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Trump, Putin hold ‘highly productive’ talks as US pushes for end to Russia-Ukraine war

The US President emphasized the urgent need to halt the war’s human toll, stating that both the leaders in a “lengthy and highly productive” phone call agreed to “stopping the millions of deaths taking place in the war between Russia and Ukraine.”

UK follows Trump's footsteps, cracks down on illegal migrants

The UK Home Office reported that it raided 828 premises this year which is a 48% rise as compared to January 2024. It also released a video showing illegal immigrants who are to be deported being taken off a bus and climbing the stairs of the plane.

Trump declares Feb 9 as ‘Gulf of America Day’ after he renames ‘Gulf of Mexico’

The White House in a post on X informed that Air Force One, while on the way to the Super Bowl in New Orleans, flew over the international waters for “the first time in history flying over the recently renamed Gulf of America”.

Netanyahu hails Trump’s ‘revolutionary, creative’ Gaza plan, German Chancellor calls it ‘scandal’

Last week, Trump sparked a diplomatic backlash after he proposed to move the Gazans out of the territory to other countries in the region, while the United States would take charge of redeveloping it turning it into "the Riviera of the Middle East.”

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US will impose 25% tariff on all steel and aluminium imports: Donald Trump

In his first tenure, Trump imposed a 25% tariff on steel while it was 10% on aluminium. He had, however, granted duty-free quotas to several partners like Canada, Mexico, and Brazil.

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After 491 days in captivity, freed Israeli man returns home to find his wife, daughters dead

Eli Sharabi was among three hostages freed by Hamas as part of the latest prisoner exchange deal, which saw Israel release 183 Palestinian prisoners under an internationally brokered ceasefire agreement.

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Trade, defense to dominate Modi-Trump meeting in US next week

In a sign of the bipartisan US support for the partnership with India, Modi would be among the first world leaders to visit the US in the first few weeks of the second Trump administration, said Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri.