Day: September 23, 2019

Johnson says he’ll tell Trump: Hands off UK health service

3:09 pm September 23, 2019

New York: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he’ll tell US President Donald Trump that the UK’s state-funded health service will be off the table in any future trade negotiations. The Conservative prime minister also says the US will have to open its markets to British goods if it wants to make a deal. Johnson […]

Europeans see last chance for Iran-US meeting

US emphasises diplomacy in standoff with Iran

3:02 pm September 23, 2019

Washington: The United States said Sunday it will make its case against Iran at the United Nations this week, insisting it wants to give diplomacy “every opportunity to succeed” in the wake of a devastating attack on a vital Saudi oil complex. Setting the stage for President Donald Trump’s address to the annual UN General […]

Canada will always be there to defend the right of peaceful protest: Trudeau on farmers protest

Trudeau returns to campaign with promise of lower taxes

2:59 pm September 23, 2019

Montreal: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resumed his re-election campaign on Sunday with a promise to lower taxes, but once again had to apologise for a photo showing him in blackface makeup. Trudeau, 47, was already under fire for an ethics lapse and other controversies, and the decades-old photos and videos that resurfaced last week […]

Budget 2020 has both vision and action: PM Modi

Modi to articulate India’s plans for renewable energy, other climate action proposals at UN Summit

2:53 pm September 23, 2019

United Nations: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to articulate his government’s ambitions on renewable energy and make a call for a coalition for disaster resilient infrastructure at UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ High-Level Climate Action Summit on Monday. Modi is among the first set of speakers at the Summit’s opening ceremony, a highly significant […]

Bipin Rawat appears before parliamentary panel on defence, members question him on eastern Ladakh situation

Balakot has been reactivated by Pak, says Army Chief

2:49 pm September 23, 2019

Chennai: Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Monday said Pakistan has reactivated Balakot very recently and about 500 infiltrators were waiting to infiltrate into India. “Balakot has been reactivated by Pakistan very recently. That shows that Balakot has been affected. It had been damaged and destroyed. And that is why people have got away from […]