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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday warned that potential 25 per cent tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada suggested by President-elect Donald Trump could harm the US auto sector, boost vehicle prices and benefit China, as per a report.

Marco Rubio promised on Wednesday to implement President-elect Donald Trump's "America First" vision as secretary of state, vowing in his confirmation hearing that the incoming administration will forge a new path by placing American interests «above all else.»

Supreme Court on Wednesday sought responses from the Centre and the poll panel on Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh's plea against the recent amendments, including no public access to CCTV, to the 1961 election rules. A bench comprising Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar took note of the submissions of senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Ramesh, and issued notices on the plea.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. OTTAWA-Since Justin Trudeau said he would resign as prime minister, one Canadian politician after another has looked at running to lead the Liberal Party into new elections that polls show it will lose badly and said: “Not me." Now a prominent name is finally hinting he will run-Mark Carney, a familiar face to the world of finance as the former governor of both the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England and current chairman of Brookfield Asset Management. In an appearance Monday night on the Daily Show, he suggested "without mentioning his potential candidacy" that the party could benefit from an outsider with experience in economics and finance to help guide the Canadian economy at a precarious moment, given the threat by President-elect Donald Trump to slap a 25% tariff on all Canadian imports.

liquor scam case: The home ministry has granted permission to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to prosecute former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), ToI reported. The move comes in connection with alleged money laundering linked to the controversial liquor scam case.

Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, who replaced Arvind Kejriwal after his resignation in September last year, filed her nomination on Tuesday for the upcoming Assembly polls, declaring a net worth of Rs 76.93 lakh, with no car or house to her name, according to document submitted to Election Commission.

Melania Trump has confirmed about her intentions to primarily reside in the White House during her husband US President- elect Donald Trump's upcoming second term as the US President. According to Huffpost, in a pretty recent interview on ‘Fox & Friends’, she actually addressed several speculations about her living arrangements while stating that ‘I will be in the White House’ and also mentioning the fact that she would travel to New York and Palm Beach as needed.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has suddenly take to criticizing the Biden government, based on the massive victory by Donald Trump in the US Presidential elections 2024. Dimon has stated that the US elections 2024 was mostly about doing away with a 'swamp, ineffective government'.

US President- elect Donald Trump has eventually reignited his controversial plan to acquire Greenland while now suggesting the possibility of using force to take control of the Nordic territory. According to The US Sun, during a recent press event, Donald Trump declared that US ownership of Greenland is an ‘absolute necessity’ for national security.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will reportedly send a pretty high level official to represent him at US President- elect Donald Trump's inauguration taking place on the month of January of the year 2025, though, instead of attending himself, reported The Hill. This decision actually marks a departure from previous diplomatic practices as China typically sends its ambassador to such events.

US President- elect Donald Trump eventually failed to place his right hand over his heart during former US President Jimmy Carter's state funeral on the month of January of the year 2025, reported Snopes.

Sharad Pawar has said that Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray's decision to contest the local body polls independently was not out of line and that the INDIA bloc was meant for only the Lok Sabha polls. In what has come as a jolt to the Congress, Pawar indicated that he would prefer supporting the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Delhi assembly polls instead of long-term ally, the Congress.

US Vice President Kamala Harris lost to US President- elect Donald Trump, her joint fundraising committee with the Democratic National Committee (DNC) still continues to charge recurring donors while causing severe frustration among supporters, reported Daily Beast.

Delhi assembly elections.

Michelle Obama is currently staying distant from major political events, especially after the 2024 US Presidential elections, and Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony on January 20, is going to be the next on this list, as per reports.

Meta's top officials over its CEO Mark Zuckerberg's remarks that the incumbent government in India lost the 2024 election owing to its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The November figure — the latest number officials disclosed by RBI – shows REER was 108.14. This means that the rupee is overvalued by 8.1 percent relative to its intrinsic value. Since December, the rupee has fallen about 2 percent.

Khaleda Zia's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Tuesday demanded that the general election be held by July-August this year, refuting interim government chief adviser Muhammad Yunus's stance to stage it by the year-end or mid-2026. «There is no reason to delay the election that much,» said BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir after an overnight meeting of the party's standing committee that was chaired virtually by acting BNP chairperson Tarique Rahman from London.