The predictable unpredictability of Trump’s oil sanctions

China`s state-owned defense giant Norinco in February unveiled a military vehicle capable of autonomously conducting combat-support operations at 50 kilometres per hour. It was powered by DeepSeek, the company whose artificial intelligence model is the pride of China`s tech sector.

Rare earths are minerals used to make magnets crucial to the auto, electronic and defence industries, as well as in renewable energy.

The recent truce and ceasefire in Gaza - while only the first phase - is nonetheless a significant and hopeful milestone after two years of brutality and ongoing suffering for the people of Palestine.

To say that our expatriate workers around the world have been life savers for our economy would be doing them a disservice; over the past year, despite the numerous challenges we have faced as a nation, among the consistently bright spots for us has been our remittance earnings.

We are once again watching the opening act of America`s government shutdown drama – a political serial that has played out fewer than a couple of dozen times over the past five decades. The cast rarely changes: Democrats and Republicans trading accusations across the aisle. The storyline, too, is familiar: partisan brinkmanship played for political gain.

The call to attract and retain talented workers left behind by the Trump administration`s changes to H-1B visa is one that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney appears to be paying attention to.

India has denounced the tariff hike as “unfair” and “unjustified”. But the shock is already rippling through textile units across the country. The sector contributes about 2.3 percent to India’s gross domestic product (GDP), 13 percent to industrial production, and 12 percent to total exports. It is also the second-largest employer after agriculture, providing direct work to more than 45 million people, many of them women and members of the rural workforce.

China has boosted investments in Brazil to new highs, betting on key industries in South America’s biggest economy. 

Like the outgoing Awami League government, the interim government of Bangladesh, led by Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus, has unveiled an ambitious master plan to transform the coastal belt of Cox’s Bazar’s Moheshkhali and Matarbari areas into a commercial and industrial hub, aiming to create a modern township with a port similar to global giants like Singapore and Shanghai.

In Bangladesh`s rural heartlands, which are prone to flooding, a silent revolution is happening; Mobile fintech platforms are becoming important ways for climate-driven investments to flow. Villagers are rapidly using digital wallets and micro-lending programs to pay for solar household systems and climate-resistant farming gear, avoiding banks and turning problems into chances. 

A federal appeals court has ruled that most of Donald Trump`s tariffs are an overreach of his use of emergency powers as president.

If Donald Trump really wanted to drive India’s oil imports from Russia down to zero, the consequences might not be what the US president intended. Trump has threatened to impose an additional 25 per cent tariff on Indian goods from Wednesday over the country’s purchases of Russian oil. That would increase total tariffs to 50 per cent.

After returning from Alaska on Saturday, Vladimir Putin told top officials assembled in the Kremlin that his summit with Donald Trump had “brought us closer to the necessary solutions”.

A trade deal between the world’s two largest economies is in sight as a 90-day truce between China and the United States is set to expire on Tuesday.

Despite being the world`s most sanctioned country, Russia has continued to use its vast energy wealth to bankroll its war in Ukraine.

It slipped in quietly. No grand announcement, no televised press conference. Just a routine notice from the US Treasury: several Myanmar-linked individuals—business elites connected to the military junta—have been removed from the sanctions list. That`s it. No real explanation. For anyone who`s been following US policy since Myanmar`s 2021 coup, this looked off.