This is Beirut, 28/08 13:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
China Diplomacy Politics India SCO
China's President Xi Jinping will host world leaders including Russia's Vladimir Putin and India's Narendra Modi from Sunday for a summit before a huge military parade as he seeks to showcase a non-Western style of regional collaboration. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit will be held Sunday and Monday, days before the military parade ...
This is Beirut, 27/08 09:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
USA Donald Trump Europe India Tariff
US tariffs of 50 percent took effect Wednesday on many Indian products, doubling an existing duty as President Donald Trump sought to punish New Delhi for buying Russian oil. Trump has raised pressure on India over the energy transactions, a key source of revenue for Moscow's war in Ukraine, as part of a campaign to end the conflict. The latest ...
This is Beirut, 21/08 18:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
India France Russia Ukraine Diplomacy
India and France agreed to strengthen their strategic partnership and economic exchanges in a phone call between the two countries' leaders on Thursday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said. Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron also coordinated their positions on the war in Ukraine and the conflict in Gaza. India is staring down an ...
This is Beirut, 20/08 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Art Culture Índia Tattoo Pakistan
Grinding charcoal with a few drops of goat’s milk, 60-year-old Basran Jogi peers at the faces of two young Pakistani sisters preparing for their first tattoos. The practice of elder women needling delicate shapes onto the faces, hands, and arms of younger generations stretches back centuries in the Hindu villages that dot the southern border ...
This is Beirut, 08/08 16:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he had "a very good" conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, during which they discussed Ukraine and ways to strengthen bilateral ties. "Had a very good and detailed conversation with my friend President Putin. I thanked him for sharing the latest developments on Ukraine," Modi posted ...
This is Beirut, 07/08 19:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
USA Donald Trump Vladimir Putin Russia India Tariffs
Russian President Vladimir Putin met India's national security advisor on Thursday, a day after Washington hiked tariffs on New Dehli over its purchases of Moscow's oil. US President Donald Trump imposed the additional 25 percent tariff on Indian goods, coming into place in three weeks, as part of a campaign to pressure Russia into ending its ...
This is Beirut, 03/08 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Cinema India FIlms Pakistan Culture Art
Indian filmmakers are locking up the rights to movie titles that can profit from the patriotism fanned by a four-day conflict with Pakistan, which killed more than 70 people. The nuclear-armed rivals exchanged artillery, drone, and air strikes in May, after India blamed Pakistan for an armed attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir. The ...
This is Beirut, 30/07 18:20 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump United States Russia India Tarrifs
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that imports from India will face 25 percent tariffs, while also announcing an unspecified "penalty" over New Delhi's purchases of Russian weapons and energy. The measures will kick in on Friday, Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, adding to a bevy of other tariff hikes set to take effect the same ...
This is Beirut, 30/07 11:13 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Donald Trump USA India Satellite
A formidable new radar satellite jointly developed by the United States and India is set to launch Wednesday, designed to track subtle changes in Earth's land and ice surfaces and help predict both natural and human-caused hazards. Dubbed NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar), the pickup truck-sized spacecraft is scheduled to lift off at ...
This is Beirut, 18/07 10:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Painting Mahatma Gandhi India Auction London Culture
A rare painting of Mahatma Gandhi, believed to be the only oil portrait that the Indian independence leader ever sat for, has sold at auction in the UK for £152,800 ($205,000). The 1931 painting by British-American artist Clare Leighton fetched more than twice the estimated price when the auction closed on Tuesday in London, Bonhams auction ...
This is Beirut, 15/07 13:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A SpaceX capsule carrying astronauts from India, Poland, Hungary and the United States splashed down off the California coast Tuesday, completing Axiom Mission 4 and capping 20 days in space. The Ax-4 crew undocked from the International Space Station at 7:15 am EST on Monday (1115 GMT) for a 22.5-hour journey, landing in the Pacific Ocean at ...
This is Beirut, 07/07 11:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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China said on Monday that BRICS, the grouping that also includes Brazil, Russia and India, was not seeking "confrontation" after US President Donald Trump vowed to impose an extra 10 percent tariff on countries aligning with the bloc. "Regarding the imposition of tariffs, China has repeatedly stated its position that trade and tariff wars have no ...