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August 17, 2025 11:41 AM
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The heads of government of the Baltic and Nordic countries issued a joint statement after the Alaska Summit in US, stressing that only Ukraine can decide its own future. In a joint statement, the eight leaders of Latvia, Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Lithuania, Norway, Finland, and Sweden declared, 'No...
August 17, 2025 10:53 AM
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The Canadian government has intervened in the Air Canada strike, forcing the parties to the bargaining table. Hundreds of flights were suspended this weekend due to the strike that began yesterday. Canadian Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu ordered binding arbitration between the airline and the Canadian Un...
August 17, 2025 1:10 PM
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The first Atlantic hurricane of 2025, Erin has exploded in strength and became a major storm in Atlantic waters just north of the Caribbean Islands last evening. The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) in an update has downgraded it to a Category-4 storm from Category-5 with maximum sustained winds...
August 17, 2025 8:41 AM
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has called his visit to Alaska, where he met with US President Donald Trump, timely and useful. Briefing his Cabinet and other officials at the Kremlin, he said, that the very frank and substantive talk at the summit on the Ukraine conflict moved the Kremlin nearer...
August 17, 2025 7:39 AM
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US President Donald Trump has said that Ukraine should make a deal to end the war with Russia because Russia is a very big power, and Ukraine is not. In a post-summit interview, Mr. Trump urged Kyiv to compromise and make a deal. He said that his role was not to negotiate on Ukraine’s behalf but t...
August 17, 2025 8:31 AM
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Chinese Foreign Minister and Member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China Wang Yi will be on a two day visit to India beginning tomorrow. He is visiting India at the invitation of National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. During the visit, the Chinese Foreign Minister will hold the 24th r...
August 17, 2025 7:24 AM
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Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will be on a two day official visit to Nepal beginning today at the invitation of his Nepalese counterpart Amrit Bahadur Rai. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said, India and Nepal share strong and friendly ties which have seen concrete progress in recent years in di...
August 16, 2025 9:55 PM
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India today welcomed the summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, calling their leadership in the pursuit of peace highly commendable. In a statement, India’s Ministry of External Affairs praised the progress made in the talks and reiterated that dia...
August 16, 2025 9:48 PM
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The Indian Business and Professional Council (IBPC Dubai), under the Dubai Chamber of Commerce, marked India’s 79th Independence Day at the Grand Hyatt Dubai with over 450 diplomats, business leaders, and professionals in attendance. In a video message, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Trade Dr...
August 16, 2025 9:13 PM
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China today renewed warnings for heavy rain, floods, and geological disasters. The National Meteorological Centre said, heavy rainfall is expected from today and tomorrow in Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong, Hebei, Henan, Sichuan, Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan. Alert was also issued for mountain torren...
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