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Trumpistan: “Unacceptable blackmail,” says Brazil to US tariffs

July 18, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days after he hosted the BRICS Summit (July 6-7), Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday slammed his US counterpart Donald Trump’s threat to impose 50 percent tariffs on Latin America’s largest economy as “unacceptable blackmail.” Lula’s comments during a nationally televised speech were the latest in series […]

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Ukraine: EU sanctions to hit Rosneft’s Jamnagar refinery in India

July 18, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The European Union on Friday imposed sanctions on the India-based oil refinery of Russian energy giant Rosneft at Jamnagar (Gujarat), and lowered the oil price cap, as part of a new raft of measures against Russia over its war in Ukraine. The fresh sanctions package on Russia included new banking […]

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Roving Periscope: Pak woos the US; Washington junks LeT’s TRF!

July 18, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Desperately trying to salvage its image as a global pariah, Pakistan attempted to lure US President Donald Trump to visit Islamabad, only to end up with egg on its face. To rub salt in its wounds, Washington promptly added The Resistance Front (TRF), responsible for the April 22 massacre of […]

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US House Republicans pass Trump plan to cut foreign aid, public broadcasting

July 18, 2025 revoi editor

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives early on Friday passed President Donald Trump’s $9 billion funding cut to public media and foreign aid, sending it to the White House to be signed into law. The chamber voted 216 to 213 in favour of the funding cut package, altered by the Senate this week to exclude […]

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Piyush Goyal holds talks with Saudi investment minister to boost India-Saudi trade ties

July 18, 2025 revoi editor

Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal held talks on Thursday with Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Investment, Khalid Al-Falih, to strengthen trade and investment relations between the two countries. The virtual discussion focused on enhancing economic cooperation, promoting mutual growth, fostering innovation, and exploring avenues for long-term strategic collaboration. In a post on X, […]

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US designates outfit behind Pahalgam attack as Foreign Terrorist Organisation; India welcomes decision

July 18, 2025 revoi editor

The United States has designated The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of the Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) in response to the 22 April terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, that killed 26 people. Announcing the decision on Thursday, US Secretary of […]

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Israel strikes Gaza Catholic church, killing three

July 18, 2025 revoi editor

An Israeli strike on Gaza’s sole Catholic Church killed three people and injured several others, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which oversees the small parish, said on Thursday. The Patriarchate condemned “this targeting of innocent civilians and of a sacred place”, saying two women and one man had died in the attack on the Holy […]

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Martian meteorite sells for record $5.3 million at Sotheby’s

July 18, 2025 revoi editor

A 54-pound (24.5-kg) Martian meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars found on Earth has sold for $5.3 million at Sotheby’s, setting a new auction record for a meteorite. The auction on Wednesday for the rock known as NWA 16788 sparked a 15-minute bidding war between online and phone bidders. “This is an […]

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Pakistan: Ahead of his sons’ arrival to lead protests, Imran blames Munir

July 17, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Ahead of his two sons’ likely arrival from London to lead protests in Pakistan, Imran Khan is laying the ground for a potential showdown with the Shehbaz Sharif government, seeking his release from jail. Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi, who is in jail for over two years […]

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Baluchistan: Talking merger, BLA and BLF kill nearly 40 Pakistani soldiers

July 17, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) and the Baloch Liberation Front (BLF), discussing a merger while fighting against Pakistan to liberate Baluchistan, on Thursday, targeted Pakistani army soldiers in two separate incidents and killed nearly 40 soldiers, the media reported. The BLA’s Fateh Squad ambushed a military bus going from Karachi […]