14-03-2025 MANILA/ THE HAGUE: A plane carrying former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has arrived in the Netherlands where he is to face charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court (ICC) over his deadly “war on drugs”. Duterte was arrested at Manila airport on Tuesday and within hours …
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14-03-2025 WASHINGTON: Donald Trump says his administration will “of course” respond to the EU’s decision to impose counter-tariffs on €26bn (£21.9bn, $28.3bn) worth of American goods. “Whatever they charge us, we’re charging them,” the US president says. The bloc’s announcement came as a response to 25% tariffs being placed on …
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13-03-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: Indian Americans are increasingly optimistic about India’s future, but hold deep concerns about US-India relations under a second Donald Trump administration, a new survey finds. The 2024 Indian-American Survey, conducted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and YouGov in October, examined …
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13-03-2025 TEHRAN: President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran would not negotiate with the US while being threatened, telling President Donald Trump to “do whatever the hell you want”, Iranian state media reported on Tuesday. “It is unacceptable for us that they (the US) give orders and make threats. I won’t even …
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13-03-2025 NEW YORK/ NEW DELHI: Elon Musk’s Starlink has signed a deal with India’s No. 2 telecoms company Airtel to bring Starlink’s internet services to the world’s most populous country, intensifying rivalry with fellow billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s telecom firm Reliance Jio. The pact will allow the US satellite internet giant …
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13-03-2025 WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump ‘s threat Tuesday to double his planned tariffs on steel and aluminum from 25% to 50% for Canada led the provincial government of Ontario to suspend its planned surcharges on electricity sold to the United States. As a result, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro …
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13-03-2025 MANILA: A plane carrying the former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, has left Manila after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity over his deadly “war on drugs”. He was taken into police custody shortly after his arrival at the capital’s …
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13-03-2025 BUENOS AIRES: The long-awaited trial of medical staff who treated the late Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has started in the capital, Buenos Aires. Maradona was convalescing when he died of a heart attack at his home in 2020, aged 60. He had been recovering at home from surgery …
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13-03-2025 DAMASCUS: Entire families, including women and children, were killed during the recent violence in Syria’s coastal region, the UN human rights office says. A spokesman told reporters that the UN had so far verified the killing of 111 civilians since last Thursday, but that the actual figure was believed …
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13-03-2025 KYIV: Ukraine has said it is ready to accept an immediate 30-day ceasefire with Russia proposed by the US, after a day of US-Ukraine talks in Saudi Arabia. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he would present the offer to Russia and that “the ball is in their …
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