US-China trade thaw? Beijing signals willingness to accept tariff level, seeks extension of truce

China has signalled that it is willing to accept a certain level of US tariffs while pushing for an extension of the ongoing trade truce with Washington, a move that could indicate further stabilisation in ties between the world’s two largest economies, Bloomberg reported.According to a statement issued by China’s Commerce Ministry on Wednesday, Beijing…

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Who is Haji Najibullah? Ex-Taliban commander sentenced to 42 years for killings of US soldiers, kidnapping of journalists

A former Taliban commander has been sentenced to 42 years in prison for supporting attacks that killed three US soldiers and for his role in the kidnapping of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Rohde and two others in Afghanistan.The sentence was handed down on Tuesday in Manhattan. It brings a close to a case that combined…

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Private universities are filing weak patent applications to improve their rankings. The government should change the rules. The S&P 500 is one of the world’s best-known stock market indexes. The companies in it are worth about $70 trillion altogether. But here is something interesting: about 92% of their value now comes not from things such…

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Jasprit Bumrah faces key fitness test before Afghanistan T20Is as Prince Yadav emerges as backup | Cricket News

Jasprit Bumrah and Prince Yadav (Agency Image) New Delhi: As the Indian team awaits Jasprit Bumrah’s fitness reports ahead of the T20I series against Afghanistan next week and the subsequent Asian Games, the national selectors have identified Prince Yadav as a probable backup.TOI understands that Bumrah, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Washington Sundar and Harshit Rana are…

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US wholesale inflation data: Producer prices rise 4% as Iran war fuels energy surge, Fed faces policy dilemma

US wholesale prices rose sharply in March as the Iran war drove up energy costs, adding to inflation pressures and complicating the Federal Reserve’s policy outlook.Producer prices, which measure inflation at the wholesale level before it reaches consumers, rose 0.5% from February and 4% from March 2025, marking the biggest annual increase in more than…

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