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Roving Periscope: Now, Trump tries a Zelenskyy on SA President Ramaphosa

May 22, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In 1936, Dale Carnegie penned his world-famous self-help book How to Win Friends and Influence People. Nine decades on, if US President Donald Trump writes a similar book, its title could well be…How to Lose Friends and Make Enemies! For, ever since he returned to the White House on January […]

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Growth: India’s projection up 0.2%, China’s down 0.3%, says Fitch Ratings

May 22, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Global rating agency Fitch Ratings has raised India’s medium-term growth potential by 0.2 percentage points to 6.4 per cent, and reduced China’s growth projection from 4.6 percent by 0.3 percent to 4.3 percent, the media reported on Thursday. The changes are part of Fitch’s revised assessment of potential GDP growth […]

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Trump confronts South Africa’s Ramaphosa with false claims of white genocide

May 22, 2025 revoi editor

U.S. President Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday with explosive false claims of white genocide and land seizures during a tense White House meeting that was reminiscent of his February ambush of Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy. South Africa has one of the highest murder rates in the world, but the overwhelming […]

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Aid trucks enter Gaza after delays, as pressure mounts on Israel

May 22, 2025 revoi editor

Israel allowed 100 aid trucks carrying flour, baby food and medical equipment into the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Israeli military said, as UN officials reported that distribution issues had meant that no aid had so far reached people in need. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would be open to a temporary ceasefire to […]

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Operation Sindoor: Indian parliamentary team in Tokyo to rally support against terrorism

May 22, 2025 revoi editor

A high-level all-party parliamentary delegation, led by Janata Dal (United) MP Sanjay Kumar Jha, reached Tokyo on Thursday as part of a five-nation diplomatic outreach under ‘Operation Sindoor’. The initiative is aimed at highlighting India’s firm stance against cross-border terrorism following the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam. “An all-party parliamentary delegation led by Hon’ble […]

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Trump Unveils $175B Golden Dome Missile Defense System, Cites China and Russia Threats

May 21, 2025 revoi editor

President of the United States Donald Trump said on Tuesday he had selected a design for the $175-billion Golden Dome missile defense shield and named a Space Force general to head the ambitious program aimed at blocking threats from China and Russia. The program, first ordered by Trump in January, aims to create a network […]

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Spendthrift America: IMF warns the US of mounting deficit, recession

May 21, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) controversially bailed out a broke Pakistan amid its low-cost war against India, and a day after America announced the development of a Golden Dome worth USD 175 billion to protect itself from China and Russia, the global lender has warned Washington to curb […]

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Correcting course: After appeasing the US, Pak vows to ‘deepen’ ties with China also

May 21, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Rattled over reports that China, its “all-weather ally”, is outraged with Islamabad suddenly beseeching Washington early this month for help against India, Pakistan has now declared it would ‘deepen’ ties with China. In particular, according to reports, Beijing was angry with Islamabad for hinting that the ‘substandard’ Chinese and Turkish […]

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Roving Periscope: Trump’s Golden Dome may ape Reagan’s Star Wars!

May 21, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: America’s objective has remained the same, although its enemies are different. Then, it was the Soviet Union; now it’s China plus Russia. Aiming to defend the USA and galaxy, no less, Republican President Ronald Reagan, on March 23, 1983, in a televised address to the nation, announced his plans to […]

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Trump tariffs: India well-positioned to deal with negative effects, says Moody’s Ratings

May 21, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Dispelling fears in some quarters, Moody’s Ratings said on Wednesday that India is well-positioned to deal with the negative effects of the current US tariffs and global trade disruptions as domestic growth drivers and low dependence on exports anchor the Indian economy. The media reported that government initiatives to boost […]