THE BALD MAN has not moved for more than three years. She arrived to take on a cargo of sunflower oil on the day before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and, along with 28 other foreign-owned vessels, has been trapped in the port of Mykolaiv, some 60km from the front line, ever…
India’s aviation regulator should initiate the process of testing the airworthiness of China-built mid-range passenger aircraft C919. This would be a subtle hint that India is not exactly pleased with the tariff war that US President Donald Trump has declared against the world, despite the muted official response from New Delhi. Such a move would…
Is everything well—or not so well—between the Congress and its MP from Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor? The erudite Congress MP has now praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the second time since February. On Tuesday, at the Raisina Dialogue 2025, Tharoor admitted he was left with “egg on his face” for criticising India’s stance on the…
At the World Bank, he installed David Malpass but otherwise left the institution untouched. He kept David Lipton, an advisor to Democrats, in place as the IMF’s number two official, an appointment that is traditionally the prerogative of US presidents. Also Read: Data at threat: The Trump administration’s war on statistics won’t end we Trump’s…
When you make a pact with the devil, he always comes back to get his due. I wish Volodymyr Zelensky had remembered this before getting into a confrontation with Russia. Had that been the case, his country would have saved itself from ruin. What the Ukrainians are subject to today is the result of a…
Although only a few hundred deportees so far have been of Indian origin, there are serious implications for Indian labour market entrants. Nation states across the globe are now squarely responsible for providing jobs and livelihoods for populations within their respective borders. Also Read: America’s H-1B visa is vital to US interests—and suits India too…
US President Donald Trump and his vice-president, J.D. Vance, are spinning Friday’s Oval Office clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a show of American strength towards an ungrateful supplicant. However, their joint dressing down of Zelensky will go down in history and live in infamy as a shameful moment of American betrayal. Trump and…
Bluntly speaking, power is defined as the ability to bend others to one’s will. The limits of America’s are being tested, as evident in Friday’s showdown at the White House between Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump (along with Vice-President J.D. Vance). It was a global spectacle. Also Read: Mint Quick Edit |…
Ukraine’s European partners as well as other global leaders rallied behind President Volodymyr Zelenskyy while the White House touted support for President Donald Trump’s “American First strength” after a remarkable showdown in the Oval Office between the two leaders. Mr. Zelenskyy departed the White House on Friday (February 28, 2025) after an unprecedented verbal clash in…
A vehicle carrying the Russian delagation arrives at the residence of the U.S. Consul General in Istanbul, Turkey, on February 27, 2025 | Photo Credit: Reuters Russian and U.S. diplomats met in Istanbul on Thursday (February 27, 2025) to discuss normalising the operation of their respective embassies after years expelling each others’ diplomats. Kremlin spokesman…
