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- Business
US economy expands 2.9 percent in December quarter
Washington: Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2022. In the third quarter, real GDP increased by 3.2 percent, according to…
- Telangana
Chicago shooting: Father of injured Indian student seeks government help
Hyderabad: A student from Telangana studying in Chicago was critically injured by some armed miscreants during a robbery on Sunday night in Princeton Park. After the incident, the father of the victim…
- World
2 students dead, adult hurt in US school shooting
Des Moines: Two students were killed and an adult employee was injured in a “targeted shooting” at a Des Moines school in US’ Iowa state, the police said. Three suspects have been…
- Business
Contract personnel deleted software files: US on mega aviation outage
San Francisco: The US has blamed the third-party contractors for last week’s mega outage that grounded thousands of flights, saying that “contract personnel unintentionally deleted files” while working on the 30-year-old software.…
- World
Indian sentenced in US for $3.5mn drug smuggling conspiracy
New York: A 34 year-old Indian has been sentenced to 87 months in prison for operating a pharmacy that sold unapproved prescription drugs and controlled substances, including opioids, and shipped them from…
- World
US records over 25 mn flu illnesses this season: CDC
Los Angeles: There have been at least 25 million illnesses, 270,000 hospitalisations, and 17,000 deaths from flu so far this season in the US, according to the latest estimates released by the…
- Middle East
Abbas urges US intervention to stop Israeli escalation
Ramallah: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has urged the US government to intervene to stop the Israeli new government’s measures against the Palestinians before it is too late. Abbas made the remarks during…
- Business
Amazon faces over $60K penalty for unsafe warehouse work conditions
Washington: US regulators have found that three Amazon warehouse facilities exposed workers to “ergonomic hazards”, including putting them at high risk for lower back injuries and other musculoskeletal disorders. Amazon faces a…
- Middle East
UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi completes final training ahead of 6-month ISS mission
The United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi, has completed the final training in the United States (US), for the six-month landmark mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in February 2023.…
- Business
US could default on its debt as soon as June
Washington: The US Treasury Department said the country could default on its debt as soon as June. The US will reach the debt limit on January 19 on January 19 and then…
- World
Biden to deliver his State of the Union address on Feb 7
Washington: US President Joe Biden will deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of the Congress on February 7, the White House has said. White House press secretary…
- Middle East
Arms supplied by US, Britain continue to fuel Yemen long conflict: Report
Sanaa: Arms supplied by the US and Britain continues to fuel Yemen’s years-long civil war, killing and injuring many civilians, an investigation report released by charity organisation Oxfam revealed. According to the…
- World
Biden’s legal team finds fresh batch of classified documents
Washington: US President Joe Biden’s legal team has found a fresh batch of classified documents at a second location following the initial discovery of confidential material dating back from the time when…
- India
US flights grounded: Flight departures resume after overnight system outage
Delhi: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) removed its order to halt all domestic aircraft departures across the United States on Wednesday after restoring the system that provides pilots with pre-flight safety notices,…