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With fragile Gaza ceasefire taking hold, Trump says he’s now looking to ‘get Russia done’

By Odisha News Online Oct 16, 2025 80

WASHINGTON, OCT 16 : With a fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage deal holding, US President Donald Trump says he’s now turning his attention to bringing Russia’s war on Ukraine to an end and is weighing providing Kyiv long-range weaponry as he looks to prod Moscow to the negotiating table. Ending the wars in Ukraine and […]Continue Reading

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Trump announces 100% tariffs on pharmaceutical drugs, 50% on kitchen cabinets, furniture and 25% on heavy trucks

By Odisha News Online Sep 26, 2025 246

WASHINGTON, SEP 26 : President Donald Trump has said that he will put import taxes of 100 per cent on pharmaceutical drugs, 50 per cent on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities, 30 per cent on upholstered furniture and 25 per cent on heavy trucks starting on October 1. The posts on his social media site […]Continue Reading

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Assassination of Charlie Kirk adds to America’s roll call of public violence

By Odisha News Online Sep 11, 2025 301

WASHINGTON, SEP 11 : In the tragic roll call of violence in American public life, Charlie Kirk’s name joins what has fast become a long list. The influential 31-year old commentator, who cast his young professional life rousing other young people to embrace or debate his brand of conservatism, was slain doing what he does […]Continue Reading

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Trump’s personal rapport with Modi ‘gone now’, says former US NSA Bolton

By Odisha News Online Sep 4, 2025 338

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, SEP 4 : President Donald Trump had a very good personal relationship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but “that’s gone now”, US’ former National Security Adviser John Bolton has said, cautioning that close ties with the American leader “won’t protect” world leaders from the “worst”. Bolton’s remarks Continue Reading

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We get along with India very well but relationship was ‘one-sided’: Donald Trump

By Odisha News Online Sep 3, 2025 304

NEW YORK,SEP 3 :  Washington US President Donald Trump said America gets along with India very well but the relationship was “one-sided” for many years since New Delhi was charging Washington “tremendous tariffs”. “No, we get along with India very well,” Trump said in the White House on Tuesday in response to a question on […]Continue Reading

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Trump claims ‘five jets were shot down’ in India-Pak standoff; renews claim of halting conflict

By Odisha News Online Jul 19, 2025 207

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, JUL 19 : In a fresh claim, US President Donald Trump said “five jets were shot down” during the conflict between India and Pakistan in May and repeated his assertion that the fighting ended following his intervention. The US president did not specify whether the jets were lost by either of the two […]Continue Reading

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Iran-Israel conflict: Tehran announces cessation of hostilities, says fought till last moment of ceasefire; Israel’s response awaited

By Odisha News Online Jun 24, 2025 356

WASHINGTON, JUN 24 : President Donald Trump on Monday declared the “12 day war” between Israel and Iran was set to end in a ceasefire, holding the announcement out as validation for his strategic gamble of ordering a devastating U.S. airstrike over the weekend on three Iranian nuclear sites. “It has been fully agreed by […]Continue Reading

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Elon Musk leaving Trump administration after criticising president’s ‘big beautiful bill’

By Odisha News Online May 29, 2025 247

WASHINGTON, MAY 29 : Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy. His departure, announced Wednesday evening, marks the end of a turbulent chapter that included thousands of layoffs, the evisceration of government agencies and reams of litigation. […]Continue Reading

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‘It’s economic lunacy’: Tens of thousands march in US against Trump ‘devastation’

By Odisha News Online Apr 6, 2025 363

WASHINGTON, APR 6: Tens of thousands of protesters flooded the streets of major US cities on Saturday to oppose the divisive policies of President Donald Trump, in the largest demonstrations since his return to the White House. Opponents of the Republican president’s policies — from government staffing cuts to trade tariffs and eroding civil liberties […]Continue Reading

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Prime Minister Modi meets Tulsi Gabbard; calls her ‘strong votary’ of India-US friendship

By Odisha News Online Feb 13, 2025 369

WASHINGTON, FEB13 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Tulsi Gabbard, US Director of National Intelligence, and discussed various aspects of ties between the two countries with focus on enhancing intelligence cooperation in counter-terrorism and emerging threats. Modi also congratulated Hindu-American Gabbard on her confirmation as the nation’s top intelligence Continue Reading