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Trump and Putin (file photo) The planned meet between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin has been cancelled after Moscow sent a formal memo outlining what officials described as “maximalist” demands to end the war in Ukraine, reported Reuters citing Financial Times.According to the report, the meeting was scheduled to take place…
Pakistan and Afghanistan finally agreed on Thursday to uphold a ceasefire during peace talks in Istanbul, according to Turkey, after the earlier discussions between the two sides had collapsed. The two countries had faced their most serious military confrontations since the Taliban’s 2021 takeover of Kabul, with deadly clashes this month triggering Pakistani airstrikes, Afghan…
Trump-Xi meet in South Korea US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping held high-stakes talks in South Korea on Thursday, seeking to ease months of escalating trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies. The discussions, described by both sides as constructive, touched on tariffs, agricultural trade, and cooperation on curbing fentanyl exports…
President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, shake hands after their meeting at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, Thursday, October 30, 2025. (AP) US President Donald Trump said on Thursday his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping was a “great success” and announced that he will visit China in April next…
The TOI correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump’s week-long three-nation trip to Asia is generating comedic gold dust for late-night commentators and social media trolls in America even as his MAGA minions maintain that he is crushing it with his diplomatic masterstrokes.US trade agreements with Malaysia, Japan, and South Korea took a backseat to…
North Korea successfully test-fired sea-to-surface cruise missiles into its western waters, just hours before US President Donald Trump heads to South Korea on Wednesday for the final leg of his Asia trip.The missiles flew for more than two hours before accurately striking targets, according to North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency. The agency claimed…
US stocks hovered around record levels on Tuesday as investors awaited key events, including the Federal Reserve’s policy decision and an upcoming meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.In morning trade, the S&P 500 rose 0.1 per cent, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 190 points, or 0.4 per cent, and…
The United States and Japan have signed a new deal aimed at securing supplies of critical minerals and rare earths, as President Donald Trump hailed a “golden age” in relations with Tokyo. The agreement, signed during Trump’s visit to Japan on Tuesday, reflects a growing effort by Washington to reduce its dependence on China for…
Microsoft is overhauling its GitHub platform to combat rising competition from AI coding rivals like Cursor and Claude Code, with CEO Satya Nadella invoking Bill Gates‘ decades-old frustration about software fragmentation to explain the transformation, according to an internal meeting reviewed by Business Insider.Nadella told employees that Gates “used to always say that there’s only…
Vladimir Putin (left), Donald Trump (AP) US President Donald Trump on Saturday acknowledged that a high-level summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin is unlikely in the near term, even as a senior Kremlin representative met with US officials in Florida to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, reported AFP.“I’m going to have to know that…
