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Friday, August 1, 2025
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Topic: US-Russia

Trump says he wants to maintain 2010 New START treaty limits on US-Russia nuclear weapons

Washington: US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he would like to maintain the limits on U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear weapons deployments...

Russia, China discuss ties with the US & prospects to resolve Ukraine war

Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing and called for closer coordination in forums like UNSC, SCO, BRICS, G20, and APEC.

Why Putin’s Russia can’t openly support Iran after US attack on nuclear sites

Russia hasn’t committed military assistance and has only sent out strong rhetoric against Israel and the US. The Iranian leadership may view this as insufficient.

US strikes separate deals with Ukraine, Russia to facilitate safe navigation in Black Sea

White House says it would help restore Russia's access to world market for agricultural, fertiliser exports and continue facilitating talks on both sides to achieve sustainable peace.

Day after Ukraine’s nod to ceasefire, Putin visits Kursk, vows to ‘completely liberate’ area

The Russian president met with soldiers, urging them to oust Ukrainian forces from the region. It was in August that Zelenskyy's forces led an incursion into western Russia.

Shifting from previous stance, US aligns with Russia to oppose UN resolution condemning war on Ukraine

This vote saw the US at odds with its longtime European allies and instead aligning with Russia on the 3rd anniversary of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Trump calls Zelenskyy ‘comedian, dictator’ who entered into a war that couldn’t be won

Leaders of US and Ukraine have been exchanging stinging rebukes of one another after Trump blamed Ukraine for starting war with Russia. Zelenskyy hit out at him for living in ‘disinformation bubble’.

Watch CutTheClutter: Trump & Putin talk up Ukraine deal, and the China factor

In Episode 1606 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at Ukraine's value to Putin, how the Kremlin is trying to strike a deal with Trump, and where China comes in.

India learned 2 lessons from Russia—moral squalor of communism & economic subservience to China

The aspirations of the Russian elite and the failure of the state machinery to meet their lofty goals define Moscow’s actions today, says Stanford professor Stephen Kotkin.

Trump, Putin speak over phone, discuss ending war in Ukraine: report

The Washington Post reported the two men spoke about peace in Europe, while Trump expressed interest in follow-up conversations to discuss resolution of Ukraine war.

On Camera

Free UPI was a revolution. Now costs are piling up, quality is slipping

The RBI Governor would do well to reinitiate earlier attempts to create competition for UPI. It would improve quality and security.

Over six-fold spike in digital transactions since 2019-20, govt informs Parliament

Govt says digital payments also uplift under-served communities by providing them financial footprint that can be used to assess credit worthiness in absence of traditional documents.

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.