With less than two weeks left before the critical July 9 deadline, both sides are working to finalise the Bilateral Trade Agreement.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt praised India’s role as a strategic ally in the Indo-Pacific region during a press briefing on Monday (June 30, 2025). She also highlighted the strong personal relationship between U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

US President Donald Trump has toured a new immigration detention center built in a wetland in Florida, teeming with alligators. On Tuesday, Trump visited the facility located within an airport. The complex is dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" after a prison on Alcatraz Island in California that was closed in 1963, as it has been claimed those held there could be attacked by alligators if they escape.

The Ministry of Ethnic Affairs held the completion ceremony of Computer Repair and Maintenance Training Course 1/2025 at the Ministry on 2nd July.

Union Minister Khun Thant Zaw Htoo attended the ceremony and made an opening speech. In his opening speech, the Union Minister encouraged the trainees to apply the knowledge and experiences they have gained from the training in their respective workplaces effectively.

The soothing sounds of more than 10,000 wind chimes are providing relief from the heat at a temple in the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Fukuoka. Visitors to Mitsuidera temple in Tagawa City can enjoy the refreshing musical accompaniment through August 31.

Colorful strips of paper hang from the chimes, bearing messages people have written that wish for their family’s health and global peace. Visitors are treated to a calming atmosphere created by the chimes and soap bubbles that are blown into the temple precinct.