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Global shares trade mixed in muted reaction to US inauguration
Tokyo: Global shares were mixed in a muted reaction Tuesday to the inauguration of US President Donald Trump. France’s CAC 40 gained 0.1% to 7,739.02, while Germany’s DAX was flat at 20,988.89.…
- World
Trump signs executive order to end birthright US citizenship; lawsuit filed
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to end birthright citizenship. However, hours after the order, a coalition of civil rights and immigration groups filed a lawsuit challenging the move. Signed…
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US: President Trump signs slew of executive orders on Day 1
Washington: United States President Donald Trump has begun his promised executive action on Day 1. With his opening rounds of memoranda and executive orders, Trump repealed dozens of former President Joe Biden’s…
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PM Modi congratulates ‘dear friend’ Trump on inauguration as 47th US president
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated Donald Trump on his historic inauguration as the 47th US president and said he looks forward to working closely together once again, to…
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Trump 2.0: A maverick returns to world centre stage
New York: In the weeks between his phenomenal electoral victory and swearing-in as the 47th President of the US, the world got a preview of what a second Donald Trump presidency will…
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Hyderabad student shot dead in open fire in US
Hyderabad: A student from Hyderabad was shot dead in an open fire in the United States (US). The incident took place in Washington, DC. The student has been identified as Ravi Teja,…
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Trump says he will end Ukraine war on eve of swearing-in
Washington: On the eve of taking office as the 47th President of the United States of America, Donald Trump told supporters at a victory rally that he will end the war in…
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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…
- Middle East
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…
- Middle East
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…
- Middle East
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,…
