International

Washington: US President Donald Trump announced a baseline rate of 10 per cent on all imports and higher individualised rates for dozens of countries, including 26 per cent for India, 34 per cent for China and 20 per cent for the EU. The levies are...

Sofia: Bulgaria received Wednesday the first of 16 new F-16 military jets from the United States that the Balkan country needs to upgrade its defence and bring its air force in line with NATO standards. Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov hailed the arrival of the first...

New Delhi: The 25th session of the Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) concluded Wednesday in Bangkok, Thailand. This meeting, which precedes the 20th BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting April 3 and the 6th BIMSTEC Summit April...

Annapolis: A federal judge who had ordered the Trump administration to reinstate fired federal probationary employees across the country at more than a dozen agencies has narrowed the scope of his ruling so it now applies to workers in the 19 states and the District...

New York: Tesla sales fell 13 per cent in the first three months of the year, another sign that Elon Musk's once high-flying electric car company is struggling to attract buyers. The double-digit drop is likely due to a combination of factors, including its aging...

Bangkok: Myanmar's ruling military has declared a temporary ceasefire in the country's civil war until April 22 to facilitate earthquake relief efforts and show compassion to the people affected, state TV said Wednesday. The announcement, made in a statement from the military's high command, follows...

Colombo: The Sri Lanka government Wednesday formed a committee to recommend measures to be taken on the UK's decision to impose sanctions on three former military commanders who led the campaign that crushed the LTTE in 2009. Health Minister Nalinda Jayatissa told reporters that Foreign...

Bangkok: The Thailand government has intensified its investigation into other construction projects associated with the Chinese contractor of the State Audit Office's (SAO) under-construction building, which collapsed in Bangkok during the devastating earthquake, local media reported. Thailand Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said that she instructed...

Washington: After weeks of White House hype and public anxiety, President Donald Trump is set Wednesday to announce a barrage of self-described “reciprocal” tariffs on friend and foe alike. The new tariffs — coming on what Trump has called “Liberation Day” — is a bid...

Bangkok: The trade war that US President Donald Trump has escalated in his second term is a challenge for all Asian economies, large and small, in an era when the most populous region of the world is expected to drive global economic growth. Export manufacturing...