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December 6, 2024 9:21 AM

Magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes California, tsunami warning canceled

A powerful magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck offshore Cape Mendocino, California, approximately 100 kilometres southwest of Ferndale, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). The earthquake struck near the coast of North California on December 6 a...

December 5, 2024 10:57 PM

India in advantageous position to deepen ties with potential Trump second term: EAM Jaishankar

India is in a "much more advantageous position" compared to many other countries to build deeper relations with a potential Donald Trump second term in the US, External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar said on Thursday. Speaking at the ASSOCHAM 'V...

December 5, 2024 6:05 PM

EAM Jaishankar reiterates India’s support for two-state solution, explains abstention from UN resolutions on Gaza conflict

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar reiterated India's firm support for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, emphasizing the importance of addressing terrorism and hostage-taking in global discourse. Speaking in the Rajya Sabha...

December 5, 2024 4:13 PM

Global companies likely to be affected by Trump’s promised tariffs

President-elect Donald Trump in late November pledged tariffs on the United States' three largest trading partners - Canada, Mexico and China - detailing how he will implement campaign promises that could trigger trade wars. Here are companies that ...

December 5, 2024 3:32 PM

French debt risk premium falls after government collapses

The risk premium investors demand to hold French debt rather than German Bunds dropped from its highest levels in over 12 years on Thursday after the widely expected collapse of the French government. Far-right and left-wing lawmakers joined forces ...

December 5, 2024 2:56 PM

The fight for joy Bangla: How India helped Bangladesh achieve independence

Pakistan, created in 1947 after the partition of British India, was a nation seemingly destined for further division. Many analysts considered it a geographical absurdity, a loose amalgamation of two separate territories 1,000 miles apart. Beyond sha...

December 5, 2024 12:57 PM

Barnier expected to resign as France’s festering political crisis rumbles on

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier is expected to resign on Thursday after far-right and leftist lawmakers voted to topple his government, plunging France into its second major political crisis in six months. Barnier, a veteran politician who was ...

December 5, 2024 12:05 PM

ASEAN ministers to discuss Myanmar at Thailand meeting, Indonesia says

Members of the Southeast Asian regional bloc ASEAN are planning to hold a ministerial meeting in Thailand later this month to discuss the crisis in member-nation Myanmar, Indonesia's foreign ministry spokesperson Roy Soemirat told reporters on Thursd...

December 5, 2024 10:45 AM

Bhutan King arrives in New Delhi for two-day official visit

Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck received a warm welcome from External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar upon his arrival in New Delhi on Thursday for his two-day official visit to India. He was accompanied by Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuc...

December 5, 2024 10:35 AM

Cuba calls Trump proposal for mass deportation of immigrants unrealistic

A Trump administration proposal to deport mass numbers of immigrants residing in the U.S. illegally, presumably including some Cubans, is both unrealistic and unfair, Cuba's Vice Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio told reporters on Wednesday...

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