US President Donald Trump mocked his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron by imitating him during a speech, claiming he pressured Paris into agreeing to sharply raise its drug prices by threatening to impose steep tariffs on French imports to the United States. Trump said the US had subsidised global healthcare for decades and argued that his Most Favoured Nation policy forced swift compliance from other countries.
Andhra Pradesh State Election Commissioner Anil Chandra Punetha said on Wednesday that local body elections would go ahead as scheduled in all notified municipalities except 19 across seven districts. The decision follows orders from the Supreme Court, although the State Election Commission (SEC) is yet to receive a copy of the court’s order.
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A Kuwait-flagged oil vessel with 21 Indian seafarers was targeted while it was transiting through the Strait of Hormuz, said Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.
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