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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

January 23, 2025 4:45 PM

Trump threatens Russia, others with tariffs if Ukraine deal not reached

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would add new tariffs to his sanctions threat against Russia if the country does not make a deal to end its war in Ukraine, and added that these could also be applied to "other participating countri...

January 22, 2025 7:08 PM

Trump 2.0: Crypto bet big on Trump in 2024. Can it cash in?

After pouring record sums of money into the 2024 U.S. elections, the cryptocurrency industry is hopeful – if not certain – of a newly friendly reception from D.C. policymakers after what it perceived to be a hostile environment in the Biden admin...

January 22, 2025 5:54 PM

India’s soft power at its grandest

Mahakumbh is creating waves in India and abroad. Hindu devotees having connections to various branches of Sanatana thought, Shaiva, Vaishnava, Shaakta, those who follow the tenets of a particular Guru or Ashram and those who follow no one....all are ...

January 22, 2025 2:55 PM

China families appeal to free relatives held by scam gangs in Myanmar

The abduction and cross-border rescue had all the makings of the kind of action script struggling Chinese actor Wang Xing had hoped to land – only not as a reality star. Wang, 22, flew to Bangkok earlier this month after getting an unsolicited off...

January 22, 2025 3:16 PM

EAM Jaishankar discusses regional, global issues with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in first bilateral meeting

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held his first bilateral meeting with newly-appointed US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, where they reviewed the extensive India-US partnership and discussed a range of regional and global issues. The meeting to...

January 21, 2025 10:56 PM

Xi and Putin discuss relations with Trump, Ukraine and Taiwan

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed on Tuesday how to build ties with Donald Trump, prospects for a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine and Moscow's firm support for Beijing's position on Taiwan. Xi and Putin...

January 21, 2025 12:29 PM

Trump faces stiff challenges delivering on his promised ‘Golden Age’

President Donald Trump faces an arduous task delivering on his Inauguration Day promise of a "Golden Age of America" in the face of a closely split Congress, inevitable lawsuits and recalcitrant world leaders. After taking the oath of office, Tr...

January 21, 2025 11:35 AM

Putin ‘destroying Russia’ by refusing to negotiate war with Ukraine, says Trump

US President Donald Trump said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is "destroying Russia" by refusing to negotiate an end to the ongoing war with Ukraine, which began in February 2022. Speaking to reporters upon his return to the Oval Office on ...

January 21, 2025 12:36 AM

Trump’s inauguration billionaires, CEOs: Ambani, Zuckerberg, Bezos attend church, ceremony

Tech billionaires, foreign diplomats and CEOs shadowed U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday, with several attending St. John's Church in Washington and seated prominently on the dais in the U.S. Capitol ahead of his speech. The church service, typi...

January 21, 2025 12:15 AM

International reaction to Trump’s inauguration

The following is reaction from global leaders to Donald Trump being sworn in as U.S. president on Monday. VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY, UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT "President Trump is always decisive, and the peace through strength policy he announced provides an o...

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