Strategic Energy Partnership emerged as cornerstone of expanding India-US ties: Envoy
India’s Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu, in an op-ed in The Houston Chronicle, wrote that numbers speak for themselves.
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Death toll mounts as clashes continue between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Any move to all-out war could drag in major regional powers Russia and Turkey. Moscow has a defence alliance with Armenia, which provides vital support to the enclave and is its lifeline to the outside world, while Ankara backs its own ethnic Turkic kin in Azerbaijan.
12 factors driving Indian Americans towards Trump: Survey
“It is mostly about the Trump-Modi factor,” the survey said, adding that Indian Americans increasingly believe that the teamwork of Trump and Modi over the next four years will successfully checkmate China at the world stage
G7 supports extension of G20 debt freeze, calls for reforms to address ‘shortcomings’
In a joint statement, the ministers from the Group of Seven advanced economies said they “strongly regret” moves by some countries to skip participation by classifying their state-owned institutions as commercial lenders.
At UN, China’s Xi Jinping says no intention to fight ‘a Cold War or hot one’ with any country
In what appeared to be a rebuke to U.S. President Donald Trump, though both leaders’ speeches were pre-recorded, Xi called for a global response to the virus and giving the World Health Organization a leading role.
China must be held accountable for unleashing plague of ‘China virus’ onto the world: Trump
Trump also slammed China for dumping millions and millions of tonnes of plastic and trash into the oceans every year, overfishing other countries’ waters, destroying vast swaths of coral reef, and emitting more toxic mercury into the atmosphere than any country anywhere in the world.
Army commanders of India, China hold over 12-hour-long talks to ease Ladakh standoff
The latest round of Corps commander-level talks that began at around 9 am in Moldo on the Chinese side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) across India’s Chushul sector in eastern Ladakh went on for over 12 hours and was still underway at 9 pm, the sources said.
Big boost for ‘Quad coalition’ as US diplomat lauds India for Indo-Pacific dominance against aggressive China
The concept of the Indo-Pacific has incorporated India into the larger solution and the Trump administration is developing new arrangements to coordinate with like-minded partners like the Quad countries, a top American diplomat has told lawmakers.
Australia looks to boost trade with India after relations with China sour
Australia’s escalating tensions with Beijing have shown up its reliance on China trade and propelled a push to increase links with Asia’s other giant economy, India.
United States sends top-level diplomat to Taiwan, angering China
The trip sparked an immediate rebuke from China, which baulks at any recognition of Taiwan and has mounted a decades-long policy of marginalising the democratic island.