Mumbai: The rupee dived 54 paise on Friday to close at an over six-week low of 69.60 against the US dollar as soaring crude oil prices and a fresh flare up in US-China trade tensions weighed on emerging market currencies. Global markets tumbled and safe-haven assets like the Japanese yen gained after President Donald Trump […]
Read MoreWashington: Pledging to bring the “unifying spirit of love for the country”, Democratic presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard Wednesday night alleged that President Donald Trump was not behaving like a patriot. Appearing on a CNN Democratic presidential debate in Detroit, Gabbard is the first Hindu to ever run for the presidency of the United States said she knew what patriotism […]
Read MoreWashington: US President Donald Trump spoke on Wednesday with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin about wildfires in Siberia and trade, the White House said. Trump “expressed concern over the vast wildfires afflicting Siberia. The leaders also discussed trade between the two countries,” according to a brief statement from Trump’s press office. Earlier, the Russian state-run news […]
Read MoreWashington: Having completed two and a half years of his first term in the White House, President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed that he has accomplished “more” than any US president in the same period. During an interview with C-Span, President Trump discussed his biggest disappointment and frustrations as president and his relationship with the […]
Read MoreBaytown (Texas): A fire burning at an Exxon Mobil refinery in Texas is sending a large plume of smoke into the air, the latest in a series of fires in Houston area involving the petrochemical industry. The fire broke out Wednesday at an Exxon Mobil facility in Baytown, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) east of […]
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