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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump did not confirm whether the additional 25% tariffs he had announced on Wednesday (August 6, 2025), on Indian exports to the U.S., for New Delhi’s trade in arms and energy with Moscow, would be cancelled if Russia and Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire. “Well, we’ll determine that later, but right now, they’re paying a 50% tariff,” Mr. Trump told a reporter who asked if the additional 25% tariff on top of the…

To Governments, International Organisations, Media Institutions, and Civil Society:We, the undersigned press freedom organisations, media organisations, journalists’ unions, and advocates of truth and transparency, demand an end to the forced starvation and targeting of journalists in Gaza by Israel.Journalists in Gaza are being starved to death.Not metaphorically. Not slowly. But deliberately, and in real time, while the world watches.One in three people in Gaza now goes days without food. Among the starving are journalists, the last independent voices still reporting from inside Gaza. These are the individuals whose courage keeps the world informed of the sheer humanitarian impact of Israel’s…

NPR’s Juana Summers speaks with Dr. Robert Cantu, medical director and director of clinical research at the Cantu Concussion Center at Emerson Hospital, about the NFL banning teams from providing smelling salts on game days.

August is that in-between moment where you’re still sweating through your tank tops and jorts, but mentally, you’re already planning boots and sweaters. It’s the perfect time to start building a transitional wardrobe that works for both summer and fall, and Amazon’s trending fashion section is an unexpectedly great place to start. I combed through the most stylish, under-$50 pieces that are already picking up traction this month—think: throw-on-and-go travel outfits, lightweight layers, and comfortable shoes that work across seasons. Whether you’re packing for an upcoming trip, updating your airport uniform, or just trying to dress for 75 degrees and…

The families are demanding that military action not be taken in areas of Gaza where their relatives may be held.Physical confrontations have taken place outside Israel’s Ministry of Defence in Tel Aviv between security forces and family members of captives held in Gaza during a rally calling for their release, as the Israeli government appears on the verge of escalating its genocidal war to full occupation of the besieged enclave.Protesters surrounding the Kirya, Israel’s central military headquarters, demanded on Wednesday that the Israeli government not go ahead with its plan, as they were pushed back by police.“Time is running out…

LIVE SHOW: August 18th in Brooklyn. Tickets here. Traditional economics says the market is guided by the forces of supply and demand. Customers decide what they want to buy, and private enterprise responds to that need. So what makes government think that it’s smarter than capitalism? Why offer tax breaks to Hollywood or incentives to build silicon chip factories in Arizona? Why those industries and not others? Today, we discuss what happens when the government really wants to get its hands dirty and shape the direction of the economy, even decide which companies should prosper and which ones should fail,…

The lights come on at Delhi’s LTG Auditorium, revealing only a white mattress on the stage. Two women, each dressed in white salwar kameez, are seated on it. A number of children in the audience wait excitedly to watch an hour-long show of Dastan Alice Ki on a sultry Sunday evening. As the women take turns retelling Lewis Carroll’s famous classic, Alice in Wonderland, in pure Urdu, there is complete silence — often broken by a few laughs from the crowd.Dastangoi is an ancient Urdu storytelling tradition that developed around the adventures of Amir Hamza, known for his valour and said to be…

Administration says Russia expressed ‘desire to meet with President Trump’ and that the US wants war in Ukraine to end.The White House has said that United States President Donald Trump is “open” to the idea of a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.In remarks on Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that Russian officials had expressed interest in meeting with Trump. Leavitt did not say when or where such a meeting could take place, but AP quoted an anonymous White House official saying the meeting could happen within a week.“The Russians expressed their…

A legal professional, who specialises in complex tax disputes and is no stranger to the RSS and BJP, Aarti Sathe hit the headlines on Tuesday after she was recommended as a judge of the Bombay High Court on July 28. Born to middle-class Maharashtrian parents involved in the legal profession, Sathe has seen courts, cases, debates and legal drama since her growing days in Mumbai. While she has preferred to work from the background, the clamour over her appointment as a judge has seemingly unsettled her legal colleagues. “I do not want to comment on the politics but those attacking…

A drone hovers in airspace outside the safety perimeter surrounding St. Louis Lambert International Airport as an airliner approaches for a landing on March 10. Jeff Roberson/AP hide caption toggle caption Jeff Roberson/AP The Trump administration wants to make it easier for companies to use drones for business — from delivering coffee to inspecting power lines to working on farms. On Tuesday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced a proposal to lay out the process by which companies could be approved to use drones in U.S. airspace and the rules they would have to follow. In the past, commercial drone users…