BEIJING/NEW DELHI: As India and China sought to project warmth at the leadership level, a long-standing difference over the border issue resurfaced during talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping. Xi, invoking the idea of a “dragon–elephant...

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WASHINGTON: Days after a federal appeals court struck down most of his sweeping tariff measures, US President Donald Trump on Sunday vigorously defended his trade policy and thanked an Obama-appointed judge who dissented from the majority ruling. Posting on Truth...

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Nearly 9,000 citizens of Tuvalu—around 82% of the Pacific island nation’s population—have applied for Australia’s new climate visa, according to official figures. The program, launched under the 2024 Falepili Union agreement, is the first of its kind globally,...

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DEHRADUN: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of a fresh spell of heavy to extremely heavy rainfall across the hill states of north India, triggered by the interaction of the monsoon trough with an active western disturbance. According to the IMD, the...

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KABUL: A powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan late Sunday night, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 115, officials confirmed. The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake hit at 11:47 pm local time (1917 GMT) at a shallow depth...

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NEW DELHI: Both the automobile industry and the government have admitted that E20 ethanol-blended petrol reduces vehicle mileage by 2%–6%, leaving consumers with the double burden of paying higher fuel prices while getting fewer kilometres out of their tanks. Take the...

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