Manish Poswal, Author at DD India

November 8, 2024 9:50 AM

Trump picks Susie Wiles as his White House chief of staff

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday announced that Susie Wiles, one of his two campaign managers, will be his White House chief of staff, entrusting a top position to a political operative who helped the Republican win election. The app...

November 7, 2024 4:15 PM

Biden set to address nation after Trump’s decisive U.S. election win

U.S. President Joe Biden was set to address the nation on Thursday after a stinging election defeat for his Democratic Party at the hands of Republican Donald Trump, whose stunning political comeback has reverberated around the world. Biden, who was...

November 7, 2024 3:38 PM

Iran says US elections are an opportunity to review ‘wrong approaches’

U.S. elections are an opportunity to review the "wrong approaches" of the American government, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Thursday according to state media, after Donald Trump won the presidency on Wednesday. Former...

November 7, 2024 3:37 PM

Food companies sell products that are less healthy in poorer countries, says report

The world’s biggest food and beverage companies on average sell products in low-income countries that are less healthy than what they sell in high-income countries, according to a new report. Products sold by companies including Nestle, Pepsico an...

November 7, 2024 2:01 PM

Germany faces snap election as Scholz’s coalition crumbles

Germany's ruling coalition collapsed on Wednesday as Chancellor Olaf Scholz sacked his finance minister and paved the way for a snap election, triggering political chaos in Europe's largest economy hours after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential e...

November 7, 2024 1:25 PM

What are the key issues at the UN climate summit in Baku?

This month's U.N. climate summit, COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, has been dubbed the "climate finance COP" for its central goal: to agree on how much money should go each year to helping developing countries cope with climate-related costs. That discuss...

November 7, 2024 1:05 PM

China’s Xi urges US to ‘get along’ as he congratulates Trump

China's President Xi Jinping congratulated Donald Trump on his U.S. presidential win and urged both nations to find the "right way to get along", as looming U.S. tariffs threatened to return them to the days of a trade war years ago. Stable, sound a...

November 7, 2024 12:26 PM

Trump’s return to power fueled by Hispanic, working-class voter support

Donald Trump reshaped the U.S. electorate once again this year, piling up support among Hispanic voters, young people, and Americans without college degrees -- and winning more votes in nearly all of the country as he reclaimed the presidency. Follo...

November 7, 2024 1:10 PM

2024 will be world’s hottest year on record, EU scientists say

This year is "virtually certain" to eclipse 2023 as the world's warmest since records began, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Thursday. The data was released ahead of next week's U.N. COP29 climate summit in Azerb...

November 7, 2024 10:55 AM

Indian consulate cancels scheduled camps due to Canada’s failure to ensure adequate security

The Indian Consulate in Toronto on Thursday announced the cancellation of several scheduled consular camps, citing the Canadian authorities' failure to provide the minimum level of security protection for these events. The announcement was made thro...