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Global Pulse: Noose tightens on Netanyahu, French don’t want a ‘first lady’, Kenya fears results

Political and public pressure could be mounting on Netanyahu as the PM faces investigations in two graft cases.

Global pulse: Rwanda’s visionary despot goes to polls, Trump’s disturbing candour

Before Rwanda goes to polls, the country's visionary-cum-tyrant president agrees that the results are a foregone conclusion.

Global Pulse: US to probe Chinese trade practices, are Brexit talks a British trap?

After wanting greater cooperation with China, Trump now prepares to investigate Beijing's trade practices.

Global Pulse: Trump wants less diverse campuses, Jordan’s marry-your-rapist law to end

The Trump administration could sue universities for affirmative action.

Global Pulse: UAE bid for Taliban embassy, Yemen’s TV execution, Mooch flipflop

The Emiratis wanted to open the Taliban embassy themselves. When they couldn't, they lambasted Qatar for the exact same thing.

Global Pulse: Trump-Putin bromance ends badly, US senate wants sanctions on Pak and Afghan women reclaim their names

TRUMP-PUTIN DALLIANCE COMES TO A BITTER END “We waited for quite a long time that, perhaps, something will change for the better, we held out...

Global Pulse: Shinzo Abe more unpopular than Trump, Panama precedent in Pakistan, an unforgiving Putin

SHINZO ABE IS MORE UNPOPULAR THAN DONALD TRUMP Shinzo Abe could be doing worse than Donald Trump. He was already in the midst of colossal scandals. Now,...

Global Pulse: Money is the reason for Trump’s transgender military ban, refugees are now Merkel’s foes, and anxious American Muslims

FROM CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUE TO FINANCIAL BURDEN: HOW TRUMP CHANGED DISCOURSE ON TRANSGENDER INCLUSION IN MILITARY Donald Trump has reversed yet another policy decision ushered...

Global Pulse: Trump finds new reason to stay in Afghanistan, North Korea’s gaming-addicted elite and a new terror outfit in Pakistan

TRUMP HAS A NEW REASON TO STAY IN AFGHANISTAN: BUSINESS   A skeptic of sending more troops to Afghanistan, Donald Trump has found a reason to keep the US engaged in the war-torn region – the country's vast mineral wealth.

Global Pulse: Kushner says ‘I did not collude’, NATO offers to broker German-Turkish deal and McCain’s returns to rescue Obamacare replacement

KUSHNER TO CONGRESS: ‘I DID NOT COLLUDE’ In closed testimony to the U.S. Senate Monday, President Trump’s son-in-law and Senior White House Advisor Jared Kushner boldly denied colluding with the Russian government’s intrusion into the 2016 U.S.

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Trump’s tariff move undermines mutually beneficial India-US relationship, says Suresh Prabhu

Trump and Modi's respective campaigns—MAGA and Make in India—are complementary. Working together is the best way for both countries to uphold democratic values worldwide.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.