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EU strikes new trade deal with Ukraine covering farm imports BRUSSELS: The European Union said Monday it had agreed a new long-term trade deal with Ukraine, covering imports of food products from the war-torn country that have angered EU farmers.“With this modernised agreement, we are securing trade flows from Ukraine to Europe and global markets,”…

OpenAI’s high-profile IITian employee quits, to join Meta: Who is Indian-origin researcher Trapit Bansal? OpenAI looses on another high-stakes AI talent, Indian-origin researcher Trapit Bansal has exited OpenAI to join Meta. Bansal, an alumnus of IIT Kanpur and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, had been with OpenAI since 2022. During his time at…

US President Donald Trump (File Image) US President Donald Trump warned about a potential 68% tax hike if Congress fails to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which focuses on budget reconciliation.“Republicans, the One Big Beautiful Bill, perhaps the greatest and most important of its kind in history, gives the largest Tax Cuts…

A study in The Lancet reveals that steep cuts to USAID funding could lead to over 14 million additional deaths globally by 2030, reversing decades of progress in combating diseases like HIV/AIDS and malaria. Steep cuts in funding for the US Agency for International Development (USAID) threaten to cause more than 14 million additional deaths…

MEXICO: Flossie has strengthened into a hurricane off Mexico’s southwestern Pacific coast. The US National Hurricane Center in Miami said Flossie became a Category 1 hurricane Monday night and has maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph). The hurricane center said Flossie was moving west-northwest off the Mexican coast and was about 175 miles…

US judge halts release of Abrego Garcia, citing delay over ICE deportation concerns A federal judge has delayed the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national accused of human smuggling, amid fears from his legal team that US immigration authorities could deport him before he stands trial. US magistrate judge Barbara Holmes had ruled…

US President Donald Trump and former DOGE chief Elon Musk seem to have locked horns again over the same topic, “Big Beautiful Bill.”Tesla chief Elon Musk on Monday demanded the establishment of a new political movement and indicated his willingness to support primary opponents against all Republican Congressional members, saying people will have a voice…

Boxing icon Mike Tyson has joined a powerhouse coalition of athletes and entertainers urging US President Donald Trump to deliver on marijuana reform, a pledge they say Joe Biden failed to keep.“There’s over 500,000 people that can’t get loans because they’re in the cannabis business alone and that’s just so ridiculous. It’s such a great…

A resurfaced video of New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani advocating “seizing the means of production” has sent chills through a section of communist refugees. The TOI could not independently verify the authenticity of the video.Mamdani has, however, categorically dismissed the claims of him being a communist, and describes himself as a “democratic socialist”.“I…

Boulder firebomb attack claims life of 82-year-old woman; suspect now faces murder charge An 82-year-old woman injured in a firebomb attack on a peaceful gathering in support of Israeli hostages has died from her injuries, prompting prosecutors to add a first-degree murder charge against the suspect, officials said. Karen Diamond was among a group of…