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US President Trump invites PM Modi to attend G-7 Summit

9:33 pm June 2, 2020

New Delhi: US President Trump on Tuesday spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the US Presidency of the Group of Seven, and conveyed his desire to expand the ambit of the grouping beyond the existing membership, to include other important countries including India. In this context, he extended an invitation to Prime Minister Modi […]

Hong Kong blocks Tiananmen vigil; rush on for UK passports

8:30 pm June 1, 2020

Hong Kong: Hong Kong police rejected an application Monday for an annual candlelight vigil marking the anniversary this week of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, as residents rushed to apply for passports that could allow them to move to the United Kingdom. Throngs of people lined up at DHL courier outlets across the city, many […]

Trump denies calling US war dead 'losers,' 'suckers'

Trump bans entry of certain groups of Chinese students to US

3:11 pm May 30, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump has issued a proclamation banning the entry of Chinese students and researchers having ties with the People’s Liberation Army to dismantle China’s efforts to use graduate students to acquire intellectual property and technology from America. Trump’s announcement came amidst escalating confrontation between the US and China over trade, the origins […]

India’s coronavirus death toll overtakes that of China

7:28 pm May 29, 2020

New Delhi: India’s coronavirus death toll has surpassed that of China after it reported a total of 4,706 fatalities, while it overtook Turkey to become the ninth worst-hit nation by the pandemic with 1,65,799 COVID-19 cases. The country has registered 175 deaths and a record 7,466 fresh coronavirus infection cases in the last 24 hrs […]

Chinese are on march to prove their importance, are taking up vacuum that US created: Albright

US to announce “certain decisions” on China on Friday: Trump

2:47 pm May 29, 2020

Washington: The US would announce “certain decisions” on China on Friday, President Donald Trump has said as he emphasised that Beijing should have stopped the coronavirus at the source. Led by the US, several countries in the world have blamed China for the spread of coronavirus and its failure to provide timely information about the […]