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World leaders pledge climate cooperation despite other rifts

11:40 pm April 22, 2021

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden convened leaders of the world’s most powerful countries on Thursday to try to spur global efforts against climate change, drawing commitments from Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin to cooperate on cutting emissions despite their own sharp rivalries with the United States. “Meeting this moment is about more […]

Republican leaders call for US boycott of 2022 Winter Olympics in China

2:54 pm February 27, 2021

Washington: Accusing China of ”horrific” human rights abuses, some top Republican leaders, including Indian-American politician Nikki Haley, have demanded that the US boycott the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and called on the International Olympic Committee to select a new site for the event. Beijing is scheduled to host the Winter Olympics from February 4 […]

Why no FIRs against Kapil Mishra, Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Verma: Congress

7:48 pm February 28, 2020

New Delhi: Congress on Friday said that it will “fearlessly and firmly give a befitting reply” in court over plea filed in Delhi High Court seeking registration of FIRs against senior party leaders and also took a dig at the Centre over FIRs not having been registered against BJP leaders over their alleged objectionable remarks. […]

Trump ‘would have loved’ to have met Greta Thunberg at Davos

7:29 pm January 22, 2020

Davos: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would have loved to have met Swedish environment activist Greta Thunberg at Davos but added that she should not focus her anger on the United States. “I would have loved to have seen her,” Trump told reporters before leaving the luxury Swiss resort, while claiming that […]

Trump lauds US economy in Davos, says little on climate woes

9:05 pm January 21, 2020

Davos, Switzerland: President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s led a “spectacular” turnaround of the U.S. economy and urged the world to invest in America, but had less to say about climate change issues that are a focus of this year’s gathering of top business and political leaders in the Swiss Alps. Trump kept to […]

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