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August 14, 2025 10:32 AM

Putin appears ready to test new missile as he prepares for Trump talks, researchers say

Russia appears to be preparing to test its new nuclear-armed, nuclear-powered cruise missile, according to two U.S. researchers and a Western security source, even as Russian President Vladimir Putin readies for talks on Ukraine with U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday. Jeffrey Lewis of the California-based Middlebury Institute of International Studies and Decker Eveleth of the CNA research and analysis organisation, based in Virginia, reached their assessments separately by studying imagery ...

August 13, 2025 12:48 PM

US losing out on China soybean sales as Brazil fills key supply period

U.S. soybean exporters risk missing out on billions of dollars worth of sales to China this year as trade talks drag on and buyers in the top oilseed importer lock in cargoes from Brazil for shipment during the key U.S. marketing season, according to traders. Chinese importers have completed booking soybean cargoes for September, taking around eight million metric tons, all from South America, three traders told Reuters. For October, Chinese buyers have secured about four million tons - half o...

August 13, 2025 2:40 PM

Judge orders Trump administration to restore part of UCLA’s suspended funding

A U.S. judge on Tuesday ordered President Donald Trump's administration to restore a part of the federal grant funding that it recently suspended for the University of California, Los Angeles. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco ruled that the grant funding suspensions violated an earlier June preliminary injunction where she ordered the National Science Foundation to restore dozens of grants that it had terminated at the University of California. That order had blocked the agency fr...

August 12, 2025 2:33 PM

EU leaders say Ukraine should have freedom to decide its future

Ukrainians must have the freedom to decide their own future, European Union member states said on Tuesday, seeking to weigh in ahead of talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday. European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy plan to speak with Trump on Wednesday, before the summit in Alaska, amid fears that Washington, hitherto Ukraine's leading arms supplier, may dictate unfavourable peace terms to Kyiv. "Meaningful negotiations ca...

August 12, 2025 9:47 AM

US designates Pakistani Baloch separatists as a foreign terrorist group

The United States is designating the Pakistani separatist Baloch Liberation Army as a foreign terrorist organization, the U.S. Department of State said on Monday. The BLA is the strongest of a number of insurgent groups long operating in the area bordering Afghanistan and Iran, a mineral-rich region that is home to Beijing's investment in Gwadar deep water port and other projects. Recently, the BLA took responsibility for hijacking a Pakistani Jaffar Express train traveling from Quetta to Pesh...

August 12, 2025 9:19 AM

Trump takes over DC police in extraordinary move, deploys National Guard in capital

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington and temporarily taking over the city's police department, an extraordinary assertion of presidential power in the nation's capital. Trump's move, which bypassed the city's elected leaders, was emblematic of his second-term approach, which has seen him wield executive authority in ways with little precedent in modern U.S. history and in defiance of political norms. The president cast his actions ...

August 12, 2025 9:12 AM

South Korea’s Lee, Trump to hold summit on August 25 on security alliance, economy

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and U.S. President Donald Trump will hold their first summit meeting on August 25 in Washington to discuss strengthening the bilateral alliance and economic security partnership, Lee's office said on Tuesday. Lee, who was elected president in a snap election in June, has made it a top priority to help his export-dependent country navigate the dramatic changes in the global trading environment triggered by Trump's tariff policies. "The two leaders will discu...

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 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...