The US is becoming a less prominent source of capital in an early sign that President Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ agenda is leading companies to shift investment plans to support US manufacturing and jobs.Alex Irwin-Hunt, fdiintelligence.com
Preliminary fDi Markets data for the first two months of 2025 show that the US’s role as a source of global foreign direct investment has continued to diminish und...
China has announced that it will impose an additional 34% tariff on all US goods, effective from 10 April.
The decision comes as a response to the latest trade measures taken by the United States, which China claims are "not in line with international trade rules," according to its finance ministry, reports BBC.
This move follows US President Donald Trump's announcement of a 54% tariff on Chinese products, which includes earlier duties already in place. The escalating trade tensions have sent global markets tumbling for a second consecutive day, fuelling fears of a potential global economic downturn.
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The United Arab Emirates and Qatar also ann...
Gulf states not to allow US to use airfields, skies to attack Iran
Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states have imposed a ban on US warplanes using their airfields or skies to attack Iran after US President Donald Trump over the weekend threatened to bomb the country.
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US Air Force C-17 Globemaster aircrafts at al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, on 7 September 2021 (Olivier Douliery/AFP)[/caption]
BJP, RSS fear regime change in India like Hasina
Dilip Deodhar, a well-known Nagpur-based RSS researcher, said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) have tried to leave their differences behind, and the fall of the Hasina government in Bangladesh had a huge role to play.
"The Sangh had apprised the BJP leadership of its concerns that a regime change that took place in Bangladesh through street protests could also happen in India. Many of the Opposition leaders had spoken after the Bangladesh results that a similar thing was needed in the country. So, the concerns were not unwarranted. Both the Sangh and the BJP know that there are external forces that do not want India to have its own foreign policy."
Things between the BJP government at the Centre and its p...
Saudi, Arab world celebrate Eid al-Fitr today
Saudi Arabia, home to Islam's holiest sites, announced that the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the Ramadan fasting period, will begin on Sunday.
"The Supreme Court has decided that tomorrow, Sunday, March 30, 2025, is the first day of Eid al-Fitr," the Royal Court said
in a statement by the official Saudi Press Agency on X. The timing of Eid al-Fitr is determined by the sighting of the crescent moon, under the Muslim lunar calendar.
Search for survivors goes on as more than 1,000 killed in Myanmar earthquake
The country's military government says 1,002 people have now been killed with 2,376 others injured. Neighbouring Thailand was also affected by the quake, leaving eight people dead, eight injured, and 79 missing.
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China's President Xi Jinping sent a mess...
