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WASHINGTON:  Buoyed by US President Donald Trump’s offer of mediation on Kashmir, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said today that the contentious issue between the two South Asian neighbours can never be resolved bilaterally. Imran Khan’s statement came hours after Donald Trump offered to be the “mediator” between India and Pakistan on the Kashmir issue as the two leaders met ... Read More »

WASHINGTON:  There he blows again. US President Donald Trump’s erratic spelling habits on Twitter spouted again Thursday when he wrote about having recently met with the “Prince of Whales.” That would be Charles, prince of Wales, whom he met last week at World War II commemorations in Britain. The error prompted a wave of hilarity online, with one Twitter critic ... Read More »

As President-elect Donald Trump threatened to “terminate” the detente policy with Cuba, the White House Tuesday warned that reversing historic rapprochement would have “significant” diplomatic, economic and cultural costs. The policy is considered as one of the foreign policy legacies of outgoing President Barack Obama. Trump Monday threatened in a tweet to put an end to the detente policy. “If ... Read More »

President-elect Donald Trump spent Sunday ridiculing Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign for joining a recount effort in Wisconsin, ending his day on Twitter by parroting a widely debunked conspiracy theory that her campaign benefited from massive voter fraud. As his senior advisers engaged in an escalating feud over who the next secretary of state should be, Trump focused publicly on Clinton’s ... Read More »

NEW DELHI: The US dollar has been on a one-way street strengthened by expectations of rate hike by the US Federal Reserve, which has left many emerging market currencies, like the Indian rupee, in the doldrums. The rupee extended the losses for the fifth consecutive day on Thursday, and was trading 26 paise down at 68.82 against the greenback. In ... Read More »

WASHINGTON: US President-elect Donald Trump today vowed to pull out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the world’s largest trade deal, and investigate abuses of work visa programmes as he outlined his policy plans for the first 100 days in office. 70-year-old Trump, in his first video-message after being elected as the President of the US, described the TPP as a ... Read More »

LIMA, PERU:  US President Barack Obama made a strident case for his successor Donald Trump to retain America’s support for a liberal world order Sunday, warning world peace and prosperity depend on it. “The main advice that I give to the incoming president is the United States really is an indispensable nation in our world order,” Obama said in Peru ... Read More »

WASHINGTON:  President Barack Obama cautioned against dire predictions for Donald Trump’s presidency Monday, saying his Republican successor faces a reality check if he tries to enact his most controversial campaign promises. The outgoing Democratic leader made his comments at a wide-ranging news conference before he embarks on a farewell visit to Europe to reassure worried allies about a man he ... Read More »