WASHINGTON — President Trump remains deeply unpopular in California after his first 100 days in office, with conservatives and liberals alike expressing concern that U.S. courts can effectively serve as a check on his power, according to a new UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll co-sponsored by The Times. Overall, the poll, conducted during the last…
INDIA’S WARNING – After one of the worst terror attacks on civilians in Jammu and Kashmir in decades, India has taken a slew of measures, mostly diplomatic and administrative so far. New Delhi has also pledged to “hunt down” terrorists and their backers to the “ends of the Earth” and punish them “beyond imagination”, suggesting…
BERLIN — In a historic first, conservative leader Friedrich Merz ’s bid to become Germany’s 10th chancellor since World War II failed in the first round of voting in parliament on Tuesday by six votes, a stunning defeat as he had been widely expected to win smoothly. A candidate for chancellor has never failed to…
U.S. President Donald Trump says he wants to impose a 100 per cent tariff on movies produced outside the country, a move that could devastate the Canadian film landscape — but experts are scratching their heads over how such a tax would work, given how intertwined the global film industry is. Trump, in a Truth…
The prospect of full-scale war between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam attack is nearing a tipping point, experts have warned. On April 22, a devastating militant attack in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir claimed 26 lives, marking one of the region’s deadliest incidents since 2019. India blamed Pakistan-based terrorist groups, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Hollywood executives scrambled Monday to interpret President Trump’s call for stiff tariffs on movies produced outside the U.S. — a bombshell proposal that would upend how movies have been made for years. Trump on Sunday night announced that he was authorizing a 100% tariff on movies “coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign…