US pitches AI, LNG and SMR cooperation with ASEAN, opening opportunities for India
US Ambassador to ASEAN Kevin Kim in a virtual media briefing said Washington was prioritising advanced technologies and energy security across Southeast Asia.
US Ambassador to ASEAN Kevin Kim in a virtual media briefing said Washington was prioritising advanced technologies and energy security across Southeast Asia.
Fresh statements from Tehran and Washington point to deepening confrontation, with both sides hardening their public positions even as the US says it remains open to diplomacy.
Marco Rubio said the dispute centred on what he described as Iran's attempt to assert control over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, calling it a threat to the global trading system.
Indian pharmaceutical stocks declined in early trade after the US President unveiled a phased tariff regime on imported generic medicines, though analysts said India's cost advantage and regulatory hurdles make a major disruption unlikely.
Fireworks at America’s 250th birthday bash, claimed to be the ‘best firework show ever!’ by President Donald Trump, is the new low in sending poisonous gases into the atmosphere. Over 40 minutes, 851,000 individual shells were fired.
The event took place after storms prompted a nearly two-hour evacuation of the venue.
This came after authorities ordered the crowd to evacuate the area near the Washington Monument where Donald Trump was scheduled to speak.
The Pope also goaded America to pass laws that "recognise and safeguard" life from conception until natural death, Reuters reported.
US President Donald Trump marked the eve of America's 250th Independence anniversary by calling Communism the country's greatest threat, defending the nation's founding ideals and urging lawmakers to end the filibuster to pass the SAVE America Act.
The United States is celebrating 250 years since the adoption of the Declaration of Independence as President Donald Trump leads nationwide commemorations, while Washington has revised parts of its flagship Independence Day celebrations because of extreme heat.
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