🇺🇸🇮🇳| US negotiators call off Delhi trip, halt trade talks with India ahead of sixth BTA round, FE reports.

–US team visit to Delhi for August 25 trade talks called off : NDTV report

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🇨🇳🇪🇺| China has imposed sanctions on Lithuanian banks because the EU imposed sanctions on Chinese banks for cooperating with Russia

▪️The EU calls on China to immediately lift its sanctions against Europe because they are bad, unlike the sanctions that Europe has against China.

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🇺🇸| American Worker: 60 Hours a Week and Still Can’t Afford Rent

▪️A full-time U.S. worker says she’s “sick of it,” describing how even 60-hour workweeks and searching all day for cheaper housing still leaves her unable to afford rent. Her frustration highlights the crushing reality many face—working nonstop yet still priced out of basic living. The cost of rent in America has become a national emergency.

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🇬🇧| Britain’s most popular newspaper, The Daily Mail, believes that Putin is in fact not a clone like other British papers believe but a robotic cyborg.

–When you think western media has lost all credibility

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🇨🇳| Top Chinese actress Zhao Lusi, also known as Rosy Zhao, has claimed that her talent agency forced her to undergo an exorcism instead of providing medical help for her depression.

▪️In a viral video statement, she alleges that rather than being taken to a hospital for depression, she was locked in a hotel room and subjected to an exorcism

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🇮🇳✨ The Indian Tricolor was proudly hoisted atop Seattle’s iconic 605-ft Space Needle on Independence Day. 🎉

🇧🇩🪔 In a rare show of unity, the Bangladesh Army, Navy & Air Force chiefs attended Janmashtami celebrations.

The Army Chief’s call to follow Lord Krishna’s ideals for peace is seen as a powerful message of harmony and national unity — marking a major setback to radical forces.

Key highlights of south korean FM visit :-

Praise for India: South Korean FM Cho Hyun said he has seen “significant and good changes” in India under PM Modi over the last 10 years.

Talks with Jaishankar: Discussed cooperation in trade, manufacturing, defence, maritime security, AI, semiconductors, and clean energy.

Special Partnership: Visit marked 10 years of the India–South Korea Special Strategic Partnership.

Condemnation of Terrorism: Cho strongly condemned the Pahalgam terror attack and expressed solidarity with India.

Stronger Ties: Both sides reaffirmed commitment to deepen their strategic, economic, and cultural relations.

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🇨🇳 China has developed the world's first pregnant humanoid robot capable of carrying live offspring

▪️Moreover, according to the authors of the invention, this is not just an incubator, but a machine that takes on the full cycle of reproduction — from conception to birth.

The experimental model is expected to enter the commercial market next year and will cost about 100 thousand yuan (about 12 thousand euros).

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🇵🇰| In a rare interview, Pakistan's Field Marshal Asim Munir to Jung News said:

'Pakistan has a rare earth treasure, with this treasure, Pakistan's debt will also be reduced and Pakistan will soon be counted among the most prosperous societies'

“Allah has made me protector of the country. I do not desire any position other than that"

–Munir warned India "not to destroy Pakistan's peace through proxies.

He also warned the Afghan government to stop conspiring against Pakistan in collaboration with India & stop pushing the Taliban into Pakistan." 

Says will avenge the "blood of every Pakistani"

–"President Trump's desire for peace was genuine and said that Pakistan took the initiative in recommending the Nobel Prize for President Trump, and now the rest of the world is following us", Munir backs peace price for US Prez

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Next week full of Actions:

-Fiji PM in India

-🇮🇳🇷🇺EAM Dr S Jaishankar in Moscow for talks with FM Lavrov, meet with Russian President Putin

-🇮🇳🇨🇳Chinese FM WangYi in Delhi for Border Talks with NSA Doval, meet with EAM Jaishankar

-🇺🇦🇺🇸Zelenskyy in DC for Trump talks days after the Alaska summit

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🇷🇺🤝🏼🇮🇳 India's Russian crude oil imports surged to 2 million barrels per day in August, escalating from 1.6 million bpd in July, primarily impacting imports from Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Russia now accounts for 38% of India's crude imports. Despite tariff announcements, Indian refiners maintain Russian oil purchases, guided by economic factors and the absence of sanctions.

🇮🇱🇾🇪| IAF jets bombed a power station situated at the south of Sana'a, Yemen.

Local source from the Yemeni Civil Defense:

Aggression (Israel) targeted Haziz power station in Sanhan district, south of Sanaa.

-Reports indicate that the Haziz power station, located south of Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, has been targeted.

The aggression targeted the power generators at the station and put them out of service.


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🇰🇷🇮🇳| South Korean Foreign Minister to ANI:

Significant changes in India under PM Modi's leadership...good changes in last 10 years"

"We are strongly against any terrorist attack, stand by people of India"
—SK FM condemns Pahalgam terror attack

"We were able to strike deal that will lead to win-win proposal": South Korean Foreign Minister on trade deal with US

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🇺🇸📈| Interest expense on US debt has reached $1.0 trillion in the first 10 months of FY2025, the most on record for this period.

▪️This puts US on track to exceed $1.2 trillion for the full year for the first time in history.

-Over the last 12 months, gross interest expense has already hit a record $1.2 trillion.

–As a result, this interest now the second-largest US government outlay, behind only Social Security, which has topped $1.5 trillion.

–This means interest expense is now higher than defense and healthcare spending, which each stood at ~$900 billion over the past year.

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🇪🇺🇺🇦🇺🇸| It's official, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and other EU leaders will go to Washington to back up Zelensky on Monday.

🇫🇮 Finnish President Alexander Stubb and possibly NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will accompany President Zelensky in Washington tomorrow to meet with President Trump.

🇮🇹 Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni expected to accompany Zelensky in Washington tomorrow to meet with President Donald Trump.


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