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

Modi speaks good English, but he just doesn’t want to talk: Trump

8:08 pm August 26, 2019

Biarritz/London: Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks very good English, but he just doesn’t want to talk, US President Donald Trump said jokingly on Monday before the two leaders met for formal talks on the sidelines of the G-7 Summit. The two leaders held 40-minute discussions in Biarritz, the French town which is hosting the meeting […]

India, Pakistan can resolve Kashmir issue themselves: Donald Trump

7:14 pm August 26, 2019

Biarritz: India and Pakistan can resolve their dispute on Kashmir through discussions, said US President Donald Trump alongside Prime Minister Narendra Modi in France on Monday. “We spoke last night about Kashmir, the Prime Minister really feels he has it (situation) under control. They speak with Pakistan and I’m sure that they will be able to do something that […]

G7 unity under stress as it wrestles with Iran, Amazon fires and trade

3:20 pm August 26, 2019

Biarritz (France): G7 leaders close their summit on Monday with discussion of world problems including the fires ravaging the Amazon rainforest, but overshadowed by President Donald Trump’s trade wars and questions over the group’s unity. The summit in Biarritz, a high-end surfers’ paradise in southwestern France, saw a dramatic shift of focus Saturday when Iranian Foreign Minister […]

US, Japan agree trade deal ‘in principle’

10:09 pm August 25, 2019

Biarritz (France): US President Donald Trump and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday announced a deal in principle on a major bilateral trade deal. “It’s a very big transaction,” Trump said after talks with Abe on the sidelines of the G7 summit in the French resort town of Biarritz. “Billions and billions of dollars,” […]

Will Trump's mishandling of records leave a hole in history?

White House says Trump regrets not raising tariffs higher

9:20 pm August 25, 2019

Biarritz (France): President Donald Trump’s only regret in hiking tariffs on China is that he didn’t raise them higher, his press secretary said Sunday after the president had earlier signaled some remorse for an escalating trade war with China. Trump faced a tense reception from world leaders meeting amid mounting anxiety of a global economic […]