Peter Navarro, who is US President Donald Trump’s Senior Counsellor for Trade and Manufacturing, claimed in an interview to Bloomberg that “India is helping feed the Russian war machine”.
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Most new iPhones sold in the US are assembled in India, says Apple CEO Tim Cook, despite Trump bluster
Talking about the strong Q3 results in Cupertino, California, the Apple CEO said that India was now the main source of new iPhones produced for the US market, while iPhones made in China were destined more for non-US regions.
Trump tariff war: Political motives overwhelm commercial acuity
While many of these new US tariff rates are reciprocal — the United States is raising export barriers for countries that slap a high tariff on US imports into their own territories — many of them are political, with US President Donald Trump using tariffs to settle scores where his political intervention has not made much headway.
Key Arab nations condemn Oct 7 attack on Israel; join call for Hamas to “end its rule in Gaza”
The UN Declaration on the “Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution”, dated July 30, 2025, was a statement presented by the French Republic and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, co-chairs of at the UN High-Level International Conference on the Two-State Solution (July 28-30, 2025).
Facing USD 400 million funding cuts, Columbia University suspends, expels 80 students for pro-Palestine protests
The disciplinary action comes as the Manhattan-located university is negotiating with President Donald Trump’s administration to restore USD 400 million in federal funding it has withheld from the Ivy League school over its handling of student protests against the war in Gaza.
30 injured as car rams into Los Angeles club crowd; driver hospitalised with gunshot wound
Fire Capt. Adam Van Gerpen said that a line of people — mostly women — were waiting to enter a nightclub when they were struck by a Nissan Versa that also hit a taco truck and valet stand.
Krishna Das, American kirtan singer hailed as “chant master”, joins yoga project for favelas of Brazil
On July 9, a unique combination of Indian spirituality — yoga and kirtan — was experienced by the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, and at the centre of it was the renowned American kirtan singer Krishna Das, born Jeffrey Kagel.
51 killed in Texas flash floods; search on for 27 girls missing from camp
An AP report via PTI said that the flooding in Kerr County killed at least 43 people, including 15 children, and several more people died in nearby counties. The fast-moving waters rose 26 feet (8 metres) on the Guadalupe River in just 45 minutes before daybreak on July 4, washing away homes and vehicles.
Tehran thanks “freedom-loving” Indian people for support; admits “damage” to nuclear sites in US bombing
Speaking on the news channel Al Jazeera, Iranian spokesman Esmail Baghaei refused to go into details but conceded that the strikes by American B-2 bombers using bunker-buster bombs had been significant.
Special Olympics celebrates 1-year countdown to 2026 USA Games; announces USD 5 million BofA grant for athletes
The 3-year grant will support the infrastructure and growth of Special Olympics Athlete Leadership and Unified Leadership programming at the local, regional, national, and global levels, including expansion of the programming to Special Olympics’ Asia Pacific, Africa, and Latin America regions.
