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Despite loud whispers of a slowdown—or even a potential recession—and despite President Donald Trump’s now-chaotic tariff tantrums, the US is gaining big in one key area that isn’t being talked about much: attracting capital. A staggering $1.7 trillion in foreign and domestic investment commitments, made in…
Relations between Iran and the United States – once strong allies – have often been mistrustful and sometimes openly hostile since Iran’s 1979 revolution. Here are some key dates: 1953 – The US Central Intelligence Agency helps orchestrate the overthrow of Iran’s popular Prime Minister Mohammed…
New York, United States: The US government will review $9 billion of funding for Harvard University over alleged anti-Semitism on campus, authorities said Monday, after it cut millions from Columbia University, which has also seen fierce pro-Palestinian student protests. President Donald Trump has aggressively targeted prestigious…
An individual will be arrested soon for allegedly stealing and selling the personal information of four lakh people from the Social Security database, Elon Musk has said. “I believe that someone is going to be arrested tomorrow,” the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) head was heard…
There has never been a moment in Canadian politics when a domestic election hinged so heavily on a single external factor. US President Donald Trump’s dibble-dabble on issues of trade, tariff and sovereignty has converged in Ottawa to fuel a national backlash against Washington. Trump’s threats…
A US woman, initially reported missing after a car crash, was found dead in a “deep well” in what the police described as a “tragic accident.” Shirley Obert, a Chick-fil-A employee, was involved in the crash on Saturday morning in Monroe County, just outside of Atlanta,…
Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Monday (local time) the imposition of visa restrictions on Chinese officials responsible for limiting the access of US officials to Tibetan areas. This move is in response to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) long-standing refusal to allow…
Washington: US President Donald Trump said on Monday that French far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s conviction and resulting prohibition from running in the 2027 presidential election was a “very big deal.” A French court on Monday barred Le Pen from running in the 2027 presidential election…
Washington, United States: President Donald Trump said Monday that Americans want him to run for another term, a step banned by the US constitution but which he continues describing as possible. “People are asking me to run,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked…
Washington: Amid suspense over US President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day tariff” plans, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt confirmed on Monday that there won’t be any exemptions on reciprocal tariffs. Listing tariffs imposed on American products by foreign nations, Ms Leavitt said that the “unfair trade practices”…