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China has warned the US that it could retaliate if Washington significantly expands secondary sanctions on Chinese companies doing business with Iran China has warned that it could take retaliatory measures if the United States significantly expands secondary sanctions targeting Chinese companies doing business with Iran, according to reporting by the Financial Times.The warning came...

If confirmed, it would mark Ratcliffe’s first known trip to Russia since becoming CIA director A US Air Force C-17 military transport aircraft landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport on Tuesday, triggering speculation over who was aboard and why the aircraft had flown to Russia at a time when US-Russia contacts over the Ukraine war have...

Trump revived his ’51st state jab’ against Canada in his criticism over the collapse of talks Canada on Tuesday announced retaliatory tariffs of up to 50% on about $27.6 billion worth of US goods, escalating the trade war between the two neighbours after trade negotiations between Ottawa and Washington collapsed.The new measures, which will take...

NEW DELHI: Former Chief of Defence Staff Anil Chauhan on Tuesday said India may have hit Pakistan’s Kirana Hills during Operation Sindoor last year, but the strike was unintentional.Speaking at the ‘VIMARSH’ event on Operation Sindoor and its aftermath at the Vivekanand International Foundation, Chauhan said Indian loitering missions sent to search for radars around...

NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday defended actor Kriti Sanon amid criticism of her outfit in a Raksha Bandhan advertisement, saying “what women wears is her choice.”In a post on Instagram, Gandhi said, “What a woman wears, what she does and where she goes – is her choice.”...

New Zealand introduced brown trout for sport fishing When British settlers packed thousands of brown trout ova onto ships bound for the Antipodes in 1867, they hoped to recreate the sport fishing they knew from Europe. Over the next five decades, acclimatisation societies bred and released more than 60 million brown trout into waterways across...

Still from video aired by Iranian media The US Secret Service has acknowledged being aware of a video being broadcast by Iranian state media that appeared to threaten the life of Barron Trump. They have stated that they are investigating the footage as a potential threat to a protected person.The nearly three-minute video, aired over...

US widened sanctions on Iran, targeting four India-based companies and three Indian nationals for importing Iranian petroleum products The TOI correspondent from Washington: Four India-based companies – and three Indian nationals associated with two of them – have been swept into the Trump administration’s new economic offensive against Iran, adding a potentially combustible new layer...

Sri Lanka’s Sonal Dinusha, assisted by a support staff member, on the third day of the second test match between India and Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, in Colombo on Tuesday. (ANI) TimesofIndia.com in Colombo: The setting during the final hour resembled that of the second day. The sky suddenly darkened, and...

Sri Lanka’s Sonal Dinusha plays a shot on the third day of the second Test. (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka’s Sonal Dinusha has entered an elite group of batters after becoming only the third player to score 80 or more in each of his first three Test innings against India, joining West Indies great...