WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump stands behind United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said on Monday (Apr 21), after reports that he shared details of a March attack on Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis in a message group that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer. The revelationsContinue Reading
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Monday (Apr 21) Tokyo has no plan to terminate a trade deal struck with the US in 2019, but will keep voicing “grave concern” over inconsistency between the deal and President Donald Trump’s latest automobile tariffs. During Trump’s first term as president, theContinue Reading
Beijing: China on Monday (Apr 21) said it “firmly opposes” other countries making trade deals with the United States at Beijing’s expense, warning it would take “countermeasures” against them. China will take the countermeasures in a “resolute and reciprocal manner” if any country sought such deals, its commerce ministry said,Continue Reading
WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared information on forthcoming US air strikes on Yemen in a private Signal chat group that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer, the New York Times reported on Sunday (Apr 20). AFP was not able to independently verify the Times’ report, which detailed whatContinue Reading
A crisis is often triggered by some formerly unquestioned assumption abruptly breaking down. The 2008 financial crisis for example, sprang from the belief that the US would never suffer a nationwide decline in housing prices. But the real problem isn’t the initial mistake. EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED It’s the ripple effect – whatContinue Reading
The Supreme Court did not indicate how much notice should be provided. Lawyers around the country have asked that the migrants be given 30 days’ notice to allow them to contest their deportations. The Trump administration has not said publicly how much notice it intends to give the migrants. TheContinue Reading
Plaintiffs in the new lawsuit, filed in federal court in New Hampshire, learned without warning their F-1 student statuses had been terminated, leaving in doubt their ability to stay in the country and finish their studies, according to the complaint. One of them, Manikanta Pasula of India, was on theContinue Reading
SINGAL TO TEHRAN The strikes on Thursday came as the United States prepares to resume negotiations with Iran over its nuclear programme in Rome on Saturday, following warnings that Tehran is getting closer to building an atomic weapon. “The military actions in Yemen are clearly sending a signal to Tehran,”Continue Reading
Last month, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio announced partnerships with Starlink to provide satellite-facilitated internet connectivity in India, probably speeding the conclusion of Starlink’s five-year journey to enter the Indian market. The internet service provider (ISP) space in India is already hyper-consolidated, with Airtel and Jio accounting for 81 percentContinue Reading
It’s almost inevitable that a media professor who migrated from the United States six years ago to live and work in Australia will be asked to compare the state of democracy — and the threats it faces — in the two countries. The Australian election will happen just six monthsContinue Reading
