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PM Modi’s Asia strategy with RCEP, Japan, and China shields India’s economy, while Donald Trump rages with futile tariffs and Navarro’s taunts, revealing Washington’s frustration as India charts its sovereign path beyond American pressure
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The RCEP came into effect in 2022, and its tariff phase-downs and cumulation procedures are already reshaping Asian supply chains.
PM Modi, on his Japan visit, was gifted a Daruma Doll by Rev Seishi Hirose at Shorinzan Temple in Takasaki, a symbol of Bodhidharma from Kancheepuram, embodying Zen, resilience, and the timeless cultural bond between India and Japan
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The Indian connection to the Daruma Doll lies in its very origin, the figure of Bodhidharma, the Zen Buddhist monk from India.
Trump’s tariff war backfires, pushing India and China closer as Xi Jinping’s secret letter to Droupadi Murmu sparks Modi’s renewed outreach to Beijing, with Jaishankar and Adani paving the way ahead of a high-stakes SCO summit in Tianjin
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In March, China initiated diplomatic communications, with President Xi Jinping expressing concerns about US deals.
Trans shooter Robert Robin Westman unleashed terror at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, killing 2 children, injuring 17, scrawling “Kill Donald Trump,” “Mashallah,” and “Nuke India” on guns, leaving behind a chilling hate manifesto
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The mass shooting in Minneapolis is now being investigated as an act of 'domestic terrorism' and 'hate crime targeting Catholics.'
Several countries including India, Japan, Australia, Taiwan, and Germany suspended parcel deliveries to the US after Trump ended the de minimis tariff exemption, disrupting global e-commerce, postal services, and millions of low-value shipments worldwide
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A long-running rule that allowed low-value goods to enter the USA without customs duty, known as the “de minimis” exemption, is set to end on coming Friday.
Eighty years after World War II, Taiwan and China remain locked in a fierce battle of history, as Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong’s legacies fuel today’s fight over Japan’s defeat, Taiwan’s sovereignty, and rising tensions across the Taiwan Strait
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CCP mouthpiece, People’s Daily, lamented that vigilance was needed against efforts to "distort and falsify the Chinese Communist Party's role as the country's backbone" in fighting against Japan
Trump said he is “very angry” at Ukraine for bombing the Druzhba pipeline, which halted Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia, as Orbán warned the EU that such strikes threaten Central Europe’s energy security and risk wider conflict
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The issue began with Orbán’s strongly worded note to Trump, where he emphasized Hungary’s reliance on the Druzhba line.
The US Embassy in India dismissed Donald Trump’s claim of $21M USAID voter turnout funding, confirming no electoral projects, only development aid, as all seven Partnership Agreements ended with USAID’s closure under Biden’s global foreign aid review
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In its response on 2 July 2025, the U.S. Embassy submitted data covering a decade of USAID funding in India.
In Alaska, Putin demanded all of Donetsk to end the war, Trump relayed the call for peace, but Zelensky stood firm, leaving Europe uneasy and the battlefield deadlocked in a high-stakes struggle that could decide Ukraine’s fate
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Following Alaska talks, Trump relayed Putin’s demand to Zelensky and European leaders, stressing a full peace deal instead of a ceasefire, as Donetsk’s fortified defences and strategic importance left Europe increasingly uneasy.
"No ceasefire, no deal, no breakthrough—just talk": Trump-Putin summit in Alaska ends without progress on the Russia-Ukraine war, as Zelensky condemns Ukraine’s exclusion while Trump hails it “10/10” and claims peace now rests on Kyiv’s shoulders
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The unusual warmth displayed by the two historical rivals during the meeting stood in contrast with the coldness of Trump's threats of imposing sanctions on Russia if it did not agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine.














