A week of turmoil unleashed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs showed little sign of easing on Friday, with markets again tumbling and foreign leaders trying to work out how to respond to a dismantling of the world trade order. Battered financial markets were given a brief reprieve Wednesday when Trump decided to pause duties … Read more
The discounts, effective till September 30, could help Google entrench itself deeper into government spending contracts, which are otherwise dominated by Microsoft [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS Google will offer steep discounts to U.S. federal agencies for its business apps package as the company looks to capitalise on the Trump administration’s cost-cutting push and chip … Read more
“There are no reports of damage to personnel or infrastructure on the South Korean side,” the country’s Joint Chiefs of Staff added. File | Photo Credit: Reuters “South Korean military deployed helicopters to contain a wildfire within the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), the buffer zone separating the two Koreas,” it said on Friday (April 11, 2025). The … Read more
Sumy region governor Volodymyr Artiukh told regional defence officials that Russian attacks in the area had intensified 30% over the past week. File | Photo Credit: AP Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday (April 11, 2025) its forces had captured the village of Zhuravka in Ukraine’s northern border region of Sumy, although Ukrainian officials made no … Read more
A currency trader reacts near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), top left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea on April 11, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Asian shares … Read more
Sudanese women from community kitchens, run by local volunteers, prepare meals for people who are affected by conflict and extreme hunger and are out of reach of international aid efforts, in Omdurman, Sudan. File photo | Photo Credit: REUTERS A nearly two-year-old war has engulfed Sudan in the world’s largest humanitarian crisis and led the … Read more
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a joint press conference with Panama’s Security Minister Frank Abrego (out of frame) after the signing of a bilateral agreement, in Panama City on April 9, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP The U.S. troops will be able to deploy to a string of facilities along the Panama … Read more
Tahawwur Rana leaves from Patiala House Court in New Delhi after he was sent to 18-day NIA custody. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap 26/11 accused Tahawwur Rana sent to 18-day NIA custody The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday (April 11, 2025) took Mumbai attacks mastermind Tahawwur Hussain Rana into 18-day custody, during which he will be … Read more
A merengue icon, a baseball star and others killed when a cement roof collapsed at a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic were buried on Thursday (April 10, 2025), as authorities called off the search for bodies with the death toll at 221. Mourners clad in black and white streamed into Santo Domingo’s National Theater, … Read more
Federal judge allows Trump administration to enforce registration requirement for illegal immigrants, impacting immigrants nationwide. File | Photo Credit: AP A federal judge is allowing the Trump administration to move forward with a requirement that everyone in the U.S. illegally must register with the federal government, in a move that could have far-reaching repercussions for immigrants across the … Read more