Marco Rubio (Picture credit: AP) US President-elect Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he is nominating Senator Marco Rubio of Florida to be the United States secretary of state. He described Rubio as a “fearless warrior” and “a true friend to our allies.”In a post on the social media platform X, through Trump War Room,…
US secretary of state Antony Blinken turned to the words of Rabindranath Tagore at the state department’s annual Diwali reception on Friday, remarking that the Bengali poet’s words embody the spirit of the festival that celebrates the triumph of light over darkness.Blinken said, “Diwali holds different meanings and practices for different communities. But Bengali poet…
Representative image (Picture credit: ANI) China on Monday conducted extensive military drills in the vicinity of Taiwan and its surrounding islands, which it described as a ‘stern warning’ against Taiwanese independence.The Chinese defence ministry stated that the exercises were a reaction to the refusal of Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te to accede to Beijing’s insistence that…
