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Donald Trump had a hilarious exchange with a reporter wearing a mask. While speaking to the press in the Oval Office, President Trump drew attention to a journalist wearing a mask. The reporter asked Trump a question about California, to which he responded: «You know, I haven't seen a mask in so long, you're wearing a mask!» He sarcastically added, «That's so nice of you. I haven't seen anybody wearing a mask in a long time, it's good. You feel more comfortable right, good, that's good.» The exchange came as Trump signed a new executive order imposing 25 per cent tariffs on imports of automobiles and certain auto parts. Trump indicated this was to end unfair trade practices and protect the United States’ national security.

«Some of the self-inflicted fundamental factors like RBI keeping liquidity tight, government going slow on spending in the first half, those are now getting unwound,» says Mihir Vora, CIO, Trust Mutual Fund. Where markets are headed. Mihir Vora: We had this good correction for five months and we had a smart bounce back. The correction had some reasons and maybe to some extent it was overdone so that overdone part is probably done. So, we have had the reset, I would say. I call it the reset in the market.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. TEN years and a lifetime ago, Binyamin Netanyahu offered a stark vision of the future. Israel’s prime minister told a parliamentary committee that there could never be peace with the Palestinians.

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Victoria Panova, Head of the BRICS Expert Council—Russia, Russia’s Sherpa in W20, and Vice Rector at HSE University. “The new members of BRICS are settling in. BRICS partners are getting adjusted to the process BRICS, but it was decided not to go immediately further in terms of expansion. Instead, new partner category was introduced.

Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Bangladesh being built with Russian assistance in what is next step in building this power plant. An important process stage of the turbine installation has been completed at Rooppur NPP Unit 1 in Bangladesh (the general designer and general contractor is Rosatom State Corporation Engineering Division). This resulted in the turbine set placement on the barring gear. During the tests, the turbine shaft started rotating at a slow speed. The barring gear ensures correct alignment and balancing of the turbine rotor before the start-up and shutdown, which prevents the turbine components form wearing and ensures safe and efficient work. The experts carried out control checks that confirmed accuracy of the alignment and high quality of assembly of the turbine set. “Installation of the turbine at Rooppur NPP Unit 1 has been completed successfully and this is an important step to the physical start-up of the plant. The turbine set placement on the barring gear and successful control checks confirm accuracy of the assembly and reliability of the equipment. This result is an accomplishment of a highly qualified team of specialists and another evidence of the reliability of Russian technologies”, noted Alexey Deriy, Atomstroyexport JSC Vice President for Projects in Bangladesh.

US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday 25 percent tariffs «on all cars that are not made in the United States» effective 12:01 am eastern time on April 3. «We have to think about appropriate measures following this announcement. Naturally, we will consider all options,» Ishiba told parliament. «Japan has made significant investments and significant job creation, which doesn't apply to all countries… We are the number one (country) in investment in the United States,» Ishiba added. «The US president's understanding on this is significantly deepening. However, various things are happening, so we are considering all kinds of countermeasures, and those exist as our options.»

The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit leaves in place a lower court order blocking Trump's freeze on $3 trillion in federal grants, loans and other financial aid while the government appeals. The ruling by the court in Boston is the first time an appeals court has weighed in on the legal merits of the spending freeze, one of several marquee Trump policies held up by litigation. U.S. District Judge John McConnell issued an injunction blocking the freeze on March 6, saying the Trump administration had overstepped its authority. In its 48-page decision Wednesday, a panel of three appeals court judges unanimously rejected the administration's argument that McConnell's ruling was too broad.

Muhammad Yunus is due in China on Wednesday at the start of a four-day visit during which he is expected to seek financial support and sign MoUs to boost his country’s sagging economy amid dwindling support from the US under President Donald Trump. India will keep a close watch if Yunus agrees to any Chinese military presence particularly in any airfield closer to the border area. Additional Chinese support for Bangladesh armed forces and any enhanced Chinese military presence in the Bay of Bengal will also be closely monitored, according to Bangladesh watchers. Yunus will attend the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2025 in Boao, Hainan province, and hold bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on March 28. Boosting economic relations with China will be a central focus of this visit, sources in Dhaka said. Yunus will later speak at Peking University, where he will reportedly be presented with an honorary doctorate. China, while engaged with Dhaka under the Hasina government and earlier with the BNP regime, is keen to keep Yunus in good humour for its economic and strategic interests in the Bay of Bengal region. As per a report in Bangladesh’s leading English newspaper The Daily Star, China and Bangladesh are planning to sign at least eight MoUs on trade, culture, upgrading Mongla Port and water management. The Sheikh Hasina government had given India access to the Mongla Port.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Donald Trump and Elon Musk speak to the press as they sit in a Tesla at the White House in Washington, March 11. For the past two months, Americans have watched as two extraordinary and polarizing figures—Donald Trump and Elon Musk—have worked as a team to reduce the size and reach of the federal bureaucracy.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Donald Trump has sought to dismiss Signalgate as “the only glitch" in his two months as US president for the second time. But this will not wash with others around the world.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: Gross refining margins (GRM) of oil marketing companies (OMC) in India are likely to continue to narrow in the ongoing fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025 (FY25) with declining discounts on Russian oil and shrinking crack spreads. The benchmark Singapore GRMs in the January-March quarter as of February-end stood at $2.7 per barrel, compared with $4 per barrel in the fourth of the previous fiscal, showed data from Icra Ltd.

Trump administration's deportation of some Venezuelan immigrants under a little-used 18th century law. The decision by the U.S.

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau called US president Donald Trump to congratulate him on his historic re-election in November 2024, the talking points were already prepared in a briefing note which suggested that Trudeau congratulate Trump on his “historic election win” and praise his “amazing campaign,” reported CTV News.

financial crisis as the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) claimed that the government may be out of money as early as August unless Congress comes to an agreement on raising the debt ceiling, reported ABC News. This so-called «X-date» is when the US will no longer have sufficient funds to pay its bills, leading to default on its debt, as per the report.

Athos Salomé, the «Living Nostradamus,» has boldly foretold the fate of Donald Trump's second term. Salomé foresees a future defined by realignments and economic distress as geopolitical chasms and domestic cleavages broaden.

they do not want to become the 51st state of the United States. In fact, 80% of Canadians are strongly opposed to the idea, and 78% are concerned about the rhetoric from former U.S. President Donald Trump, who once referred to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as «Governor Trudeau.»

Elon Musk is investigating how The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, was inadvertently added to a Signal group chat involving high-ranking U.S. national security officials. The chat reportedly contained discussions on upcoming military airstrikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. The breach, revealed in The Atlantic on Monday, has sparked outrage, with bipartisan calls for accountability. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed Musk’s involvement, stating that he would «figure out how this number was inadvertently added» and help «ensure this can never happen again.»

According to reports, US President Donald Trump has said that automobile tariffs will be coming soon even as he indicated that some countries may get an exemption from reciprocal tariffs to be imposed on April 2. Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) said that India certainly deserves an exemption or waiver from reciprocal tariffs as it is constructively engaged with America at different levels and also for a Bilateral Trade Agreement. «The Mission 500 to take bilateral trade from the current level of about USD 200 billion to USD 500 billion requires a greater push for seamless trade, which the exemption will further facilitate,» FIEO Director General Ajay Sahai said. Another exporter said that the exemption to India would remove tariff uncertainties and will help further increase exports to the US.

the Atlantic on Wednesday released the entire Signal chat among senior national security officials. The 'leaked' group chat shows Trump's Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth provided the exact timings of warplane launches and when bombs would drop against Yemen’s Houthis this month on behalf of the United States.