International

New York: US fashion retailer American Eagle Outfitters wanted to make a splash with its new advertising campaign starring 27-year-old actor Sydney Sweeney. The ad blitz included “clever, even provocative language” and was “definitely going to push buttons”, the company's chief marketing officer told trade...

Tehran: Iran Thursday accused the United States of weaponising the economy and using sanctions as tools to "dictate its will on independent nations" such as Iran and India and impede their growth and development. "The United States continues to weaponise the economy and use sanctions...

Washington: A US Navy F-35 fighter jet crashed near Naval Air Station Lemoore in central California Wednesday at around 6:30 pm local time, according to a Navy press statement. The pilot ejected safely, and the cause of the crash is being investigated, as per the...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation to address the effects of copper imports, imposing universal 50 per cent tariffs on imports of semi-finished copper products and copper-intensive derivative products, effective August 1. The proclamation directs the US secretary of commerce to establish...

Islamabad: Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Thursday thanked US President Donald Trump for the “historic” trade agreement reached between Islamabad and Washington, and expressed hope that it would expand cooperation between the two nations. Trump Wednesday announced that the US has sealed a deal with...

Washington: US President Donald Trump once again mounted a sharp attack on India and Russia for their close ties and said that the two countries can take their "dead economies down together". The US president's fresh criticism of New Delhi and Moscow came hours after...

New York: The Trump administration has sanctioned six Indian companies for their "significant" sales and purchases of Iranian-origin petrochemical products. "The Iranian regime continues to fuel conflict in the Middle East to fund its destabilising activities. Today, the United States is taking action to stem...

Rome: Stealth submarines fitted with space-shooting lasers, supply-chain sabotage and custom-built attack satellites armed with ion thrusters. Those are just some of the strategies Chinese scientists have been developing to counter what Beijing sees as a potent threat: Elon Musk's armada of Starlink communications satellites....

New Delhi: Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., President of the Philippines, will undertake a State Visit to India from August 4 to 8 with an aim to deepen bilateral cooperation across a wide range of sectors, including defence and maritime security. This will be his first...

New York: President Donald Trump Wednesday referred to the BRICS grouping and the "tremendous" trade deficit with New Delhi for announcing the 25 per cent tariff and said the US is currently negotiating with India. “Well, we're negotiating right now, and it's also BRICS. You...