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News brief: Big stories of the day

WION Web Team
New Delhi, Delhi, IndiaUpdated: Aug 28, 2018, 08:35 AM IST
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File photo of Imran Khan. Photograph:(Reuters)

After the United States and Mexico agreed to revamp the NAFTA deal, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office announced that US President Donald Trump and Trudeau had a "constructive conservation" about trade.

Pakistan's Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari has said that the incumbent government in Islamabad is preparing a proposal to resolve the Kashmir issue.

China's national average temperature hit 22 degrees Celsius (71.6 Fahrenheit) this summer, the highest since 1961, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday.

India may probably become the fifth largest economy next year, asserted Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley on Monday.

Jaitley's comments came while addressing the 71st Annual General Meeting of the Indian Banks Association, held in Mumbai on Monday. He addressed the meeting through video conferencing.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho walked out of the press conference demanding "respect" after his team was thrashed by Tottenham Hotspur in United's home ground.