The United States Senate has voted to confirm former federal prosecutor Kash Patel as the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), continuing a streak of success for President Donald Trump’s government nominees. But Thursday’s confirmation came by slim margins. Only 51 senators, all Republican, voted in favour of Patel in the 100-seat…
US president’s proposal comes amid scepticism of claimed savings from Elon Musk’s cost-cutting drive. United States President Donald Trump has proposed using some of the savings from tech billionaire Elon Musk’s cost-cutting drive to give Americans cash and pay down government debt. Speaking at an investment summit hosted by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund in…
Zelensky previously criticised the US-Russia talks for excluding Kyiv, saying efforts to end the war must be “fair” and involve European countries. The Ukrainian leader’s comments appeared to incense Trump, who launched a series of verbal attacks on Zelensky. “I’m very disappointed, I hear that they’re upset about not having a seat,” Trump told reporters…
Both Musk and US President Donald Trump have in the past expressed concerns about India’s steep import duties on automobiles. Tesla India entry: Days after PM Narendra Modi met Tesla CEO Elon Musk, US President Donald Trump has said that any potential plans by the EV maker to build a factory in India would be…
Together, India and the US are proving that 1+1 doesn’t just equal 2 it equals endless possibilities. By Naveen Aggarwal1+1 =2. But when the US and India come together, the equation changes altogether. Perhaps, one can think of it as a geopolitical alchemy – the world’s two largest and greatest democracies coming together to create…
A United States judge has handed a temporary win to President Donald Trump and billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk, ruling against a request for a temporary restraining order that would slow down their efforts to hollow out federal agencies. District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s decision on Tuesday came as part of an ongoing lawsuit brought by…
European leaders have said they are ready to give Ukraine security guarantees and warned that it would be dangerous for Kyiv to agree to a ceasefire without a negotiated peace agreement in place with Moscow, officials said. The offer of a European security commitment to Ukraine was made at a meeting in Paris on Monday,…
Kyiv, Ukraine – Ahead of the emergency summit in Paris on Europe’s response to being excluded from US-Russia peace talks, Ukraine’s president warned of his country’s bleak future if US military aid is cut. “[W]e will have low chance – low chance to survive without support of the United States,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in…
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he could meet “very soon” with Vladimir Putin, adding he believes his Russian counterpart genuinely wants to stop fighting in Ukraine. “No time set, but it could be very soon,” Trump told reporters, hours after Secretary of State Marco Rubio sought to play down expectations of upcoming high-level…
A high-level delegation from US President Donald Trump’s administration is set to begin crucial discussions in Saudi Arabia with Russian and Ukrainian officials, aiming to broker an end to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, US officials said on Saturday. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, White House National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, and Trump’s Middle East…
