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....ollowing are the top foreign stories at 1700 hours<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 5-3-2025<BR>PTI<BR>FGN54 US-TRUMP-SPEECH-INDIA-LD TARIFFS Trump criticises high tariffs charged by India, announces reciprocal tariffs from April 2 New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump criticised the high tariffs charged by India and other countries, terming them as “very unfair” and announced reciprocal....
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.... tariffs from April 2 on nations that impose levies on American goods. FGN48 US-TRUMP-SPEECH-UKRAINE Strong signals from Russia it is ready for peace, Ukraine ready to come to negotiating table: Trump New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump said he has received "strong signals" from Russia that it is ready for peace and that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has written to h....
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....im saying his country is ready to come to the negotiating table and also sign an agreement on minerals and security. FGN44 US-TRUMP-AFGHAN-TERRORIST Terrorist responsible for 2021 Kabul airport bombing being extradited to face justice in US: President Trump New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump said a "top terrorist" responsible for the August 2021 bombing at Kabul airport as Am....
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....erican forces withdrew from Afghanistan has been apprehended and is being brought to the country to face justice. FGN68 BANGLA-YUNUS-HASINA B'desh got 'no official response' from India on Hasina's extradition request: Yunus Dhaka, Mar 5 (PTI) Bangladesh interim government's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has said that Dhaka had sent "formal letters" to India seeking deposed prime minister S....
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....heikh Hasina's extradition but received "no official response" from New Delhi. FGN62 CHINA-DEFENCE-LD BUDGET China hikes defence budget to USD 249 billion amid hectic military modernisation Beijing: China on Wednesday announced a 7.2 per cent increase of its national defence budget totalling to USD 249 billion this year amid its hectic efforts to modernise armed forces, including fast pa....
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....ced development of warships and new generation fighter jets. FGN50 CHINA-GROWTH-LD TARGET China fixes 'challenging' five per cent GDP target for this year amid Trump tariff war Beijing: China’s parliament on Wednesday opened its annual session with the government setting a five per cent growth target for its economy struggling with slowdown amid escalating trade war with the US and sta....
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....gnant domestic consumption. FGN69 US-INDIAN NURSE-ATTACKED Indian-origin nurse attacked by patient in Florida, could lose eyesight Houston: A 67-year-old Indian-origin nurse was repeatedly punched in the face by a patient at a Florida hospital in a possible hate crime that could lead to her losing her eyesight, local media has reported. FGN65 PAK-SHARIF-TERRORISM Shehbaz Sharif t....
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....hanks Trump for 'acknowledging' Pakistan's role in counter terrorism efforts Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday thanked US President Donald Trump for “acknowledging and appreciating” Pakistan's role in counter terrorism efforts after the country arrested a leading terrorist. PY PY<BR> News - Press release - PIB....