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Marc Short appointed as Mike Pence’s chief of staff
Washington: Former White House director of legislative affairs Marc Short has been appointed as Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff on Tuesday. Confirming the news, Pence said that he is pleased…
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Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov condems Facebook ban on TV channel
Moscow [Russia]: A day after Facebook blocked a page run by state-funded RT television, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday denounced the act by citing it as another example of pressure…
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Cuba refutes Trump’s claims of troops in Venezuela
Havana: Cuba on Tuesday rejected claims of United States President Donald Trump about an alleged deployment of Cuban troops in Venezuela. “The US president’s accusations that Cuba has deployed a private army…
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Pak-origin Faiz Shakir to manage Sanders’ presidential campaign
Washington: US Senator Bernie Sanders has picked Pakistani-origin Faiz Shakir to serve as campaign manager for his second run at the White House, according to reports. The son of Pakistani immigrants, Shakir…
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Donald Trump refers Pulwama attack as ‘horrible situation’
Washington: US President Donald Trump described as a “horrible situation” the February Pulwama terrorist attack, which claimed lives of 40 CRPF personnel. Trump said he was getting reports on the attack carried…
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Trump signs ‘Space Force’ directive
Washington: President Donald Trump signed an order Tuesday outlining his vision for a new “Space Force” that could one day become a separate military branch on an equal footing to the Army…
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Indian-American couple found dead in Texas home
Washington: An Indian-American couple has been found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in their home in the US state of Texas, police said. The couple was identified as Sreenivas Nakirekanti, 51, and…
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Seven children from same family die in Canada house fire
Montreal: Seven children from the same family lost their lives in a fire that ravaged their home on Canada’s Atlantic coast, police said Tuesday. The victims were Syrian refugees, according to public…
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Pakistan snubbed by ICJ on Day 2 of Jadhav hearing
The Hague [Netherlands]: Pakistan was snubbed on Tuesday at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) here when it sought replacement of an ad-hoc Pakistani judge in the court during the hearing of…
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Climate change threatens 2 of Ecuador’s 7 glaciers
Quito: Ecuador could lose two of its seven glaciers over the next few years thanks to global warming, a phenomenon that worries experts because it would alter the paramo ecosystem and its…
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US Senator Bernie Sanders launches second presidential bid
Washington: US Senator Bernie Sanders announced on Tuesday that he is again running for President in 2020 with a vow to finish what he started in his last race for the White…
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Netanyahu seeks to save face after cancelled central Europe summit
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to save face Tuesday after a summit with four central European nations was cancelled over a Holocaust-linked dispute with Poland, instead holding meetings with the…
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Sushma Swaraj holds talks with her Spanish counterpart
Madrid: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday held detailed talks over a range of issues including trade, defence and counter-terrorism, with her Spanish counterpart Josep Borrell Fontelles over a working breakfast.…
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Indian-Origin couple found dead, Husband shoots wife in head, kills himself later
Houston: An Indian-American couple living in an affluent suburb Texas was found dead under mysterious circumstances in their home on Monday. According to reports, the couple found at the house situated in…
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Nepal PM claims of successfully managing decade-long Maoist conflict
Kathmandu: Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Tuesday claimed that his government has successfully managed the Maoist conflict”>conflict, that had groped the Himalayan country for over a decade. Addressing the nation…
