U.S. President Donald Trump says he will ‘substantially’ raise tariffs on India over Russian oil purchases

U.S. President Donald Trump says he will ‘substantially’ raise tariffs on India over Russian oil purchases

File photo of U.S. President Donald Trump | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday (August 4, 2025) he will substantially raise tariffs on India over its purchases of Russian oil. “India is not only buying massive amounts of Russian Oil, they are then, for much of the Oil purchased, selling it … Read more

Denmark zoo asks people to donate their small pets as food for captive predators

Denmark zoo asks people to donate their small pets as food for captive predators

A view of the entrance to the Aalborg zoo in Denmark. Photo: Wikimedia Commons A zoo in Denmark is asking for donations of small pets as food for its predators. The Aalborg zoo said it is trying to mimic the natural food chain of the animals housed there “for the sake of both animal welfare … Read more

Post-Hasina Bangladesh records 230% increase in attacks on journalists, says rights body

Post-Hasina Bangladesh records 230% increase in attacks on journalists, says rights body

The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) stated that press freedom in Bangladesh deteriorated under Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus, with attacks on 878 journalists between August 2024 and July 2025. File | | Photo Credit: AP Bangladesh, after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government, recorded a 230% increase in attacks on journalists, a New … Read more

India, Philippines stage joint sail and naval drill in the disputed South China Sea

India, Philippines stage joint sail and naval drill in the disputed South China Sea

Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: AP India and the Philippines staged joint sail and naval exercises in the disputed South China Sea for the first time, a high-profile military deployment that will likely antagonise China. Beijing has separate territorial disputes with the two Asian democracies and a long-running regional rivalry with New Delhi. … Read more

Takeaways for India from Trump moment: strategic autonomy is alive, neoliberalism is dead

Takeaways for India from Trump moment: strategic autonomy is alive, neoliberalism is dead

U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Donald J. Trump can be brutally forthright and publicly so. It is partly innate and partly a strategy to throw his interlocutors off balance. In a 1989 interview on CNN’s Larry King Live, Mr. Trump was asked by the host about his strategies for gaining an … Read more

More than 3,200 Boeing fighter jet workers go on strike after rejecting contract offer

More than 3,200 Boeing fighter jet workers go on strike after rejecting contract offer

Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: AP More than 3,200 union members who assemble Boeing’s fighter jets in the St. Louis area and Illinois went on strike on Monday (August 4, 2025) after rejecting a second contract offer the previous day. Boeing Defense said it was ready for the work stoppage and it will … Read more