US President Donald Trump is taking a less combative approach towards China ahead of his meeting with President Xi Jinping this week, reflecting what China experts say is Beijing’s growing leverage through
It is entirely understandable that, after such a long and bloody conflict—not to mention the ongoing genocide now entering its ‘final phase‘—the hastily arranged Trump–Putin summit in Alaska has caught many off
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the United States is making a “genuine” and “energetic” effort to halt fighting in Ukraine and pursue agreements that take into account the interests of all
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Yesterday President Trump in his public statements validated my conclusion that Trump does not know what the Russian position is and that he is going to the meeting to find out what
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The future of the Quad alliance, a strategic four-way partnership between the United States, Japan, India, and Australia aimed at countering China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific, is under significant strain as
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor In a matter of days, a summit of seismic import will convene — one poised to reverberate through the brittle scaffolding of an exhausted geopolitical order. Presidents
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Former President Donald Trump has publicly accused two of the United States’ largest banks—JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America—of “debanking” him for political reasons, claiming they refused to do business with him
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In the cultural psyche of 21st-century America, Donald J. Trump occupies a symbolic role that far surpasses his actual political achievements or capacities. For many liberals—particularly those embedded in the media, academia,
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Donald Trump’s Super PAC, Maga Inc., has amassed a staggering war chest of nearly $200 million, fueled largely by a wave of donations from the cryptocurrency industry, according to documents filed with
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Well-known author, fund manager and columnist for the Financial Times Ruchir Sharma wrote this week that the perception that the US President Donald Trump’s gambit with tariffs would have grave consequences have
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President Donald Trump has greenlit the construction of a $200 million, 90,000-square-foot state ballroom on the East Wing of the presidential residence, with construction set to begin in September. The Trump administration
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Friday sharply criticized former US President Donald Trump’s renewed tariff threats, urging the Indian government to take a stronger stance
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President Trump has just announced a 25% tariff on goods exported from India to the USA. He further stated that he would impose a penalty in addition to the tariff, although he
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The US economy expanded at an annualized rate of 3% in the second quarter, marking a strong rebound following a contraction in the first quarter. This growth outpaced economists’ forecasts, which had
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A potential meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping is emerging as a key diplomatic event ahead of this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Gyeongju, South
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Recent US export control decisions imperil national security and threaten not only US artificial intelligence “dominance” but potentially many other emerging technologies critical to military programs. While legal US exports of AI-related
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