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 Donald Trump-led administration has even revoked a license allowing Tehran to sell oil in retaliation for attacks on three commercial shuos in the Strait of Hormuz.
The photo wasn't even real. The joke landed anyway, just not the way Trump wanted. Italy's opposition called him a bully. Fact checkers called the image fake. Turns out the only restraining order people are asking for is on Trump himself.
The former Qatari royal jet has been modified for presidential travel as Boeing’s replacement Air Force One aircraft remain years behind schedule.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cited India as one of Israel's strongest supporters while rejecting US Vice President JD Vance's assertion that Washington is Israel's only powerful ally. He also spoke about Israel's global partnerships ahead of a planned meeting with President Donald Trump.
For generations, the American presidency rested not merely on constitutional limits but also on unwritten conventions.
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