SEPTEMBER 9, 2018
CHICAGO: President Trump on Friday said he wants to stop the subsidies that growing economies like India and China have been receiving as he wants the United States, which he considers as a "developing nation", to grow faster than anybody.
Addressing a fundraiser event in North Dakota, he also accused the World Trade Organisation (WTO) of allowing China...
SEPTEMBER 9, 2018
VLADIVOSTOK: Nuclear-armed North Korea will be in the spotlight as Russia's Vladimir Putin begins meetings with Asian leaders on Monday, aiming to drive regional diplomacy as a push backed by Donald Trump appears to stall.
A week before the third summit between the two Koreas in five months begins in Pyongyang, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Japanese Prime Minister...
SEPTEMBER 9, 2018
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani economic advisors discussed banning imports of luxury cars, smartphones and cheese in a wide-ranging strategy session on how to avoid seeking a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a senior government advisor said.
While no decisions were made, the floating of radical measures to tackle Pakistan's ballooning current account deficit by the newly formed Economic...
SEPTEMBER 9, 2018
NEW DELHI: The investment limit for EB-5 investor visa programme, which provides Green Cards to foreigners investing at least $5,00,000 in the US, is not expected to increase at least till December this year, according to US Congressman Aaron Schock.
The employment-based fifth preference category (EB-5) visa is meant for high networth individuals (HNIs) to earn the Green...
SEPTEMBER 9, 2018
WASHINGTON : Pluto wrongly lost its planet status, say scientists, suggesting that the icy dwarf should be reclassified as a planetary body.
In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU), a global group of astronomy experts, established a definition of a planet that required it to "clear" its orbit, or in other words, be the largest gravitational force in...
SEPTEMBER 8, 2018
Former NFL star Colin Kaepernick (Photo | AP)
Nike's decision to put Colin Kaepernick at the center of its latest "Just Do It" ad campaign did not come without scrutiny, drawing criticism from President Donald Trump and prompting fans to burn their merchandise in protest.
But from a sales perspective, the company came out of the week a winner, according to one...
SEPTEMBER 8, 2018
CHICAGO - Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that the Hindu society has suffered for thousands of years because it forgot its basic principles and spiritualism. He said this while addressing the Second World Hindu Congress that was organised on Friday in Chicago, United States of America.
"We have knowledge and wisdom but we...
SEPTEMBER 8, 2018
The Trump administration held secret meetings with rebellious military officers from Venezuela over the last year to discuss their plans to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro, according to American officials and a former Venezuelan military commander who participated in the talks.
Establishing a clandestine channel with coup plotters in Venezuela was a big gamble for Washington, given its long...
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Brief Scorecard: England 198 for 7 (Cook 71, Moeen 50, Ishant 3-28, Bumrah 2-41) v India
Cricket - England v India - Fifth Test - Kia Oval, London, Britain - September 7, 2018 India's Ishant Sharma celebrates the wicket of England's Jonny Bairstow. - Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs
London, Britain - They were craning their heads,...
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Chinese stocksare is in a bear market. Turkey's currency has collapsed. South Africa has stumbled into a recession. Not even an IMF bailout has stemmed the bleeding in Argentina.
The storm rocking emerging markets has its origins in Washington. Vulnerable currencies plunged as the US Federal Reserve steadily raised interest rates. And President Donald Trump's trade crackdown added...
