NEW DELHI: Brics slammed the unilateral sanctions and tariff and non-tariff measures initiated by countries, arguing that they distorted trade and were inconsistent with global trade rules – a statement that was seen to be aimed at US, which under Donald Trump has resorted to raising import duties.While Trump’s tariff actions, including the reciprocal tariffs…
In 1926, Iowa writer Ruth Suckow published Iowa Interiors, a collection of 14 short stories drawn from the lives of people in the state’s farms and small towns. A century later, the book is returning to print in a new centennial edition from Cedar Falls-based Final Thursday Press, with new illustrations by Iowa artist Claudia…
This Australian man is banned from Bali for 10 years after he was caught having sex in public. An Australian tourist has been deported from Bali and banned from entering Indonesia for 10 years after he was allegedly caught on CCTV engaging in a sex act with a woman outside a residential property in North…
Ritabrata Banerjee and Mamata Banerjee NEW DELHI: The Election Commission Saturday met with the representatives of both factions of Trinamool Congress, one headed by former West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and the other group headed by West Bengal leader of opposition Ritabrata Banerjee, amid their competing claims to being the real party entitled to the…
Kelly LiuPhoto credit: www.actionfornature.org When Kelly Liu looked at air pollution data around San Jose, she noticed something important was missing. Official monitoring stations could show broad regional trends, but they did not always reveal what students were breathing beside busy roads, industrial areas or older school buildings. The 16-year-old student decided to fill that…
The $100K OPT fee proposal has been cleared by White House. International students in the US are staring at a dramatic increase in the cost of working after graduation under a Trump administration proposal that has cleared the White House review. The proposal will soon become a rule and a $100,000 fee will be imposed…
PM Modi and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu (File photo) NEW DELHI: PM Modi Saturday greeted his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu and Jewish communities worldwide on Rosh Hashanah, wishing them a new year marked by peace, hope and progress amid continuing instability in West Asia.“Shana Tova! Wishing a very happy Rosh Hashanah to PM Netanyahu, the…
PM Modi and other Brics leaders at the 2026 summit in Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi NEW DELHI: In a dramatic repeat of the 2023 G20 Declaration under India’s presidency, BRICS member-states reached a consensus for a joint declaration following intensive, late-night negotiations that lasted till 4 am on Saturday. The talks had been strained by…
Trump says his son Donald Trump Jr has calmed down since his marriage to Bettina Anderson. US President Donald Trump said his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr, has been a different person ever since marrying Bettina Anderson, joking that the 48-year-old has “calmed down so much” and is now “like a different human being”. Trump…
Photo credit: actionfornature.org When Nithya Tammana learned that lead could enter drinking water through old pipes and plumbing fixtures, she did not treat the problem as someone else’s responsibility. The New Jersey student began researching affordable ways to make contaminated water safer, eventually focusing on a humble material often found growing on rocks, trees and…