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US Fed ready to act to sustain expansion if trade wars hit economy

German industry body shows disapproval of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government, says ‘lost all confidence’.

Amid trade tensions, China accuses US of resorting to ‘intimidation & coercion’

US President Donald Trump to arrive in UK for three-day state visit even as protests have been planned across the country during the visit.

Russian probe — Robert Mueller says charging Donald Trump was ‘not an option’

Israel to hold fresh elections in September after PM Netanyahu fails to form coalition.

Opposition leaks New Zealand’s budget day before its unveiling

New Zealand treasury secretary says its systems faced over 2,000 hacking attempts since Sunday, doesn't blame Opposition for it.

Nationalist surge hits European Parliament elections as voters reject traditional ruling parties

The traditional centre-left and centre-right parties have lost their combined majority for the first time in four decades at the European Parliament.

Austrian crisis deepens as far-right ministers resign en masse amid sting video scandal

India, Japan & Sri Lanka to jointly build Port of Colombo, and new study claims global sea level set to rise by over 2 metres by end of this century.

Trump unveils new immigration policy, wants younger & better educated skilled workers

EU trio proposes integrated capital markets for the group countries, and Trump expresses reluctance to go to war with Iran.

US puts Huawei on export blacklist amid trade war with China

Thousands of teachers, students protest in Brazil against President Jair Bolsonaro for ‘massive’ cuts in education budget

Alabama passes harshest anti-abortion law in US, effectively banning procedure

US President Donald Trump asks Federal Reserve to ease monetary policy to provide stimulus to the economy.

US markets react sharply to escalating trade war with China

China announced to increase tariffs on $60 billion worth American imports and WhatsApp voice calls used to inject Israeli spyware on phones.

On Camera

A new Indian foreign policy consensus is emerging. That India isn’t a great power yet

After exuberance, India must now not only take difficult and costly steps toward industrialisation, but also convert growth into geo-economic leverage and military modernisation.

Geoeconomic confrontation top trigger for global crisis, cyber insecurity biggest risk for India—WEF

WEF report flags growing erosion of multilateralism, long considered stabilising force. 'Declining trust, heightened protectionism are threatening trade, investment.'

The curious case of Pakistan’s JF-17 ‘orders’

Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines. 

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.