A Wary World Braces For Trump's Return To The White House
NDTV
Many US allies are concerned about Donald Trump's America First rhetoric and threats to pull out of NATO, not to mention his protectionist trade policies.
When Estonia's much-feted prime minister, Kaja Kallas, went to Washington in November, she didn't just meet with White House officials. She also made sure to talk to key allies of Donald Trump.
A month earlier, her foreign minister was in the heart of Trump country, thanking workers at a Lockheed Martin Corp. factory in Arkansas for their contribution to his country's security - in the form of the HIMARS multiple rocket launchers made there. "It's important that we take these messages not only to Washington but also to other part of American society, to states that are perhaps a little more conservative," Margus Tsahkna told reporters.
The outreach is just one example of how countries around the world are delicately - but urgently - preparing for Trump's possible return to the White House. It's a reality that's likely to resonate at this week's meetings of the global elite in Davos after the former president's convincing win in the Iowa caucuses further tightened his grip on the Republican nomination, setting up a probable rematch with Joe Biden, who lags in national polls.
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Shyam Benegal, who burst on the scene with his first film "Ankur" in 1974, was a chronicler of India's times and politics.
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Seven Indians were injured in the deadly car-ramming attack in the eastern German city of Magdeburg.
The man, identified as Zakir, gesticulated to a biker to help him, even as the truck kept accelerating, showed the 36-second clip.
All the accused were arrested in November and December after reviewing data from the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center (I4C), said Priyanshu Dewan, ACP (cyber).