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Vietnam, South Africa eye on stronger parliamentary cooperation

Pretoria, July 16 -- National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Vu Hong Thanh met with Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane, and held talks with Deputy Speaker of the Na... Read More


Donald Trump sets 19% tariff on Indonesia goods in latest deal

Sri Lanka, July 16 -- President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the US would impose a 19 percent tariff on goods from Indonesia under a new agreement with the Southeast Asian country and more deals were ... Read More


Malaysia launches International Healthcare Week 2025

Kuala Lumpur, July 16 -- Malaysia is striving to establish itself as a global healthcare hub through industrial reforms, international partnerships, and growing trade diplomacy, Malaysian Minister of ... Read More


India, China pledge improved ties amid border calm and trade talks

Bangladesh, July 16 -- At a high-level diplomatic meeting in Beijing on July 14, Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar emphasized that relations between India and China are “gradually mo... Read More


Whatever happened to Brics common currency

India, July 16 -- Yet another Brics Summit has ended as a non-event. The joint declaration at Rio de Janeiro, despite its grandstanding about multilateralism and a rules-based international order, is ... Read More


Oil prices gain on summer demand expectations despite wider economy woes

Dhaka, July 16 -- Oil prices rose on Wednesday, boosted by expectations of firm summer demand in the world's two largest consumers, the United States and China, though gains were capped by analysts' c... Read More


Who is Scott Bessent? US Treasury Secretary to replace Fed Chair Jerome Powell? Here's what Donald Trump said about him

New Delhi, July 16 -- US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is among the people who are being considered as the next Chairman of the Federal Reserve, President Donald Trump confirmed on Tuesday, but sug... Read More


Employees at the nation's consumer financial watchdog say it's become toothless under Trump

New Delhi, July 16 -- The lights are on at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau across the street from the White House, and employees still get paid. But in practice, the bureau has been mostly in... Read More


Trump wields tariffs to sway Putin on Ukraine. Here's how they might work, or not

New Delhi, July 16 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has sacrificed an estimated 1 million of his soldiers, killed and wounded, in a three-year campaign to crush Ukraine. Now President Donald Trump... Read More


"Along with China, all SCO members must agree to it": BJP MP Mishra on Jaishankar's remark on terrorism

New Delhi, July 16 -- BJP MP Manan Kumar Mishra on Wednesday echoed support to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's remarks on terrorism in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meet, assert... Read More