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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 4:30 PM

Trump delivers fresh tariff threats against EU and China

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed to hit the European Union with tariffs and said his administration was discussing a 10% punitive duty on Chinese imports because fentanyl is being sent from China to the U.S. via Mexico and Canada. Trump ...

January 22, 2025 3:04 PM

Nepal sharply hikes permit fee for Everest climbers

Nepal will increase the permit fees for climbing Mount Everest by more than 35%, making the world’s tallest peak more expensive for mountaineers for the first time in nearly a decade, officials said on Wednesday. Income from permit fees and other ...

January 22, 2025 1:22 PM

Google to invest fresh $1 bln in OpenAI rival Anthropic, FT reports

Google is making a fresh investment of more than $1 billion into AI startup Anthropic, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. This comes after Reuters and other media reported earlier in January that Anthropic was nearing a $2 billion fundraise ...

January 22, 2025 1:07 PM

India and China should jointly maintain peace and tranquility in border areas: Chinese diplomat

Wang Lei, Charge d'Affaires of the Chinese Embassy in India, on Tuesday expressed China's readiness to work with India "in the spirit of looking to the future and pursuing win-win cooperation to invest their resources into development and revitalizat...

January 22, 2025 11:10 AM

Zelenskiy says security guarantee would need at least 200,000 peacekeepers ⁩

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who is seeking a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, said on Tuesday that at least 200,000 European peacekeepers would be needed to prevent a new Russian attack after any ceasefire deal. The Ukrainian l...

January 22, 2025 10:46 AM

Trump announces private-sector $500 billion investment in AI infrastructure

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a private sector investment of up to $500 billion to fund infrastructure for artificial intelligence, aiming to outpace rival nations in the business-critical technology. Trump said that ChatGPT's cre...

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 22, 2025 9:30 AM

Quad leaders reaffirm commitment to strengthen free and open Indo-Pacific

The United States, Australia, India and Japan recommitted to working together on Tuesday, after the first meeting of the "Quad" grouping's top diplomats since President Donald Trump returned to the White House. In a joint statement after the talks i...

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...

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