United States of America
- Opinions
US: Two black representatives demanding stricter gun control expelled from house in Tennessee
It’s shocking what is happening in the oldest democracy, the USA. Some days back, three nine-year-old children and three adults were killed when a transgender woman with a gun went spraying bullets…
- World
China sanctions US organisations for hosting Taiwan President during stopover
Beijing: China on Friday slapped sanctions on two American organisations that hosted Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen during her visit to the US and her meeting with the House Speaker, a day after…
- India
India now has third highest number of billionaires in the world
New Delhi: India, which has the third-most billionaires, with 169, had a more mixed year. Indian billionaires as a group – worth $675 billion – are $75 billion poorer than in 2022,…
- World
US Vice President Kamala Harris visits her Indian grandfather’s house in Zambia
Washington: US Vice President Kamala Harris remembered her maternal grandfather P V Gopalan and visited his family house in Zambia’s capital Lusaka where he lived as an Indian Foreign Service official in…
- Opinions
School shootings: Bane of United States of America
The United States of America must make an all-out effort to root out school shootings which are really giving it a bad name globally. In the last two decades, the number of…
- World
US woman left AirPods on plane; tracked at airport worker’s home
San Francisco: A woman in the US has tracked down her lost Apple AirPods to an airport worker’s home two weeks after she left them on a plane, a media report said.…
- World
US drone crashes into Black Sea after collision with Russian fighter jet
A US drone has crashed into the Black Sea following a collision with a Russian fighter jet, heightening tensions between the two countries amid the ongoing Ukraine conflict. According to the US…
- World
‘Deceived’ US city scraps agreement with Nithyananda’s ‘Kailasa’
New York: Having been duped, a US city has scrapped a sister-city agreement with the fictional nation of “Kailasa” that the fugitive godman Nithyananda’s outfit claimed was recognition by Washington. “Based on…
- World
USA: 31-yr-old woman who birthed 13-yr-old’s baby to not be jailed
A 31-year-old woman from the US state of Colorado who confessed to having sexual relations with a 13-year-old last year will not go to jail. The Fountain Police Department charged Andrea Serrano…
- India
What is TU 160? The bomber India wants, Russia owns and US is likely to have
In December 2022, a Russian military bomber engineer drove to USA’s southwest border and asked for asylum. In exchange, he said he would provide the US government with Russian military secrets. This…
- World
Ex-cops plead not guilty over African-American man’s death
Washington: Five former police officers in Memphis, who have been charged with murder over the death of African-American man Tyre Nichols, have pleaded not guilty in their first court appearance. The 29-year-old…
- World
Taliban’s ban on university education for women receives USA’s ire
United States of America’s Secretary of state Antony Blinken condemned the Taliban after the latter imposed a statewide ban on women attending universities in Afghanistan on Tuesday. “Until the Taliban respect the…
- Technology
Top Twitter execs interfered with US election before banning Trump: Musk files
San Francisco: Elon Musk on Saturday revealed the third season of ‘Twitter Files,’ which claimed that top Twitter executives suppressed and censored former US President Donald Trump in the days before the…
- India
‘High demand’: US on 3-year wait time for issuance of visas to Indians
New Delhi: The US is undertaking “tremendous efforts” to solve the problem of long wait time in issuance of visas in India, US Charge d’Affaires Ambassador Elizabeth Jones said on Friday, acknowledging…
- Middle East
US to continue imposing sanctions on Russian, Iranian arms trade: White House
Washington: The United States will continue to vigorously enforce sanctions on Russian and Iranian arms trade, the White House said, asserting that it will stand with the people of Ukraine for as…
