International

New York: The US has finalised its withdrawal from the World Health Organisation, one year after President Donald Trump announced America was ending its 78-year-old commitment, federal officials said Thursday. But it's hardly a clean break. The US owes more than USD 130 million to...

Beijing:  A stable policy environment and a predictable, reform-oriented investment climate have ensured India's emergence as the world's fastest-growing major economy in recent times, Consul General in Shanghai Pratik Mathur said Friday. Speaking at the 11th Edition of the Shanghai International Business Cooperation Forum, Mathur...

Colombo: The Sri Lanka Navy has arrested seven Indian fishermen for allegedly fishing in the island nation's territorial waters. The fishermen were arrested, and their two trawlers seized Tuesday off Kovilan, in the northern Jaffna peninsula, the Navy said in a statement. Those arrested will...

New Delhi: Gold and silver prices surged to record highs Friday, as the US dollar weakened and geopolitical tensions surged over threats of US intervention in Iran. MCX gold February futures rose 1.23 per cent to Rs 1,58,261 per 10 grams around 11.25 am. Meanwhile,...

Washington: Former US Vice President Kamala Harris has condemned the detention of a five-year-old boy along with his father by US immigration authorities, making him the fourth student to be detained in a suburban Minneapolis school district in recent days, local media reported Friday. Taking...

Tokyo: Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower house of Parliament Friday, paving the way for a Febuary 8 snap election. The move is an attempt to capitalise on her popularity to help governing party regain ground after major losses in recent years, but...

New York: President Donald Trump sued banking giant JPMorgan Chase and its CEO Jamie Dimon for USD 5 billion Thursday over allegations that JPMorgan stopped providing banking services to him and his businesses for political reasons after he left office in January 2021. The lawsuit,...

Davos: Kerala Thursday announced securing investment commitments worth USD 14 billion, or Rs 1.18 lakh crore, during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting. Sharing details, Kerala Minister P Rajeev said the state has become the first fully digitally literate state in India, and it has...

Davos: US President Donald Trump met with presidents, prime ministers and top diplomats from more than a dozen countries Thursday to tout his international Board of Peace at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The list of attendees, according to a forum schedule, is...

The Hague(Netherlands): For days it seemed there was no way out of the latest standoff between Europe and the United States: US President Donald Trump insisted he must have Greenland, and would settle for nothing short of total ownership. Even after he dropped the threat...