World
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Biden, Jordanian King discuss delivery of life-saving humanitarian aid to Gaza
Washington: During a phone call, US President Joe Biden and Jordan’s King Abdullah II discussed the latest developments in Gaza and their commitment to facilitating the increased, sustained delivery of life-saving humanitarian…
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Top UN official resigns over ‘text-book case of genocide’ in Gaza
After more than three decades of service, Director of the New York Office of the UN High Commissioner of Human Rights, Craig Mokhiber, has resigned from his position in protest over the…
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World’s 2nd man to receive genetically modified pig’s heart dies in US
New York: The second man ever to receive a genetically modified pig’s heart has died six weeks after US surgeons performed the second such historic transplant, doctors at the University of Maryland…
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Man charged with manslaughter, assault as hate crimes in fatal attack on Sikh in NY
New York: A man who attacked an elderly Sikh person during a car accident in New York, repeatedly calling him “turban man” and fatally beating him has been charged with manslaughter and…
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Trump leads in home state of Nikki Haley: CNN poll
Washington: Former US president Donald Trump leads Indian-American politician Nikki Haley by more than 30 percentage points in her home state of South Carolina as they vie for the Republican Party’s nomination…
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Blinken to again visit Israel on Friday
Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will again travel to Israel on Friday during which he is scheduled to hold meetings with government officials in the Jewish nation. “Secretary Blinken will…
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Biden administration elevated hate crimes to national threat priority: FBI Director
Washington: The Biden Administration has elevated hate crimes to a national threat priority, a top US Government official has told lawmakers, stressing that the Jewish community faces nearly 60 per cent of…
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Bangladesh: 4 dead, over 500 held on first day of BNP’s nationwide blockade
Dhaka: At least four people died while more than 500 BNP-Jamaat men were arrested across Bangladesh on the first day of the Opposition’s nationwide 72-hour rail, road, and waterways blockade on Tuesday.…
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Joe Biden to meet Xi Jinping in San Francisco this month: WH
Washington: US President Joe Biden would meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC Leadership Summit in San Francisco later this month, the White House has confirmed. “The…
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Indian student stabbed in US, condition critical: Report
Washington: A 24-year-old Indian student has been stabbed in the US state of Indiana and is said to be in a critical condition, according to a media report. The Indian student Varun…
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US to send additional troops to Middle East: Pentagon
Washington DC: Amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, the United States is sending additional troops to the US Central Command region, which covers the Middle East and parts of Africa,…
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Putin blames US for Middle East crisis and global instability
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the US and its allies are behind the Middle East crisis and other regional conflicts, and benefit most from global instability. “Those, who are behind…
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Pak min blames smog in Lahore on stubble burning in India
Lahore: Pakistan on Tuesday said it will raise with India at the diplomatic level the issue of “stubble burning in Indian Punjab” impacting the air quality in Lahore, one of the most…
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US’ new nuclear bomb 24 times more powerful than one dropped on Japan: Report
Washington: The United States Department of Defence has announced that it will pursue a modern variant of the B61 nuclear gravity bomb, designated the B61-13, pending Congressional authorization and appropriation. According to…
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Israel ‘dropped’ from digital maps released by Chinese companies
Two top Chinese tech companies, Alibaba and Baidu, have ‘removed’ the State of Israel from their recently released digital maps. Although the maps demarcate the internationally recognized borders of Israel, they do…
