Top trade negotiators from India and the United States failed to resolve their tariff dispute during talks on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, with New Delhi urging Washington to drop levies linked to Russian energy imports, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the negotiations. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer met Indian …
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US President Donald Trump held talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House on Thursday and signalled that the United States might soon lift its hold on sales of advanced fighter aircraft to Ankara. During Trump’s first term, the US removed Turkey, a Nato ally, from its flagship F-35 programme after Turkey bought an air defence system …
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An expert warned that NATO and the U.S. are (Image: Getty / AP) Following the recent onslaught of Russian drone incursions into NATO airspace, a former US State Department official said the defence bloc is ultimately “not prepared” to handle a new warfare tactic unleashed by Russian President Vladimir Putin — drone swarms. A couple of weeks ago, the Polish …
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A woman in China who was raped by her boss on a business trip and later sacked has had her ordeal ruled an “industrial injury” by the authorities. She subsequently sued the company and is demanding it pay her two million yuan (US$280,000) in compensation. The classification of her sexual assault as such is the first of its kind in …
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دنیا بھر میں ہنر مند افراد کے لیے مواقع حاصل کرنے کی دوڑ ہمیشہ جاری رہی ہے۔ کبھی امریکا اس میدان میں سب سے آگے تھا، لیکن اب چین بھی اپنی پالیسیوں کے ذریعے بڑی تیزی سے آگے بڑھنے کی کوشش کر رہا ہے۔ حالیہ دنوں میں امریکا نے اپنے مشہور ایچ ون بی ویزا کی فیس میں غیر معمولی …
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday said he saw new signs that both Kyiv and Moscow may be edging towards negotiations to end the three-year war in Ukraine, reviving his joint peace push with China and urging the United Nations to take a central role. Speaking to reporters at the UN headquarters after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr …
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A Chinese mother who embroidered a Nike logo on her son’s bag because of their financial situation during his school days has been awarded for her efforts by the brand. The man, now 23, from northwestern China’s Shaanxi province, surnamed Liu, posted an old photo of his school bag from junior secondary school on social media on September 9. The …
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As China drafts its 15th five-year plan – the next entry in a line of expansive blueprints that have set the tone for the country’s development over more than seven decades – we examine how these documents inform and reflect high-level policy priorities, what to expect in the coming iteration and whether it will expand on existing initiatives to boost …
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Despite frictions on trade and geopolitics that hang over their bilateral ties, leaders from the European Union and China vowed to work together to tackle global challenges on Wednesday, a day after US President Donald Trump ridiculed the “green scam” of climate change. Europe wants to work more with China on climate and biodiversity, even as it called on Beijing …
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In a speech laced with threats against Russia and with little about China, US President Donald Trump’s address at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday may have given Beijing some reason for optimism. According to observers, the American leader’s attacks on Russia over the war in Ukraine signalled his frustration and revealed cracks in ties between Washington and Moscow, a …
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