09-08-2025 WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: When Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, many Indian analysts celebrated, arguing that his bonhomie with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi would shield the country from the chaos that the United States president could unleash. The two leaders had effectively campaigned for each …

09-08-2025 TAIPEI CITY: Taiwan has reported its first confirmed case of chikungunya fever, imported from China, where a historic outbreak of the mosquito-borne virus is under way. Chikungunya has swept through southern China in recent weeks, primarily in the manufacturing hub of Foshan on the Pearl River Delta, with cases …

08-08-2025 WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump has announced a $100bn increase in the amount of money the technology company Apple plans to invest in the United States. At an Oval Office ceremony on Wednesday, Trump stood next to Apple CEO Tim Cook and credited the increased investment to his “America First” …

08-08-2025 NEW DELHI: Indian refiners are awaiting government directions on whether to continue buying Russian oil after the United States decided to impose fresh 25% tariffs on Indian goods over New Delhi’s energy ties with Russia, four industry sources said. The new duties, aimed at penalizing India for its Russian …

08-08-2025 NEW YORK: A new report has found hundreds of reported cases of human rights abuses in US immigration detention centers. The alleged abuses uncovered include deaths in custody, physical and sexual abuse of detainees, mistreatment of pregnant women and children, inadequate medical care, overcrowding and unsanitary living conditions, inadequate …

08-08-2025 LONDON: Activity in Britain’s construction sector fell by the most in more than five years last month, according to a survey that raises questions about whether the government will achieve its target of building 1.5 million homes by mid-2029. S&P Global’s monthly purchasing managers’ index for the construction sector …

08-08-2025 NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU/NEW DELHI: In January, an old post on Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, became a concern for police in the Indian city of Satara. Written in 2023, the short message from an account with a few hundred followers described a senior ruling-party politician as “useless”. “This …

08-08-2025 JERUSALEM: Israel’s military chief has pushed back against Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to seize areas of Gaza it doesn’t already control, three Israeli officials said, as the prime minister faces increasing pressure over the war both at home and abroad. During a tense, three-hour meeting on Tuesday, Eyal Zamir, the …

08-08-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: United States President Donald Trump has issued an executive order imposing an additional 25 percent tariff on goods from India, as penalty for importing Russian oil. Wednesday’s hike comes in addition to the 25 percent tariff India already faces, making it subject …

07-08-2025 GAZA STRIP: At least 135 Palestinians, including 87 aid seekers, have been killed and 771 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry. The number of people who starved to death in the enclave during Israel’s war has risen to …