World
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Kamala Harris stands to make history again as Biden drops out
Washington: US Vice-President Kamala Harris stands once again on the edge of history in a political career replete with milestones. President Joe Biden’s exit from the White House race and endorsement of…
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Stock markets see volatility as Biden drops out of US presidential race
New Delhi: With US President Joe Biden dropping out of the 2024 race for the White House, stock markets worldwide, including in Asia, may see a volatile period ahead, experts said on…
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Three Indian-American lawmakers endorse Kamala Harris for president
Washington: All five Indian-American lawmakers have hailed President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from the presidential race and three of them threw their weight behind Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic…
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US: Obama, Pelosi refrain from immediately endorsing Harris as presidential nominee
Washington: Former US president Barack Obama and ex-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Sunday praised President Joe Biden for deciding to step aside from the presidential race but stopped short of endorsing Vice President…
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Kamala Harris is just as much of joke as Biden is: Trump campaign
Washington: Vice President Kamala Harris is “just as much of a joke as President Joe Biden is”, alleged the Donald Trump Campaign on Sunday, immediately after Biden ended his re-election bid and…
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4.8-magnitude earthquake jolts Japan’s Ibaraki: JMA
Tokyo: An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 on Monday struck the Japanese prefecture of Ibaraki, just northeast of Tokyo, the country’s weather agency said. The temblor occurred at 10:07 a.m.…
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Kamala Harris sets about earning nomination as endorsements pour in
Washington: US Vice-President Kamala Harris got down earning the nomination of the Democratic Party for President calling lawmakers, party leaders officials, and outside support groups soon after President Joe Biden announced he…
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‘In best interest..’: Joe Biden withdraws from presidential election race
Washington: US President Joe Biden on Sunday announced that he will end his candidacy for re-election, saying “it is in the best interest of my party and the country”. The 81-year-old president’s…
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Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan says ‘caged like a terrorist’ in jail
Islamabad: Pakistan’s jailed former premier Imran Khan has claimed that he is being caged like a “terrorist”, and was denied basic prisoner and human rights in a “death cell” at a high-security…
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Bangladesh top court scales back the quota as over hundred die in protest
The Supreme Court of Bangladesh on Sunday, July 21, ordered scaling down the quota system following nationwide protests led by the students which saw more than 100 people getting killed and thousands…
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Bangladesh imposes ‘shoot-on-sight’ order as death toll rises to 133 amid protests
Dhaka: The Bangladesh government has imposed a curfew and a shoot-on-sight order after students-led anti-quota protests claimed 133 lives. The Bangladeshi Supreme Court was expected to rule on a civil service hiring…
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Pakistan boycotts Israeli-linked products, declares Netanyahu a ‘terrorist’
The government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on Saturday, July 20, took a significant step towards a boycott of products linked to Israel by forming a new committee. The move came…
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Newly-wed Indian-origin man shot dead in US in suspected road rage incident
Washington: A 29-year-old newly wedded Indian-origin man was shot dead in front of his wife in a suspected road rage incident in the US state of Indiana, police and media reports said.…
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Donald Trump says he ‘took a bullet for democracy’
Washington: Former US president Donald Trump in his first campaign rally since surviving an attempted assassination attempt has dismissed concerns raised by critics that he is a threat to democracy, telling a…
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Imran Khan’s wife fears for his life; alleges inhumane conditions in jail
Islamabad: Bushra Bibi, the wife of incarcerated former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan, on Saturday expressed grave concerns about her husband’s safety in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, alleging that he was kept in…
