U.S. Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti. | Photo Credit: PTI Addressing the issues of visa backlogs, and recalling President Joe Biden’s order to reduce the visa time for Indians, the Ambassador of the United States to India, Eric Garcetti has said that the challenge is heard “loud and clear” and added that he is proud … Read more
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi | Photo Credit: AFP The United States and China butted heads over a number of contentious bilateral, regional and global issues as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met on April 26 with senior Chinese officials and warned of the dangers of … Read more
Former President Donald Trump met on April 18 in New York with Polish President Andrzej Duda, the latest in a series of meetings with foreign leaders as Europe braces for the possibility of a second Trump term. The presumptive Republican nominee hosted Mr. Duda at Trump Tower, where the two discussed the war in Ukraine … Read more
Former President Donald Trump walks out of the courtroom following the first day of jury selection at the Manhattan criminal court in New York on April 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Supreme Court on April 16 is taking up the first of two cases that could affect the criminal prosecution of former President … Read more
File picture of U.S. President Joe Biden with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | Photo Credit: Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden has told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the United States would not participate in any Israeli counter-offensive against Iran, a White House official said on Sunday. Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles … Read more
Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange protest on the day he appeals in a British court against his extradition to the United States, in Vienna, Austria February 20, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS President Joe Biden said on April 10 that he is considering a request from Australia to drop the decade-long U.S. push to … Read more
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida began a much-anticipated visit to Washington on Tuesday that spotlights shared concerns about provocative Chinese military action in the Pacific and at a rare moment of public difference between the two nations over a Japanese company’s plan to buy an iconic U.S. company. Kishida and his wife will stop by … Read more
Protesters take part in a rally in solidarity with Hong Kong residents, as the Article 23 national security laws come into force. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. has denounced Hong Kong’s new national security law as a tool to potentially silence dissent both at home and abroad, but so far the action from … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday, April 5, 2024, wrote to the leaders of Egypt and Qatar, calling on them to press Hamas for a hostage deal with Israel, according to a senior administration official, one day after Biden called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to redouble efforts to reach a cease-fire in the … Read more
One of the pillars of behavioral economics is the so-called prospect theory, the idea that the pain of a loss is far greater than the expectation of a gain. That insight, developed by Daniel Kahneman , winner of the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, was very much in evidence on Thursday as the … Read more