In the backdrop of the US-China trade war and the impasse at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), a WTO ministerial of 22 developing countries will take place in New Delhi next week.

Amid US-China trade war, 22 WTO countries to meet in New Delhi next week

The United States is "comfortable" with higher tariffs on China if a mutual trade agreement cannot be reached, the U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Friday (May 10), as trade tensions between the two countries escalate.

U.S 'comfortable' with higher tariffs on China if trade negotiations fail

Top facts: How US-China talks differ from any other trade deal

Connie Young Yu's great-grandfather, Lee Wong Sang, was a foreman on the Central Pacific Railroad, one of thousands of Chinese laborers on the 19th century project that would establish the first U.S. Transcontinental Railroad.

Chinese-American pride celebrated in 150th anniversary of Transcontinental Railroad

US President Donald Trump on Friday said that the tariffs on Chinese goods will bring more wealth to America "that even a phenomenal deal of the traditional kind".

Trump defends latest tariff hike on China, says it 'will bring in far more wealth to US'

Wholesalers in eastern China expressed their dissatisfaction with US President Donald Trump on Friday, the day his administration followed through on its threat to raise tariffs on Chinese exports.

It's unreasonable! Chinese wholesalers fed up with tariffs as trade war escalates with US

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-Wen said on Friday that China has stepped up its efforts to infiltrate and gain influence on the island. Tsai, speaking to reporters after a national security meeting, said Taiwan would deter military aggression in the Taiwan Strait.

China has stepped up efforts to infiltrate Taiwan: President

The United States on Thursday announced the seizure of a North Korean cargo ship, saying it had violated international sanctions by exporting coal and importing machinery.

US seizes North Korean cargo ship accused of violating sanctions

China appealed to the United States to meet it halfway to salvage a deal that could end their trade war, with its chief negotiator in Washington for two days of talks hoping to stave off US tariff hikes set to be triggered on Friday.

As tariff hike looms, China asks US to meet it halfway, denies backtracking

World shares sink as US-China trade talks go to the wire Chinese Vice Premier Liu He was heading to Washington for two days of talks but Trump's insistence that China "broke the deal", and then Beijing's response that it would retaliate against tariffs were ratcheting up the stakes.

News brief: Big stories of the day

Iran is set to announce plans to reduce some of its commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal on May 8, one year after the US withdrew from the same agreement.Watch full video to know more.

Report: Iran to reduce commitments to 2015 Nuclear deal

Google bucked the soaring smartphone price trend Tuesday, unveiling a high-performance Pixel handset aimed at the middle of the market as part of a wide-ranging pitch to developers of its new hardware, software and privacy efforts.

Google bucks soaring smartphone prices with new Pixel

Iran announced on Wednesday it was scaling back curbs to its nuclear programme under a 2015 deal with world powers and threatened to do more -- including enriching uranium to a higher level -- if countries did not shield it from US sanctions.

Iran rolls back nuclear commitments under pact abandoned by Washington

By Charles Hankla Last week President Donald Trump seemed to be on the cusp of a trade deal with China. A couple of threatening tweets later, the odds of ending the 16-month-old US-China trade war have dropped dramatically.

Donald Trump’s one-on-one approach to China has dangerous implications for global trade

The Trump administration is proposing a hike in the H-1B visa application fee to increase funding for the expansion of an apprentice programme, which trains American youths in technology-related activities, Labour Secretary Alexander Acosta told US lawmakers.

US to propose hike in H-1B application fee: Labour Secretary

The US has said that it will consult New Delhi as the Afghan peace process goes forward even as it called for "inclusive and legitimate process" that preserves the gains made in the last 18 years.

United States to consult India on Afghan peace process

The H-1B is a visa in the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 101 that allows US employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations.

Know what is an H-1B Visa

US sending carrier, bombers to Mideast is 'psychological warfare': Iran Iran's top security body dismissed as "psychological warfare" a US announcement that a carrier strike group and bombers are being sent to the Middle East as a message to Tehran, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday.

China Tuesday hit back at US criticism of its Arctic presence, saying Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had misrepresented facts about its intentions in the resource-rich region.

Pompeo's Arctic comments a 'misrepresentation of facts': China

China said Tuesday its top trade negotiator will visit the United States for talks with American counterparts this week even as Washington stepped up pressure with plans to hike tariffs and complaints that Beijing was backtracking on its commitments.

China's top trade negotiator to visit US despite tariffs

When Tiger Woods won the Masters on April 14, President Donald Trump declared he was going to award him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and ordered his aides to schedule the event as soon as possible.

Tiger Woods awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom

After dramatic appeals and testimony in Congress, Donald Trump's one-time personal lawyer Michael Cohen is due to report to jail Monday to serve a sentence he deems unjust because he was simply following his boss's orders.

Michael Cohen, Trump's one-time aide who turned on him, due to report to jail today

CJI Ranjan Gogoi gets clean chit in sexual harassment case by Supreme Court's in-house panel The in-house committee led by Justice S A Bobde on Monday gave a clean chit to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi in a sexual harassment case.

Relentless pursuit of economic growth, twinned with the impact of climate change, has put an "unprecedented" one million species at risk of extinction, scientists said on Monday in a landmark report on the damage done by modern civilisation to the natural world.

One million species risk extinction due to modern civilisation: Scientists

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Amid US-China trade war, 22 WTO countries to meet in New Delhi next week

U.S 'comfortable' with higher tariffs on China if trade negotiations fail

Top facts: How US-China talks differ from any other trade deal

Chinese-American pride celebrated in 150th anniversary of Transcontinental Railroad

Trump defends latest tariff hike on China, says it 'will bring in far more wealth to US'

It's unreasonable! Chinese wholesalers fed up with tariffs as trade war escalates with US

China has stepped up efforts to infiltrate Taiwan: President

US seizes North Korean cargo ship accused of violating sanctions

As tariff hike looms, China asks US to meet it halfway, denies backtracking

News brief: Big stories of the day

Report: Iran to reduce commitments to 2015 Nuclear deal

Google bucks soaring smartphone prices with new Pixel

Iran rolls back nuclear commitments under pact abandoned by Washington

Donald Trump’s one-on-one approach to China has dangerous implications for global trade

US to propose hike in H-1B application fee: Labour Secretary

United States to consult India on Afghan peace process

Know what is an H-1B Visa

News brief: Big stories of the day

Pompeo's Arctic comments a 'misrepresentation of facts': China

China's top trade negotiator to visit US despite tariffs

Tiger Woods awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Michael Cohen, Trump's one-time aide who turned on him, due to report to jail today

News brief: Big stories of the day

One million species risk extinction due to modern civilisation: Scientists