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In this June 12, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sentosa Island, in Singapore. (AP)

No need to sit for talks with US: North Korea

North Korea thinks meeting with Trump would be nothing more than “a political tool” for Washington

04 Jul 2020 12:52 PM

Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg departed the United States on Wednesday, hitching a ride to Europe aboard a catamaran to attend a UN climate summit in Madrid. (Photo: File)

'We sail for home!' Greta Thunberg on her way to UN climate summit

During her trip, Greta excoriated world leaders at the United Nations, met former US president Barack Obama.

14 Nov 2019 9:42 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday presented a brief blue-print for further expansion of India's multi-sectoral engagement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), one of the most influential groupings for trade and investment globally. (Photo: File)

PM Modi favours expansion of ties between India and ASEAN

The 10 member countries of ASEAN are Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia.

03 Nov 2019 1:20 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who left for Bangkok on Saturday, said India will consider whether its concerns and interests in trade in goods, services, and investments are being fully accommodated when he attends the meeting of the RCEP there. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

Will see whether interests fully being accommodated in RCEP: PM

Modi would be travelling to Bangkok to participate in the 16th ASEAN-India Summit on November 3.

02 Nov 2019 11:15 AM

The goal was to bring together a peer-group of innovators, who could share their insights and learnings and outline their vision for the role technology will play to make our lives more convenient.

Swiggy hosts Gigabytes, a hyperlocal innovation summit

Technology and AI to help bring the vision of solving convenience to life.

19 Oct 2019 11:30 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Thiruvidanthai village near Kovalam town, where he was received by Tamil Nadu Minister K Pandiarajan. (Photo: Twitter/ ANI)

Xi arrives in Tamil Nadu, to meet PM Modi soon in Mamallapuram

Earlier in 2014, Modi had welcomed the Chinese President at Ahmedabad.

11 Oct 2019 9:19 AM

On Friday, millions of young people all over the world joined Thunberg in a climate strike that she led from New York. (Photo: AFP)

Watch: Climate activist Greta Thunberg's frown as Donald Trump passes her

Thunberg had made an emotional statement on a panel at the summit, in which she had repeatedly asked world leaders, ‘How dare you?’

24 Sep 2019 7:51 PM

Russia's Prime Minister on Monday gave formal support to the Paris climate agreement, just hours ahead of a key summit trying to tackle ever increasing gas emissions. (Photo: File)

Russia joins Paris climate accord ahead of key summit

While many countries will be present at the summit at the head of state level, Russia is only sending a deputy environment minister.

24 Sep 2019 12:16 PM

Ahead of a massive military exercise planned along the China border by India, soldiers of Indian and Chinese Army were engaged in a face-off near the northern bank of Pangong Tso Lake in Ladakh but disengaged after talks between the two sides there. (Representational Image)

Indian, Chinese Army engage in face-off in Ladakh month ahead of Xi-Modi summit

Both the sides stake claim over the more than 130 km which extends between both India and Chinese controlled Tibet area.

12 Sep 2019 10:20 AM

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has reiterated the need to resolve all outstanding issues with India through dialogue. (Photo: File)

Imran Khan reiterates need for dialogue with India amid spiralling tensions

According to sources, Khan and Modi did not exchange pleasantries during the dinner hosted on the sidelines of the two-day summit.

14 Jun 2019 10:23 AM

This year's summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will be held in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek on June 13-14 where Modi and Xi are scheduled to meet and discuss bilateral and international issues. (Photo: File)

Xi, Modi may discuss US' trade protectionism in Bishkek: China

After the Wuhan summit, both the countries stepped up efforts to improve relations in different spheres including military-to-military ties.

10 Jun 2019 10:50 AM

While addressing media at the White House Trump said that as long as there's not testing, he is in no rush to denuclearise North Korean peninsula. (Photo: File)

‘No rush to denuclearise Korean peninsula’: Trump

The US President's remarks come ahead of the second summit with N Korean leader, slated to be held on February 27 and 28 in Vietnam.

20 Feb 2019 1:28 PM

The beer has been in high demand since it hit the shelves nationwide a few days ago. (Photo: AP)

Finnish brewery creates quirky beer for Trump-Putin summit

Samples have also been delivered to the US and Russian embassies in Helsinki.

15 Jul 2018 7:30 PM

For climbers, K-2 is also considered particularly difficult, after Mount Everest (Photo: AP)

First US woman summits K-2 in Pakistan

The 52-year-old, along with international team of 12 climbers, summited K-2's 28,251 feet or 8,610 meters on July 28 despite bad weather.

12 Aug 2017 10:53 AM

A record 373 foreign climbers have been cleared to scale Everest from the south side during a narrow window of good weather this month

Everest braces for record number of summit attempts

The number of climbers issued with permits for Everest this spring is the highest ever

05 May 2017 7:41 AM

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