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A student of Gurukul school of Art completes artwork of U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, in Mumbai, India. 1 August 2025
Tariff showdown shatters once robust populist alliance between Trump and Modi
DELHI — The men shared bear hugs, showered praise on each other, and made appearances side by side at stadium rallies — a big optics boost for two populist leaders with many ideological similarities. Each called the other a good friend.In India, the bonhomie between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump was seen as a relationship like no other. That is, until a series of events gummed up the works.From Trump’s tariffs and India’s purchase of oil from Russia to a US tilt towards Pakistan, friction between New Delhi and Washington has been hard to miss. And much of it has happened far from the corridors of power and, unsurprisingly, through Trump’s posts on social media.It has left policy experts wondering whether the camaraderie the two leaders shared may be a...
August 05, 2025

Tariff showdown shatters once robust populist alliance between Trump and Modi

Donald Trump hosted Narendra Modi at the White House in February
India calls Trump's tariff threat over Russian oil 'unjustified'
DELHI – India has called Donald Trump's threat of "substantially" higher tariffs over its purchase of oil from Russia "unjustified and unreasonable".In a post on Truth Social, the US president warned he would raise levies, saying India "don't care how many people in Ukraine are being killed by the Russian War Machine".India is currently among the largest buyers of Russian oil. It has become an important export market for Moscow after several European countries cut trade when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.Trump did not specify what the new tariff would be, but it comes just days after he unveiled a hefty 25% levy on India.In a statement, a spokesperson for India's foreign ministry, Randhir Jaiswal, said the US had...
August 05, 2025

India calls Trump's tariff threat over Russian oil 'unjustified'

Gareth Ward
Convicted rapist fighting to remain in parliament in Australia
SYDNEY – An Australian politician convicted of rape is fighting – from his jail cell – to remain a member of the New South Wales (NSW) state parliament.Gareth Ward was last month found guilty of sexually assaulting two young men, aged 18 and 24, at his home between 2013 and 2015, and is now in custody pending sentencing.The NSW House of Representatives had planned to expel the 44-year-old this week after he refused to resign following the guilty verdict.However, lawyers for Ward – who plans to appeal his conviction – say they will seek an injunction, at a Supreme Court hearing on Thursday, to stop the independent member for Kiama from being forced out."He's got no shame," NSW Premier Chris Minns told local radio station 2GB on Tuesday.He repeated calls for Ward to...
August 05, 2025

Convicted rapist fighting to remain in parliament in Australia

Lee Jung-soon, 88, is one of many nuclear bomb survivors who now lives in Hapcheon, South Korea
Disfigured, shamed and forgotten: Korean survivors of the Hiroshima bomb
HAPCHEON – At 08:15 on August 6, 1945, as a nuclear bomb was falling like a stone through the skies over Hiroshima, Lee Jung-soon was on her way to elementary school.The now-88-year-old waves her hands as if trying to push the memory away."My father was about to leave for work, but he suddenly came running back and told us to evacuate immediately," she recalls. "They say the streets were filled with the dead – but I was so shocked all I remember is crying. I just cried and cried."Victims' bodies "melted away so only their eyes were visible", Ms Lee says, as a blast equivalent to 15,000 tons of TNT enveloped a city of 420,000 people. What remained in the aftermath were corpses too mangled to be identified."The atomic bomb... it's such a...
August 05, 2025

Disfigured, shamed and forgotten: Korean survivors of the Hiroshima bomb

People pay respect to the statues of former North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, 8 July 2025
South Korea removes border propaganda speakers to ease tensions with North
SEOUL — South Korea has started to remove propaganda loudspeakers along its border with North Korea in an effort to reduce tensions, Seoul’s military said.The South's ministry clarified that the move marked a "practical measure aimed at easing tensions", but did not affect its military's readiness.The ministry did not provide specifics on the removal process, nor did it clarify whether the loudspeakers may be reinstalled if tensions rise again.Prior to the dismantling of the speakers, there had been no communication between the two Koreas, spokesperson for the ministry Lee Kyung-ho said.The speakers used to blare anti-North Korean propaganda and K-pop songs across the border, a move that hit a nerve as Kim Jong-un's government had been intensifying its campaign to...
August 04, 2025

