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UPDATE AS OF FEB. 3, 2025 AT 4:59 P.M. EASTERN: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the U.S. tariffs on Canada will be “paused” for 30 days. Read more about the announcement here.

Vyacheslav Volodin, the Chairman of State Duma, the Lower House of Russia's Parliament, on Tuesday said the bilateral trade between India and his country will reach USD 100 billion by 2030.

Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, discusses how Canada and Mexico caved to President Donald Trump’s tariff pressure on ‘The Bottom Line.’

Best Country Album award for Cowboy Carter, her husband leaned in and whispered something in her ear—a brief but intriguing exchange that sent social media into overdrive.

Moody's Ratings said on Tuesday. Additionally, strong premium growth is expected to boost profitability of the sector.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : The Indian edtech players are expected to integrate traditional education approaches with educational technology as the ecosystem matures following the post-pandemic boom, top executives at edtech-focused venture capital firm GSV Ventures told Mint. “The ecosystem in learning and skills is now being viewed as more than just edtech," said Deborah Quazzo, managing partner of the US-based venture capital firm, in an interview on the sidelines of the ASU+GSV and Emeritus Summit in Gurugram. “It now includes large site-based education players, universities, and corporate entities—because you need more than just edtech to make it real." This marks a shift from the massive post-pandemic edtech boom that saw edtech players like Byju’s, Unacademy, and Physics Wallah, among others, come of age in the country.

China has reiterated it could take “necessary countermeasures" after U.S. President Donald Trump decided to impose a 10% tariff on China for allegedly doing too little to stem the production of precursor chemicals for the drug fentanyl

Debt-stricken Sri Lanka has marked its 77th independence anniversary with a military parade, while the country’s newly elected president, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, pledged to heal Sri Lanka's economic woes by the end of his five-year term

President Donald Trump has taken executive action to impose or threaten new tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In my critique of the Economic Survey of 2023-24, I had highlighted how little justice it does to the climate imperatives India is facing.

United States, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said after lengthy talks with the Central American country's leader.

China lashed out at the US over tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, saying Beijing «may be forced to take countermeasures» and stressed that there is «no winner in a trade war».

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The USAID building was closed to employees on Monday. Elon Musk, the billionaire adviser to President Trump, is targeting the U.S.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A store displays a ‘Buy Canadian Instead’ in response to President Trump's 25% tariffs on Canadian goods in Vancouver, British Columbia, Feb. 2.

Prashant Khemka, Founder, White Oak Capital Management, says since the central election, there has been a noticeable shift in how cyclical stocks perform compared to defensive or consumer stocks. This Budget may strengthen that trend. Khemka does not expect any significant underperformance from specific sectors, but the strong performance of cyclical stocks over defensive or consumer stocks may not continue as it has in recent years. Khemka says White Oak always wants to have a balanced portfolio. There are great opportunities to find in every segment of the market, in every sector of the market, and every other way you slice and dice the market, you can find good investment opportunities. Is it time to go ahead and park your money in the consumption theme and say goodbye to the capex theme? Prashant Khemka: In the last several years, there was a strong operating momentum and as a result of that, there were multiple expansions in the domestic cyclicals. In consumption, it was the other way around. Consumption stocks were suffering from a somewhat weaker operating environment. As we all know, the last couple of years the consumption names have reported somewhat subdued numbers and they have gone through multiple compression.

U.S. President Donald Trump says he will cut all funding to South Africa over what he called a massive human rights violation

United States President Donald Trump is pushing for American banks to have an increased presence in Canada, a day before his proposed tariffs begin to impact Canadian goods.

O'Leary Ventures Chairman Kevin O'Leary joins 'Fox & Friends' to discuss his conversation with President Donald Trump regarding the tariffs on Canada and Mexico and Elon Musk's claim the U.S. Treasury approved fraudulent payments.

Donald Trump's administration will reportedly focus on restoring the ‘Phase 1’ trade deal signed in 2020 during his first term in the White House.