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Roving Periscope: Trump to meet ‘frenemy’ Xi next week in Beijing—with little expectations

May 7, 2026 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: Amid the ongoing geopolitical circus in West Asia, the US imposing huge tariffs on China last year and blockading the Strait of Hormuz chiefly to halt the flow of Iranian oil to China recently, pulling Islamabad away from Beijing, and the Taiwan tensions, President Donald Trump will meet his Chinese […]

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US and Iran inch towards short-term deal to end fighting

May 7, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: The United States and Iran are edging toward a limited, temporary agreement to halt their war, sources and officials said on Thursday, with a draft framework that would stop the fighting but leave the most contentious issues unresolved. The emerging plan centres on a short-term memorandum rather than a comprehensive peace deal, underscoring […]

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Chinese exporters ‘numb’ to US threats as Trump set to visit

May 7, 2026 revoi editor

Shanghai [China]: President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing this month is none of her business, says Chinese salesperson Yu Yangxian, even though a large share of the electric lockers and vending machines sold by her company are destined for the United States. “As long as the United States continues to trade, it will have to […]

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Energy crisis front and centre as ASEAN leaders start summit

May 7, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: Conflicts far beyond Southeast Asia are expected to dominate discussions of leaders of the regional ASEAN bloc meeting in the Philippines, with the Middle East crisis posing significant challenges for its fuel import-dependent economies. The meetings on the island of Cebu on Thursday and Friday will include leaders and foreign and economic ministers […]

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Trump sees swift end to war as Iran reviews US peace proposal

May 7, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: U.S. President Donald Trump predicted a swift end to the war with Iran as Tehran considered a U.S. peace proposal that sources said would formally end the conflict while leaving unresolved key U.S. demands that Iran suspend its nuclear programme and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. An Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson cited by […]

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North Korea not bound to any treaty on non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, KCNA reports

May 7, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: North Korea is not bound to any treaty on non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, state media KCNA reported on Thursday, as Pyongyang continues to reject international pressure and sanctions to dismantle its nuclear programme. Kim Song, North Korea’s permanent representative to the United Nations, said in a statement that the U.S. and some countries […]

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Hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads to Spain after three people evacuated

May 7, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: A luxury cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak and marooned since Sunday off the coast of Cape Verde left for Spain on Wednesday, a Reuters witness said, after three people, two of them seriously ill, were evacuated. The MV Hondius, with nearly 150 people on board, is expected to dock in […]

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Promising Revolution Medicines pancreatic cancer drug has high rate of mostly manageable side effects

May 7, 2026 revoi editor

Austin [Texas]: An experimental drug from Revolution Medicines that nearly doubled survival time for patients with advanced pancreas cancer in clinical trials comes with a high rate of mostly low-grade side effects, researchers reported on Wednesday. The report from a first-in-human trial of daraxonrasib is the first peer-reviewed paper to show safety data for what […]

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Trump signs new counterterrorism strategy that focuses on hemispheric threats

May 7, 2026 revoi editor

Washington D.C.: President Donald Trump has signed a new national counterterrorism strategy that focuses in part on the “neutralization” of hemispheric threats and incapacitating cartel operations, top White House adviser Sebastian Gorka said on Wednesday. Gorka, the White House counterterrorism director, told reporters Trump signed the document on Tuesday “driven by the principle that America […]

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Zelenskiy accuses Russia of spurning ceasefire proposed by Kyiv

May 7, 2026 revoi editor

New Delhi: Ukraine accused Russia of flouting a Kyiv-proposed ceasefire on Wednesday by carrying out dozens of battlefield assaults, air strikes and drone attacks in what President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described as Moscow’s “obvious spurning” of peace. Zelenskiy had floated the cessation, starting on May 6, in response to Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s own proposed ceasefire […]

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