi-autonomous Danish territory criticized a planned trip there this week by a high-profile U.S. delegation. "I think Greenland is going to be something that maybe is in our future," Trump told reporters after a meeting with officials in his cabinet, saying it was important for U.S. national security. Greenland's outgoing Prime Minister Mute Egede called plans by the U....

March 24, 2025 10:18 PM

Trump to impose 25% tariff on countries that buy oil, gas from Venezuela

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that any country that buys oil or gas from Venezuela will pay a 25% tariff on any trades made with the United States. This "secondary tariff" will take effect on April 2, Trump said in a Truth Social post. Trump said he is imposing the move because, he said, Venezuela has sent "tens of thousands" of people to the United States who have a "very violent nature." Earlier this month, Trump issued a 30-day wind down of a license that the U.S. had granted t...

March 21, 2025 9:29 AM

Trump signs order aimed at dismantling US Department of Education

Flanked by students and educators, U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order intended to essentially dismantle the federal Department of Education, making good on a longstanding campaign promise to conservatives. The order is designed to leave school policy almost entirely in the hands of states and local boards, a prospect that alarms liberal education advocates. Thursday's order was a first step "to eliminate" the department, Trump said at a signing ceremony in the Ea...

March 19, 2025 8:38 PM

Putin wants Trump to formally recognise all land Russia has taken in Ukraine, Kommersant reports

President Vladimir Putin wants U.S. President Donald Trump to formally recognise all four Ukrainian regions that Moscow has claimed as its own in addition to Crimea, Russia's Kommersant daily reported. Citing unnamed sources who attended a private business event with Putin on Tuesday, Kommersant said that Putin wanted the U.S. to formally recognise the four regions - Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson - as part of Russia along with Crimea, which Moscow seized and annexed in 2014. Russi...

March 18, 2025 11:42 PM

Trump and Putin discuss Ukraine war, Russia says the talks have ended

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the Ukraine war on Tuesday in a phone call which Washington hoped would convince Moscow to accept a 30-day ceasefire and move towards a permanent peace deal. The White House said the talks had begun at 10 a.m. ET (1400 GMT) and White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino wrote on social media that the call was "going well". The Kremlin said the talks had ended, Russia's TASS news agency reported. Kirill Dmitriev, who...