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Macron, Trump break the ice with surprise pre-G7 lunch

8:34 pm August 24, 2019

Biarritz (France): French President Emmanuel Macron hosted his US counterpart Donald Trump for a previously unscheduled lunch Saturday ahead of the official opening of the G7 summit in southwest France. The two leaders sat on a terrace at the ornate Hotel du Palais in the Atlantic resort of Biarritz, the G7 venue, just a day […]

Macron takes aim at Islamic 'separatism' in France

Macron warns ‘trade tensions are bad for everyone’

8:22 pm August 24, 2019

Biarritz (France): French President Emmanuel Macron warned Saturday that “trade tensions are bad for everyone,” after US President Donald Trump imposed fresh tariffs on China and warned again that French wines could be targeted. In a televised address to the nation as G7 leaders gathered for their summit in Biarritz, Macron said his goal was […]

US, UN & EU welcome India, Pakistan ceasefire agreement

US working on two-prong strategy to ease Indo-Pak tensions over Kashmir issue: Senior officials

3:34 pm August 24, 2019

Washington: The US is working on a two-pronged strategy to defuse fresh tensions between India and Pakistan after New Delhi revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, senior officials from the Trump administration here said. The first strategy is to exert pressure on Pakistan to refrain it from indulging in any cross-border infiltration or […]

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

Trump threatens tariffs on French wine as heads to G7

3:15 pm August 24, 2019

Washington: US President Donald Trump threatened to slap heavy tariffs on French wine in response to taxes on American tech companies just before heading to France for a summit of G7 leaders. “Those are great American companies, and frankly, I don’t want France going out and taxing our companies. Very unfair,” he told reporters outside […]

Venezuelan officials discussed Maduro exit behind his back: Bolton

9:21 pm August 21, 2019

Washington: Venezuelan officials reached out to the US behind President Nicolas Maduro’s back solely to discuss his exit from power and free elections, National Security Advisor John Bolton said Wednesday. Bolton’s comment came after Maduro said he had authorised the contacts with high level US officials, casting them as a long-standing initiative that he was […]