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US Justice department asks court to deny Trump plea over FBI search

The Biden administration on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to steer clear of a legal fight over classified documents seized during an FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Florida estate. The high court is weighing an emergency appeal from Trump asking it to overturn a lower court ruling and permit an independent arbiter, or special master, to review the roughly 100 documents with classified markings that were taken in the August 8 search of Mar-a-Lago. The Justice Department said in a 32-page filing that Trump's claim has no merit, noting the case involves extraordinarily sensitive government records. A three-judge panel from the Atlanta-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit last month limited the special master's review to the much larger tranche of non-classified documents. The judges, including two Trump appointees, sided with the Justice Department, which had argued there was no legal basis for the special master to conduct his own review of the classified

Gambia police link child deaths to cough syrup imported by US firm

The deaths of 69 children from acute kidney injury in Gambia is linked to four cough syrups made in India and imported into the West African country via a US-based pharma firm, the Gambian police said

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to travel to India in November

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen here on Tuesday announced to travel to India next month to attend the ninth edition of US India Economic and Financial Partnership, asserting that the US-India relationship is critical to addressing the world's most important global economic challenges. I am glad to announce today that in November ahead of the G20 meetings, I will take my first trip to India as Treasury Secretary, to attend the US-India Economic and Financial Partnership, our ninth partnership meeting, Yellen told reporters at the top of her bilateral meeting with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. This partnership, she said, not only is vital to their core economic interests but also demonstrates to their citizens and the world that democracies deliver. It illustrates the close bonds between our two countries, from the Quad partnership to our strong bilateral economic relationship, and the cultural ties from the Indian diaspora in the US, she said. Sitharaman is on a ...

Energy rate, availability among short-term challenges for India: Sitharaman

Energy prices and availability are among the biggest problems facing the Indian economy in the near future, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said

Advanced nations must take responsibility for global spillover: Sitharaman

Cautioning the West against imposing sanctions on countries, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said in the near-term, advanced nations must take responsibility for the "global spillover" of their political and economic policy decisions. Sitharaman arrived here earlier in the day to attend the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. The finance minister during her five-day visit will also hold a bilateral meeting with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. "That international cooperation is needed more than ever is to state the obvious," she said in her prepared speech at the Brookings Institute think-tank. In the near-term, advanced nations must take responsibility for the global spillover of their political and economic policy decisions and put in place safety nets rather than impose sanctions on nations who are merely fulfilling their moral and democratic obligations for their people, Sitharaman said. Sitharaman's remarks assum

Credit Suisse faces US tax probe, Senate inquiry over accounts: Report

Credit Suisse's main banking unit pleaded guilty in 2014, admitting it helped thousands of Americans evade taxes. It paid $2.6 billion under that deal

Uber, Lyft slump as US proposal on workers a potential blow to gig economy

The US Labor Department's proposal will require workers to be considered a company's employees when they are 'economically dependent' on the company

Biden vows air defense systems for Ukraine after missile attacks by Russia

Joe Biden pledged to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the United States will provide Ukraine with advanced air systems after a devastating missile barrage from Russia

West saw military dictatorship in region as preferred partner: Jaishankar

India has a substantial inventory of Soviet and Russian-origin weapons because the Western countries opted a military dictatorship in the region as its preferred partner and did not supply weapons to New Delhi for decades, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday, in an apparent reference to Pakistan. During a joint press meet with his Australian counterpart Penny Wong here, Jaishankar also said that India and Russia have a long-standing relationship that has certainly served New Delhi's interests well. "We have a substantial inventory of Soviet and Russian-origin weapons. And that inventory actually grew for a variety of reasons. You know, the merits of the weapons systems themselves, but also because for multiple decades, Western countries did not supply weapons to India, and in fact, saw a military dictatorship next to us as the preferred partner," Jaishankar said, in an apparent reference to Pakistan, which was a close ally of the US-led West during the Cold ...

Nasdaq falls as US export controls on China weigh on chip stocks

US bond market shut for Columbus Day holiday; S&P 500 tech sector leads declines

Sitharaman to leave for US on Tuesday to attend IMF, World Bank meetings

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will leave for the United States on Tuesday to attend the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank, which are likely to deliberate on the current global economic situation. She will also attend the meetings of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, besides having interaction with business leaders and investors. During her 6-day visit to the US from October 11-16, the minister would meet US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and World Bank President David Malpass separately to discuss the issues of mutual interest. Bilateral meetings with several countries, including Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Bhutan, New Zealand, Egypt, Germany, Mauritius, UAE, Iran and the Netherlands are also part of the minister's itinerary. Besides, one-on-one meetings are also scheduled with leaders and heads of OECD, the European Commission and UNDP. "Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman will be travelling to

US issues travel advisories for India; maintains same level since Mar 28

The United States has issued four travel advisories for India this year and since March 28 maintained the same low Level 2 exercise increased caution for its citizens planning to travel to the country. Introduced several years ago, the American travel advisories maintained and issued by the Department of State is now broadly bifurcated into four different colour-coded levels from 1 to 4, with one (white) being the safest place to travel and four (red) being the no travel zone recommended for its citizens. Yellow-coloured Level 2 which advises Americans to exercise increased caution has been the travel advisory for India since March 28 of this year, when the State Department lowered it from Level 3 travel advisory of January 24. In Level 3, the US advises its citizens to reconsider their travel to that particular country. The travel advisory for India has mostly been Level 2 and a few times Level 3. It was put into Level 4 category at the peak of the COVID-19 crisis in April ...

Russia's FM Lavrov again warns US and other 'sponsors' of Kiev regime

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned the United States and other 'sponsors' of the Kiev regime against deeper involvement in the situation as parties to the conflict.

US aims to hobble China's chip industry with sweeping new export rules

The raft of measures could amount to the biggest shift in U.S. policy toward shipping technology to China since the 1990s

India, US condemns North Korea's missile launch, calls it regional threat

India has joined the US in condemning North Korea's missile launches as a threat to the international community

Risk of nuke 'Armageddon' highest since 1962 crisis, says Joe Biden

Biden said the prospect of defeat could make Putin desperate enough to use nuclear weapons, the biggest risk since US

US sanctions Asian firms over N.Korean fuel shipments amid missile launch

In the midst of increasingly aggressive North Korean missile launches this week, the US on Friday imposed sanctions on people and firms in Asia accused of helping North Korea procure fuel in violation of UN sanctions. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control targeted two people and three firms from Singapore, Taiwan and the Marshall Islands. The US accused them of moving fuel through an "illicit ship-to-ship transfer" that circumvents United Nations sanctions restricting the import of petroleum products and supports the development of North Korea's weapons programmes and military. The sanctions are the first directed toward the isolated Asian country since the start of its most recent round of missile launches six rounds of tests in less than two weeks. North Korea also flew 12 warplanes near its border with South Korea on Thursday, prompting the South to scramble 30 military aircraft in response, Seoul officials said. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said North Korea continu

Pak Army chief Gen Bajwa discusses India, China with US officials

Pakistan Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa discussed matters related to India, China, Afghanistan in his meetings with top US administration officials on his recent visit to Washington

Secretive Chinese chip startup may help Huawei circumvent US sanctions

The Chinese technology giant is providing support to a startup in its hometown of Shenzhen that has ordered chipmaking equipment -- including from foreign suppliers -- for a semiconductor manufacturin

Apple made illegal anti-union threats in Oklahoma, alleges complaint

Apple is violating federal labor law by engaging in surveillance and interrogation of employees, according to the CWA's claim