Category: World

By Andrew Chung Trump gets key wins at Supreme Court on immigration, despite some misgivings -The U.S. Supreme Court swept away this week another obstacle to one of President Donald Trump’s most aggressively pursued policies – mass deportation – again showing its willingness to back his hardline approach to immigration. The justices, though, have signaled some […]

Beijing claims recent US actions, including halting sales of chip design software to Chinese firms, advising against using Huawei-made chips, and cancelling visas for Chinese students, violate the terms of a recent trade truce read more China on Monday (June 2) accused the United States of “severely violating” a recent trade truce and pledged to take […]

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which represents over 350 carriers globally, on Monday projected that airlines will make a profit of USD 36 billion on USD 979 billion revenues read more The real cost of flying has fallen 40 per cent than a decade ago despite rising cost and tax challenges, global airlines’ grouping IATA’s […]

In a stunning attack, Ukraine on Sunday bombarded air bases deep inside Russia and either damaged or destroyed at least 40 fighter and bomber aircraft. The attack, which Volodymyr Zelensky described as meticulously planned, entailed a barrage of drones that had been stashed in trucks. The trucks were sneaked into Russia and taken close to Russia’s […]

Britain is set to publish on Monday a major review of its defence strategy and armed forces as the government warned of “growing” Russian aggression and the changing nature of modern warfare. UK to publish major defence review to face ‘new era of threat’ Prime Minister Keir Starmer cautioned on Sunday that the UK was being […]

* Asia’s factory activity shrinks in May as US tariffs bite Japan’s PMI shrinks for 11th month in May * South Korea’s factory activity also contracts in May * US trade uncertainty to keep firms from investing, analysts say By Leika Kihara TOKYO, – Asia’s factory activity shrank in May as soft demand in China and […]

French authorities detained 79 people in the second such wave of arrests during celebrations following Paris Saint-Germain’s football Champions League win, a police chief said Monday. French police detain dozens after football celebrations The PSG thrashed Inter Milan by a record 5-0 in Saturday evening’s final in Munich, flying back to Paris on Sunday for a […]

Jun 02, 2025 08:39 AM IST UK-USA-TRUMP-TARIFFS-CHINA:China rejects Trump’s accusation that it breached Geneva trade deal -China said on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s accusations that Beijing had violated the consensus reached in Geneva trade talks were “groundless”, and promised to take forceful measures to safeguard its interests. China rejects Trump’s accusation that it breached […]

Former US president Bill Clinton has slammed Donald Trump’s ignorance of the American legal system, saying he had never seen a leader who says, “Whatever I want should be the law of the land”. He added that most Americans “don’t agree with that”. Former US President Bill Clinton talks about Donald Trump and his governing style(Reuters) […]

By Tim Hepher Trade barriers, plane delivery delays challenge global airline growth NEW DELHI -The head of a global airlines industry body said on Monday that growing trade barriers risked damaging the economy and the air travel sector, and “unacceptable” plane delivery delays were frustrating growth plans at a time of record passenger numbers. The International […]