U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday (April 5, 2025) doubled down on the sweeping tariffs he unleashed on countries around the world, warning Americans of pain ahead, but promising historic investment and prosperity. The comments came as Mr. Trump’s tariffs took effect in a move that could trigger retaliation and escalating trade tensions that could … Read more
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, front right, and top Chinese military commander Gen. Cat Qing Feng, front left, pull ribbon ropes for opening a naval base’s sign during an official inauguration of the Ream Naval Base in Sihanoukville, southwestern of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, April 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Cambodia’s leader Hun Manet … Read more
U.S. Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance, with their children. File | Photo Credit: AP After a few postponements, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance, his wife Usha Chilukuri Vance and children are set to visit India later this month, sources confirmed here. Mr. Vance, who met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Paris … Read more
J.P.Morgan said it expects the tariff shock to be “modestly dampened” by the prospect of further rate cuts. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters J.P.Morgan ratcheted up its odds for a U.S. and global recession to 60%, as brokerages scrambled to revise their forecast models with tariff distress threatening to sap business confidence and slow down … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake before delegation-level talks at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: PMO via PTI Photo For the first time, India and Sri Lanka on Saturday (April 5, 2025) inked an ambitious defence cooperation pact with Prime Minister … Read more
Bodies covered with survival blankets on the ground in Kryvyi Rig, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s home city, after a reported missile strike by Russia on April 4, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP A Russian ballistic missile strike on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s home city of Kryvyi Rig killed 18 people, among them nine … Read more
Senate Republicans plugged away overnight and into early Saturday morning to approve their multitrillion-dollar tax breaks and spending cuts framework, hurtling past a hard line of Democratic opposition toward what President Donald Trump calls the “big, beautiful bill” that’s central to his agenda. The vote, 51-48, fell along mostly party lines, but with sharp dissent … Read more
Narendra Modi in Sri Lanka. | Photo Credit: X/@narendramodi Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conferred the prestigious ‘Mithra Vibhushana’ medal by the Government of Sri Lanka, in honour of his exceptional efforts to strengthen bilateral ties and promote the shared cultural and spiritual heritage of the two nations. This marks the 22nd International award conferred … Read more
A crackdown on foreign students is alarming college leaders, who say the Donald Trump administration is using new tactics and vague justifications to push some students out of the country. College officials worry the new approach will keep foreigners from wanting to study in the U.S. Students stripped of their entry visas are receiving orders … Read more
Rescue workers, sniffer dogs, paramedics and millions of dollars in aid have begun arriving in Myanmar after a massive earthquake ravaged much of the war-torn country. Over 3,000 people have so far been reported dead following Friday’s (March 28, 2025) magnitude 7.7 earthquake in a country where millions were already displaced by a civil war … Read more