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Trump leaves for G-20 Summit, to meet Modi, Xi and Putin

2:02 pm June 27, 2019

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday left the White House to attend the G-20 Summit in Osaka, Japan over the weekend to hold discussions on a host of bilateral and global issues with leaders of top 20 economies of the world. “I’m heading to Japan, Osaka. And we are going to be meeting with […]

North Korea fires ballistic missile ahead of nuclear talks

North Korea leader receives ‘excellent’ letter from Trump

2:02 pm June 23, 2019

Seoul: President Donald Trump sent North Korean leader Kim Jong Un an “excellent” letter, the North’s state-run news agency reported Sunday, quoting Kim as saying he would “seriously contemplate it.” The White House declined to confirm that Trump had sent a letter to Kim. It comes as nuclear talks between the US and North Korea […]

Trump says in ‘no hurry’ for Iran strikes

11:07 pm June 21, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump said Friday he is in “no hurry” to bomb Iran, revealing that US forces were “cocked and loaded” to retaliate after the downing of a US spy drone but that he called them back in order to avoid mass casualties. “I am in no hurry,” Trump said in a series of […]

Watergate figure Dean details Trump-Nixon parallels

2:00 pm June 11, 2019

Washington: John Dean, the White House lawyer who helped bring about the Watergate downfall of Richard Nixon, has told Congress that there are “remarkable” similarities between the former president’s illegal behaviour and alleged acts of obstruction by Donald Trump. Dean told the House Judiciary Committee on Monday that the Mueller report, which outlines 10 possible […]

Irrespective of the winner of presidential polls, India-US relationship to remain strong

Post-election, US hopes Modi will have freer hand to pursue tough economic reforms

6:32 pm June 8, 2019

Washington: The White House is hopeful that Narendra Modi in his second term as prime minister with a strong mandate will have a freer hand to pursue some of the tough economic reforms that will help create a more business-friendly environment, a senior official has said. His comments came as the US media on Friday […]