May 16, 2026

US–EU tariff standoff: Treasury chief Scott Bessent warns Europe against Greenland retaliation; dismisses Nobel link as ‘canard’

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The US has cautioned European countries against retaliatory tariffs linked to President Donald Trump’s threatened levies over Greenland, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent describing such a response as ill-advised.Speaking to reporters on the opening day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Bessent said any retaliatory move by Europe would be “very unwise”, according to…

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Greenland dispute: Donald Trump says ‘something will work out’; cites ‘need’ for ‘national security’

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US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that a resolution could come up amid his repeated threats to seize Greenland, following a high-level meeting in Washington with officials from Denmark and the autonomous territory. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office after the talks, Trump said the United States had “a very good relationship with…

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Tamil Nadu polls: Udhayanidhi Stalin’s ‘don’t fear PM Modi or even his father’ remark sparks BJP backlash | India News

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NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin triggered a political uproar after he said that the DMK “neither fears the Prime Minister nor his father.”While addressing a DMK Youth Wing event in Coimbatore, Udhayanidhi said, “Whenever Modi appears on television, people get frightened about what he is going to announce. Demonetisation and the…

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Rolls of the dice

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Elections in single-engine states have a longer train of mishaps. West Bengal CM has raised the ‘bogie’ of derailment. Her CEC, Chief Election Complaint, is the Speciously Illogical Revision of rolls. Railing against it, she claims that the (real) EC has pressed ‘Del Alt Ctrl’, using SIR’s summary deletions to alter the electoral rolls and…

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Russia hit with fresh sanctions! European Union adds firms tied to Moscow’s shadow fleet to list; bans oil traders with connections

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The European Union has expanded its sanctions list on entities connected to Russia’s oil trade, with a new round of measures aimed at traders and shipping networks accused of enabling Moscow to continue crude exports despite Western restrictions.The new sanctions name oil traders Murtaza Lakhani and Etibar Eyyub, who, according to EU, were involved in…

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10 mysteries hidden beneath the ocean floor that scientists still can’t explain

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Our oceans encompass over 70 per cent of the Earth’s surface area; however, the depths of the oceans represent one of mankind’s most mysterious frontiers. Under thousands of meters of water and tremendous pressure are many geological anomalies, biological marvels, and historically mysterious things that defy our existing scientific knowledge. Examples of this are the…

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