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Bad deal. Wanted me to cut ribbon-NO!, Trump said on Twitter. (photo: AP)

If treaty undergoes major change, we would get back: Trump on Paris...

Paris accord was agreed to by 197 nations in 2015 after negotiations in Paris, where countries made voluntary pledges...

28 Jan 2018 10:18 AM IST

Donald Trump, in a New Years Day tweet, accused the country of giving nothing to the US but lies and deceit and providing safe haven to terrorists in return for USD 33 billion aid over the last 15 years. (Photo: File)

India, China benefitted from Paris Climate deal, US did not: Trump

In June 2017, President Trump had announced to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement on climate change and...

24 Feb 2018 8:44 AM IST

We appreciate it very much, Tim Apple, Trump said. (Photo:AP)

Apple CEO Tim Cook changes Twitter name after Trump gaffe

Apple CEO Tim Cook has quietly changed his Twitter profile, replacing his last name with an emoji.

10 March 2019 12:55 PM IST

Trump has made clamping down on legal and illegal immigration a signature policy of his administration. (Photo:AP)

India, China, Russia have no sense of pollution; US cleanest': Trump

Trump blamed India and other countries while withdrawing from the Paris climate accord in 2017, and reiterated the...

6 Jun 2019 8:56 AM IST

The communication is in line with the decision announced by President Donald Trump recently, which was one of his key electoral promises. (Photo: AP)

US sends formal communique to UN stating its withdrawal from Paris...

However, the United States has decided to continue to participate in international climate change negotiations and...

5 Aug 2017 8:31 AM IST

French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hand with his US counterpart Donald Trump as they arrive at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (Photo: AFP)

Donald Trump cools down on climate during Paris visit

Macron gave Mr Trump a personal tour of Napoleon's tomb at the Invalides military complex in central Paris.

14 July 2017 6:30 AM IST

He said former French president Francois Hollande had promised him that Turkey would be classed as a developing and not an industrialised economy -- meaning Ankara would receive money from a global climate fund rather than have to pay into it. (Photo: AP)

Erdogan says Turkey won't ratify Paris climate deal if promises are...

President Erdogan also suggested some other, unidentified, nations had a problem' with the agreement and were not...

9 July 2017 11:56 AM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: AP)

Putin requests world to work with Trump, says won't 'judge' his...

However, Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron found US president's decision on climate pact 'misguided'.

2 Jun 2017 8:43 PM IST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Photo: AP)

Paris agreement: Angela Merkel vows decisive action on climate change

Angela Merkel called Trump's decision to turn his back on the Paris pact, 'highly regrettable'.

2 Jun 2017 4:55 PM IST

A Chinese official helps plant seagrass in the Potomac river as foreign envoys help out with a conservation scheme threatened by US budget cuts. (Photo: AFP)

Envoys wade in to help US waters despite climate snub by Trump

Their grass had germinated six months ago under a previous administration that had made environmental protection a...

7 Jun 2017 10:44 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being welcomed by French Interior minister Gerard Collomb in France on Saturday. (Photo: Twitter/@PMOIndia)

Despite US pullout, PM joins hands with Macron on climate pact

Although PM's Paris visit is not aimed at sealing contracts, yet France and India are in talks over renewable energy,...

3 Jun 2017 3:50 PM IST

Narendra Modi (R) meets UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres (L) in St. Petersburg on Friday. (Photo: Twitter/@narendramodi)

Need multilateralism to counter global threats like terrorism: Modi to...

The meeting assumes more importance after Trump's pullout from the Paris accord giving a jolt to the fight against...

3 Jun 2017 12:22 PM IST