South Korea removes border propaganda speakers to ease tensions with North

A former federal minister, Shibu Soren represented the tribal-dominant state of Jharkhand
Influential Indian tribal leader Shibu Soren dies at 81
DELHI — Shibu Soren, a prominent Indian tribal leader and a three-time chief minister of the eastern state of Jharkhand, has died at the age of 81.He was undergoing treatment in Delhi for a kidney ailment and had been on life support after he suffered a stroke last month.In a political career of more than 40 years, Soren co-founded the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), an influential regional party that has been at the forefront of the creation of the tribal-dominated eastern state.He became the chief minister of Jharkhand three times, but failed to complete any of these terms in office due to political instability in the state.His son Hemant Soren, who is the current chief minister of Jharkhand, announced the leader's death on Monday."Our respected Dishom Guru has left us, I have...
August 04, 2025

Influential Indian tribal leader Shibu Soren dies at 81

Ong Beng Seng helped bring the Formula 1 Grand Prix to Singapore
F1 tycoon pleads guilty in rare Singapore corruption case
SINGAPORE — A Singapore-based billionaire hotelier has pleaded guilty to a charge connected to a rare corruption scandal that shocked the country last year.Ong Beng Seng has admitted to abetting the obstruction of justice by helping ex-transportation minister Subramaniam Iswaran cover up evidence while he was being investigated for corruption.Ong had been accused of giving expensive gifts, including tickets to the Formula 1 Grand Prix and a ride on a private jet, to Iswaran while they were engaged in official business.Ministers in Singapore cannot keep gifts unless they pay the market value of the gift to the government, and they must declare anything they receive from people they have business dealings with.At Iswaran's sentencing last October, the court heard that Iswaran requested...
August 04, 2025

F1 tycoon pleads guilty in rare Singapore corruption case

Luggage seen in a file photo
New Zealand woman arrested after two-year-old found in luggage
WELLINGTON — A woman in New Zealand has been arrested after a two-year-old girl was found in her luggage while she was travelling on a bus.Police said officers were called to a bus stop in Kaiwaka, a small town in the north of the country, on Sunday after a passenger asked for access to the luggage compartment."The driver became concerned when he noticed the bag moving. When the driver opened the suitcase, they discovered the two-year-old girl," New Zealand Police said a statement.The woman, 27, has been arrested and charged with ill-treatment/neglect of a child."The little girl was reported to be very hot, but otherwise appeared physically unharmed," police said.She has been taken to hospital, where she is undergoing medical assessment, they added.The relationship...
August 04, 2025

New Zealand woman arrested after two-year-old found in luggage

Violent clashes broke out between security forces and Khan's supporters following his arrest on 9 May 2023
Pakistan jails 108 members of Imran Khan's party
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan has sentenced to prison 108 members of jailed ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, for their involvement in protests against the military in 2023.Violent protests erupted nationwide in May 2023 after security forces arrested Khan during his court appearance on corruption charges.Authorities have already handed down dozens of sentences in the last two years, but Thursday's convictions - which include a 10-year term for opposition leader Omar Ayub Khan - deal a major blow to Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.Opposition figures have denounced the rulings by the anti-terrorism court, which also disqualified six PTI lawmakers from their seats."For the first time in Pakistan's judicial history, such a sad and shameful incident occurred that...
August 01, 2025

Pakistan jails 108 members of Imran Khan's party

A man salvages items as floods hit an area in Miyun district, northern Beijing on July 29, 2025
More than 30 killed in nursing home hit by Beijing floods
BEIJING — Flooding killed 31 residents at a care home for elderly people on the outskirts of Beijing this week, local officials have said.Footage showed emergency teams wading through chest-high water trying to rescue those trapped in the home in the Miyun District. Many of those who died were reportedly immobile.Local officials have admitted there were "loopholes in emergency planning" and said the incident was a painful lesson that served as "a wake-up call".A total of 44 people have died in the Beijing floods, which have come during a summer of extreme weather across China. Record heatwaves hit the eastern regions earlier this month while separate floods swept the country's south-west.About 77 elderly residents were inside the home when the floods hit, trapping...
July 31, 2025

More than 30 killed in nursing home hit by Beijing floods

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