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Thursday, August 21, 2025
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Topic: USA

Today, China will face an angry world seeking coronavirus answers at key WHO meeting

China is set to be challenged on two of its most sensitive issues: The Communist Party’s initial handling of the virus and the status of Taiwan’s participation.

In times of the coronavirus pandemic, US and Iran need a peace plan

US's at times threatening, at times conciliatory approach could inadvertently lead to war, and neither the US nor Iran can afford that during this pandemic.

Covid-19 crisis revives worst-case scenario for US-China relationship

From supply chains and visas to cyberspace and Taiwan, the world’s two largest economies are escalating disputes across several fronts that never really fell silent.

How to reopen a country in lockdown? US looks to South Korea, Vienna for ideas

Experts have warned that reopening the US too quickly risks sparking a fresh wave of the outbreak, possibly leading to another, even more damaging shutdown.

US withdraws some Patriot missile batteries from Middle East as tensions with Iran ease

More than 12 Patriot batteries and one THAAD battery, which can intercept ballistic missiles at higher altitudes, remain in the region.

India looks to lure US businesses from China as Trump keeps up tirade on coronavirus

India has reached out to more than 1,000 companies in the US to offer incentives for manufacturers seeking to move out of China.

US aid to WHO sees cracks deepen in Congress as Republican senators move bill for accounts

Five Republican senators introduced a bill Wednesday that seeks an accounting of how US aid money is spent on the WHO and other multilateral groups.

Trump says US must reopen even if more Americans get sick and die

Trump makes his most forceful case yet that the economic damage to the US has become too great to sustain an extended shutdown.

US grants emergency approval to Roche antibody test that can deliver result in 18 mins

Swiss company Roche Holding AG said the test runs on a high-volume instrument that can give as many as 300 results in an hour.

Trump seeks to blame China for US coronavirus outbreak, but retaliation seems unlikely

The potential economic consequences of any kind of action against Beijing may limit retaliation from the Trump administration.

On Camera

Tariffs, chips, and China — how Trump’s trade playbook affects India

Trump’s OBBB is framed to augment domestic semiconductor production and enhance trade protection, even at the expense of certain social programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans, as well as a projected ballooning federal deficit from US$2.8 to 3.3 trillion

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Indian firm joins hands with US manufacturer to locally develop all-terrain vehicles for armed forces

Under joint venture, JSW Sarbloh Motors will indigenise and manufacture TX range ATVs in Chandigarh. The first India-assembled unit is expected by early 2026.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?