US lawmaker calls for diplomacy as Trump threatens additional tariffs on China

Nayan Seth | October 11, 2025 6:29 AM

Washington, Oct 11 (IANS) In an exclusive interview with IANS, US Representative Ami Bera advised against President Donald Trump’s threats of escalating US–China trade confrontation. He cautioned that a tariff war would ultimately “hurt the American consumer” and urged the White House to resume diplomacy rather than ramp up economic hostilities.

Migratory bird slender-billed curlew extinct now

IANS | October 10, 2025 9:29 PM

Bonn, Oct 10 (IANS) The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on Friday declared the slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) extinct, marking the first known global extinction of a formerly widespread migratory bird species whose range included mainland Europe, North Africa, and West Asia.

White House hits out at Nobel Committee for overlooking Trump for peace prize

IANS | October 10, 2025 8:56 PM

Washington, Oct 10 (IANS) Hours after the Nobel Committee ignored US President Donald Trump’s candidature for the peace prize and awarded it to Venezuelan opposition leader, Maria Corina Machado, Steven Cheung, Assistant to the President and White House Director of Communications, accused the Committee of placing “politics over peace.”