Apple Inc.’s shares plunged 4% to a low of $193.46 on Friday after US President Donald Trump threatened to impose a new 25% levy on the iPhone maker if it continues manufacturing devices outside the United States.The warning came amid escalating trade tensions, as Trump also proposed a sweeping 50% tariff on goods from the…
Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Milgrim, 26, two rising stars at the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC, were gunned down Wednesday night outside the Capital Jewish Museum – just days before they were to get engaged during a planned trip to Jerusalem.The suspect, Elias Rodriguez, a 31-year-old from Chicago, allegedly shouted “Free Palestine!” during and…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar has sharply criticised the West for backing military regimes in Pakistan, saying no one has done more to undermine democracy in the country than Western powers.In an interview with Danish daily Politiken, Jaishankar said, “No one has supported the military regime and undermined democracy in Pakistan in so…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday took a swipe at US President Donald Trump for claiming credit for settling hostilities between India and Pakistan, saying that no formal process of mediation was either requested or conducted by any third party.Tharoor, who is set to lead an all-party MPs delegation in the US, said…
Bangladesh’s interim government head Muhammad Yunus has reportedly threatened to quit citing difficulties in carrying out his mandate due to the ongoing political stalemate.ANhid Islam, chief of the student-led National Citizen Party, told BBC Bangla that Yunus is growing increasingly uncertain about continuing in his role as chief adviser, as political parties have failed to…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar on Friday admitted to donating Rs 25 lakh to the National Herald, saying “there is nothing to conceal, it is a newspaper run by our party.“Shivakumar’s statement came after the ED named his brother DK Suresh and Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy in its chargesheet related to…
Manchester United legend Roy Keane – the inspiration for Ted Lasso’s Roy Kent, if Gen Z is confused – once summed up Sir Alex Ferguson’s innate ability to read the room and lead his men by recalling a particular match when United were hosting Tottenham Hotspur, and how the gaffer simply walked in and said:…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government on Friday issued an advisory on Covid, asking hospitals to prepare for availability of beds, oxygen, medicines and vaccines.The government has asked the health institutions to send all positive samples for genome sequencing to Lok Nayak Hospital.Health authorities are closely monitoring a rise in Covid cases across multiple states, amid…
Elon Musk still holds firm as the world’s richest person, but there’s been a slight shake-up right below him. The list of the world’s richest people has been updated and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has overtaken Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to claim the spot of the second-richest individual globally. According to the latest Bloomberg Billionaires…
National Investigation Agency NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday arrested a person for allegedly forging fake passports for members of Lawrence Bishnoi‘s gang to help them evade arrest by fleeing the country.The central probing agency said that Rahul Sarkar — a key aide of the Bishnoi gang — was running the syndicate’s…
