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US: Joe Biden says guns in Gaza have gone silent
Washington: US President Joe Biden says “the guns in Gaza have gone silent” under a ceasefire deal he outlined in May. Biden spoke during a visit to a church in North Charleston,…
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TikTok shuts down as United States ban takes effect
Houston: Tik Tok’s app effectively shut down in the US, just hours before a law banning the popular video-sharing platform was set to go into effect. The app was shut down on…
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UN humanitarians prepare larger Gaza aid pipeline amid impending ceasefire
United Nations: UN humanitarians said that they and partners are mobilising supplies for a widening pipeline of aid and commercial goods into Gaza with the implementation of a long-sought, impending ceasefire. The…
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Yemen’s Houthis claim attacks on Israeli cities, US aircraft carrier
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi group said that it launched multiple rocket and drone attacks at three Israeli cities and also conducted a fresh attack against US aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in…
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US strikes Houthi military site in northern Yemen: Houthi TV
Sanaa: The US military conducted five strikes on a Houthi military site in Yemen’s province of Amran to the north of the capital Sanaa on Friday morning, said the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV.…
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Indian national sentenced to 8 years for attempted attack on White House
Washington: Indian national Sai Varshith Kandula, 20, on Thursday was sentenced to eight years for an attempted attack on the White House with a rented truck on May 22, 2023. The attack…
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Anti-Adani short-seller Hindenburg Research disbanded
Washington: Hindenburg Research, a US investment research firm known for short-selling, and whose reports resulted in wiping out billions of dollars of Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and his companies, has been shut…
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Border crossings in December trend low as Biden administration wraps up
Washington: US officials on Tuesday announced the latest border data, and it suggests the Biden administration is poised to end its term without an expected bump in illegal border crossings. In December,…
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Trudeau urges US consumers to consider harm of Trump’s tariff threats
Vancouver: Canada’s outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday suggested that US President-elect Donald Trump’s remarks about Canada becoming America’s “51st state” has distracted attention from the harm that steep tariffs would…
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Iran says ready to provide rescue aid to US amid wildfires
Tehran: The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) expressed its readiness to send specialised rapid reaction teams, rescue equipment, and trained personnel to the United States in response to the wildfires raging through…
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US police arrest 6, including Indians, in teen sex trafficking case
Omaha city police of the United States have arrested six people, including Indian nationals in connection with a sex trafficking ring targeting underage girls. The sex trafficking network was busted on January…
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Photos: Former US President Jimmy Carter state funeral
Washington: Jimmy Carter, who considered himself an outsider even as he sat in the Oval Office as the 39th US president, was honoured Thursday with the pageantry of a funeral at Washington…
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US-British coalition launches more airstrikes on Yemen
Sanaa: The US-British coalition launched airstrikes on several parts of northern Yemen, including its capital Sanaa, on Thursday before dawn, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported. The coalition launched five airstrikes on Sanhan…
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Dubai billionaire Hussain Sajwani to invest 20 bn USD in US data centers
Dubai-based billionaire Hussain Sajwani, the chairman of Damac Properties, plans to invest 20 billion US dollars (USD) (Rs 17,16,97,00,00,000) for data centers in the United States (US). The announcement was made by President-elect…
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Trump’s threat to turn Canada into 51st state sparks Trudeau’s reaction
Florida: US President-elect Donald Trump has proposed the idea of using “economic force” to merge Canada and the United States, creating what he frequently describes as the “51st state.” He cited reasons…