US President Donald Trump says that alliance between America and Britain have “never been stronger”, welcoming Theresa May to the white house. “Great days lie ahead for our two peoples and our two countries. On behalf of our nation, I thank you for joining us here today as a really[Read More…]
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Malala Yousafzai ‘heartbroken’ over Trump’s refugee policies
Yousafzai, the youngest to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, shared it in 2014 with India’s Kailash Satyarthi, a fellow education activist. She is student activist from Pakistan and a Nobel Peace laureate too. As Trump signs an order entitled: “Protection of the nation from foreign terrorist entry into the United States.” which[Read More…]
Trump administration poses challenge for Europe: Francois Hollande
Trump to impose 20% tax on Mexican imports to finance border wall
The White house says that President Donald Trump plans on imposing a 20% tax on imports from countries which has a trade spillage with the US like Mexico to raise funds to construct a border wall along its southern border. This is a way to finance the border wall which[Read More…]
California’s new attempt to break away from the US
Threats to secede from the United States have been a part of American politics almost since the nation was founded. Election officials in California announced on Thursday that a proposal has been submitted to the Secretary of State’s Office that would ask voters to amend the state constitution that declares[Read More…]
It’s time to leave Afghanistan: Taliban to Trump
In a long letter emailed to journalists on Wednesday, Taliban spokesperson told US President Donald Trump that its time to leave Afghanistan. The letter, in English as well as Dari and Pashto, was written on behalf of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban’s spokesman, warns Trump that[Read More…]
US Senate confirms Nikki Haley as UN ambassador
Donald Trump to temporarily ban refugees in US
US President Donald Trump is anticipated to sign executive orders on Wednesday which will include a temporary ban on most refugees and a suspension of visas for citizens of Syria and six other Middle Eastern and African countries, according to several congressional aides and immigration experts briefed on the matter.[Read More…]
President Trump freezes EPA contract, orders media blackout
Soon as Trump takes on the Presidency, he orders a media blackout at the Environmental Protection Agency, barring staff from receiving any new contracts or grants, part of a broader communications clampdown within the executive branch. The order came on Tuesday as the agency delayed the implementation of at least[Read More…]
Trump hands over Scottish golf course to his sons
China says prepared to lead global economy if necessary
He Will Not Divide Us: Actor Shia LaBeouf begins four year anti-Trump art project
American actor Shia La Beouf had launched a participatory performance titled “He Will Not Divide Us” against the hate politics of US President Donald Trump. The four year art project commenced at the New York City’s Museum of the Moving Image on the day of Trump Inauguration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY8o0-rKCeo The public[Read More…]
US President slams celebrities in response to the ongoing worldwide protest
US President Donald Trump was all over Twitter this Sunday. Slamming the protestors who poured into the streets of Washington and other cities around the world to protest against him, saying he was “under the impression that we just had an election!” As several protest marches were also attended by[Read More…]
31 million viewers watched Trump’s swearing-in
In pics: Women dump Trump all over the world
Hundreds of thousands of women filled the streets across the world on Saturday in an unprecedented wave of mass protests against US President Donald Trump. Women activists, galvanized by Trump’s hate campaign and behavior they found to be especially misogynistic, spearheaded scores of marches around the world in which around[Read More…]
Donald Trump remodels Oval Office; brings Churchill bust back
Just hours after US President Donald Trump’s moving to the White House, he refashioned the Oval office as he reinstalled a bust of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and introduced some other changes. The bust was removed to outside the Treaty Room in the private residence of the White[Read More…]
6 ‘Modism’ in Donald Trump’s inauguration speech
The newly appointed President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, gave his brief inaugural speech with a dash of Nationalism, concentrating on America’s Acche din. Interestingly, here in India when our PM Narendra Modi was elected to power, his inaugural speech and the to-be adapted policies for making[Read More…]
Amid protest, Donald Trump to swear in as 45th US President
Amidst the protest across the globe, Donald Trump will deliver his first presidential speech to hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Washington DC and millions watching around the world Friday afternoon local time (10: 30 pm IST). Trump’s incoming press secretary Sean Spicer told media on Thursday that the[Read More…]
Japan won’t accept Trump’s wrong economic policies
Japan should push back if President-elect Donald Trump uses “wrong economics,” said an adviser of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Reuters in an unusually direct expression. As Trump takes over White House on Friday, January 20, 2017; his policies to impose border tax on import and unsettles the global trade.[Read More…]
Obama calls Narendra Modi to review Indo-US relations
US President Barack Obama telephoned Narendra Modi to thank him for his partnership that enhanced Indo-US relations, said the White House. “Both leaders discussed the progress they have made on shared economic and security priorities, including recognition of India as a major defense partner of the United States and addressing[Read More…]
Rear seat kickers the most annoying airline passengers
For the third year in a row, rear seat kickers have earned the hesitant distinction of being the No. 1 most offensive type of airline passenger. Fourth annual Expedia Airplane Etiquette Study released on Tuesday showed that 64% of respondents find the rear seat kicker annoying. Inattentive parents rank second,[Read More…]
Iran removes sensitive nuclear equipments from Fordow site: UN
The chief of the United Nations atomic agency on Monday said that Iran has complied with a key commitment of its nuclear deal with six world powers by removing sensitive equipment from a underground Uranium enrichment site. Yukiya Amano of the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Monday that Iran[Read More…]
US secretary of state says will block China from South China Sea
Exxon Mobil CEO and US President Elect Donald Trump’s pick for his ‘Secretary of State’, Rex Tillerson, has told the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee that China will be prohibited to build more islands in the South China Sea. Neither will they be allowed to access the islands it has[Read More…]
US forces admit killing 33 Afghani civilians during air raids
NATO confirmed Thursday that air raids in Afghanistan by US forces targeting Taliban have killed 33 Afghan citizens. Twenty-seven other civilians were wounded in the village of Boz in Kunduz city, a statement from US Forces Afghanistan said on Thursday. The incident on November 3 saw US and Afghan troops carrying[Read More…]
Trump considers Putin an ‘asset’ in fighting ISIS
President-elect of USA, Donald Trump has said in his first press conference after the victory, that alliance with Russia and its President Vladimir Putin would be assets in fighting the Islamic State terror organization. He also called ISIS the “number one” issue of concern for the state. Blaming the former[Read More…]