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US announces additional humanitarian aid of USD 204 million for Afghans
Washington: The United States on Thursday (local time) announced an additional USD 204 million in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan, bringing the total donated since its withdrawal in August last year to USD…
- India
EAM Jaishankar holds talks with visiting Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday held talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, a day after the US warned of consequences over attempts to “circumvent” American sanctions against…
- Technology
Mobile users in US get spam texts from own numbers amid Russian threat
San Francisco: In a bizarre incident, thousands of mobile users in the US received spam texts from their own phone numbers, and leading telecom carrier Verizon Wireless now say there are “bad…
- Technology
Motorola becomes third largest smartphone brand in US for 1st time
New Delhi: Motorola has emerged as the third largest smartphone brand in the US for 2021 for the first time, as it gained from LGs decline. According to Counterpoint Research, this is…
- World
US concerned as COVID-19 cases surge
New York: There is wide concern in the US that another wave of Covid-19 is lurking somewhere ahead over the looming dominance of the BA.2 subvariant, though figures and rates currently give…
- World
COVID: Population dropped in 73 percent of US counties, reveals Census
New York: The toll of the Covid-19 pandemic was reflected in a natural decrease in 2021 in the population of nearly three-quarters of US counties versus the two previous years, the US…
- World
US-sponsored bioweapons programme in Ukraine
Satyen Mohapatra Even though Russia bolstered its arguments justifying its fear of biological weapons in Ukraine at the United Nations Security Council meeting on Friday, the Security Council showed its helplessness, and…
- Middle East
Iran won’t give up on regional presence, nuke program: Khamenei
Tehran: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said the Islamic republic will not give up on its regional presence and peaceful nuclear programme, the two factors that contribute to national power. Addressing…
- World
Omicron subvariant infections double each week in US
Washington: Cases of a highly transmissible Omicron subvariant were doubling in the US each week over the past month, according to the data updated on Tuesday by the country’s Centers for Disease…
- World
US scientists detect Omicron variant for first time in deer
Washington: Some white-tailed deer living in the US are actively infected with the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a study. The yet-to-be peer-reviewed study, posted recently…
- Business
Oil price at highest level since 2008; Asian markets slump
New Delhi: Oil prices have soared to the highest level since 2008 after the US said it was discussing a potential embargo on Russian supplies with its allies, BBC reported. Brent crude…
- World
Taliban official wanted by US makes rare public appearance
Kabul: The Taliban acting interior minister designated a terrorist by the US said in a rare public appearance Saturday that security police guilty of misconduct in Afghanistan were being penalised after a…
- Technology
Twitter expands its Birdwatch fact-checking pilot in US
San Francisco: Micro-blogging site Twitter has reportedly announced an expansion to its Birdwatch scheme, which sees volunteer fact-checkers vet potentially-misleading tweets. The company said that, as of right now, a small randomised…
- Middle East
‘I don’t care’: Saudi Crown Prince on what Joe Biden thinks of him
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has said, in an interview in The Atlantic published on Thursday, that he simply doesn’t care whether United States (US) President Joe…
- World
Dictators would pay a price for invading a foreign country: Biden
Washington: Accusing his Russian counterpart of waging a “premeditated and unprovoked” war against Ukraine, President Joe Biden in his maiden State of the Union Address asserted that “dictators” like Vladimir Putin would…
