In July 2025, Etihad added five new aircraft, including its first A321LR, in its largest monthly delivery ever/ Image: Etihad Etihad Airways has outlined bold ambitions for the near future, announcing plans to deliver high-speed 100 Mbps Wi-Fi across its entire fleet within two to three years, while posting a solid first-half 2025 profit of…
TOI correspondent from Washington: Like a spurned lover not invited to a wedding party, US President Donald Trump took a dig at China and its post-SCO victory parade as American strategists warned about the palpable shift in global balance of power arising partly from his tariff war. In an unfiltered social media post on Wednesday…
Ro Khanna urges Indian-Americans to speak up on the issue of tariff, faces backlash. Indian-origin Congressman Ro Khanna faces online backlash after he criticized President Donald Trump’s 50% tariffs on India. The Democrat Congressman said Trump had been destroying the US-India strategic partnership because Modi refused to nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize. Khanna…
MAGA commentators are up in arms against Indians getting work visa in the US as the two countries are engaged in tariff battle. Amid a renewed call for scrapping H-1B visa programs to target Indians as US and India are locked in a bitter battle over tariff, Indian-origin entrepreneur Karl Mehta schooled MAGA commentator Charlie…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shook hands with Woo Won-shik, the speaker of South Korea’s National Assembly, on Wednesday, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported, citing Woo’s office.The handshake took place before the start of a military parade in China marking the anniversary of Japan’s formal surrender in World War Two.Yonhap said Woo was…
Vladimir Putin, Xi Jingpin and Kim Jong Un (AP image) Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday presided over a major military parade in Beijing to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. In his address, Xi described China as “unstoppable” as he opened the event. “The rejuvenation of the Chinese nation…
A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that US president Donald Trump cannot invoke an 18th-century wartime law to accelerate the deportation of individuals accused of belonging to a Venezuelan gang. The three-judge panel of the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals, one of the nation’s most conservative appellate courts, blocked a major administration policy…
Thailand Acting PM Phumtham Wechayachai (Image: X/Phumtham Wechayachai) Thailand’s acting Prime Minister Phumtham Wechayachai has moved to dissolve parliament, the ruling party said on Wednesday. This comes after the largest opposition bloc announced its support for a rival candidate for the top office.Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra was ousted last week by the Constitutional Court, creating…
A shocking case out of Welland has set social media ablaze. A 25-year-old man, Daniel “Dani” Senecal, has been charged with breaking into a family’s home and sexually assaulting their sleeping toddler, reported several media reports.Police and paramedics were called on Sunday, August 31, to a home near Crowland Avenue and York Street after first…
US treasury secretary Scott Bessent US treasury secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that the Donald Trump administration is considering declaring a national housing emergency to tackle high housing prices and limited supply.“We may declare a national housing emergency in the fall,” Bessent told the Washington Examiner, as quoted by Fox News.Bessent said that lower interest…