BERLIN/MEXICO CITY/WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters): Germany is waging a charm offensive inside the Republican Party. Japan is lining up its own Trump whisperer. Mexican government officials are talking to Camp Trump. And Australia is busy making laws to help Trump-proof its U.S. defense ties. Everywhere, U.S. allies are taking steps to defend or advance their interests in the event former President Donald Trump returns to power in November elections, an even chance based on recent opinion polls in swing states. They want to avoid the cold slap that Trump’s “America First” policies dealt them last time around, which included trade

BENGALURU/CHENNAI, April 24 (Reuters): Top fast-food franchisees in India are likely to report a slump in quarterly earnings as cash-strapped consumers continued to cut back on dining out and ordering in, analysts said, spurning the hundreds of new restaurants that operators opened in 2023. Pizza franchisees such as Jubilant Foodworks, Devyani International and Sapphire Foods India. struggled throughout 2023 due to heightened competition, with burger chains also joining the struggle later in the year due to inflation. Even new affordable menu items, such as Burger King’s 99-rupee combination of burger, beverage, and fries, introduced last year, failed to lure customers as India’s

New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): The Rouse Avenue Court on Tuesday extended judicial custody of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and BRS leader K Kavitha in the excise policy case till May 7. Special Judge Kaveri Baweja allowed the application moved by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) seeking an extension of judicial custody of Arvind Kejriwal, K Kavitha and Chanpreet Singh in the Delhi excise policy case. The Court also extended the judicial custody of K Kavitha in the Delhi excise policy case being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). On Monday, the same Judge passed an

NEW DELHI, April 23 (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist party have begun attacking opposition rivals, saying they favour minority Muslims, in what analysts see as a bid to invigorate their hardline base after general elections began last week. India began voting on Friday in a seven-phase election at which Modi seeks a rare third consecutive term, with campaigning that had so far largely focused on his record of growth and welfare as well as his personal popularity. But in a speech on Sunday, Modi referred to Muslims as “infiltrators” who have “more children”, linking