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Mass power outage in North Carolina probed as ‘criminal occurrence’
Washington: A massive power outage in the US state of North Carolina is being investigated as a “criminal occurrence”. Several communities of Moore County began experiencing power outages after 7 p.m. on…
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Iran accuses US of ‘seeking to cause chaos’ to force concessions in nuke talks
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has accused the US, along with some other Western countries, of “seeking to cause chaos” in Iran to force its concessions in the talks on reviving…
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Indian-origin science teacher wins PM’s prize in Australia
Melbourne: An Indian-origin teacher in Australia has received the 2022 Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in secondary schools. Melbourne-based Veena Nair, who is ViewBank College’s Head of Technology and…
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Sri Lanka to launch mobile app for tourist safety next year
Colombo: Sri Lanka will introduce a mobile app for the safety of tourists coming to the South Asian country, Minister of Tourism and Lands Harin Fernando said here. He told reporters that…
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Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan accuses Gen Bajwa of playing double game’ against his govt
Islamabad: Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Imran Khan has accused former army chief Gen (retd.) Qamar Javed Bajwa of playing “double game” against his government and said that he committed a “big mistake”…
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Six coal miners killed in gas explosion in Pakistan
Islamabad: At least six coal miners were killed after getting trapped due to a gas explosion inside a coal mine in Harnai district of Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, officials told media. According…
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Protests sparked by draconian lockdowns may thwart China’s plans to become a global superpower
Beijing: The continued demonstrations against harsh lockdowns and the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) zero-covid policy in China are probably going to make it more difficult for Xi Jinping to realize his goal…
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China unrest: Apple fasts forwards plans to shift manufacturing to India
New Delhi: Apple is fast forwarding its manufacturing plans in India and Vietnam in the wake of China unrest over zero-Covid policy which has severely disrupted its supply chain, leading to an…
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3 Chinese astronauts return safely after completing six months mission at China’s space station
Beijing: China’s spaceship, the Shenzhou-14, carrying three astronauts who lived in its orbiting space station for six months touched down at the Dongfeng landing site in north Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region safely…
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India 8th among countries at highest risk of mass killing: Study
India is ranked eighth among countries that are at the highest risk of mass killing in 2022-23, a United States-based study has said. India has experienced a drop in rank from the…
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Singapore to see new wave of Covid-19 infections: Health minister
Singapore: Singaporeans should expect a new wave of Covid-19 infections with more people travelling and due to the upcoming year-end festivities, the Straits Times website quoted Health Minister Ong Ye Kung as…
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Japan’s nursery school teachers arrested over abuse of infants
Tokyo: Three female teachers, who previously worked at a nursery school in the central Japanese prefecture of Shizuoka, were arrested on Sunday for repeatedly abusing infants in their care, local media reported.…
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Daesh planning to carry out suicide attack in Pakistan
Quetta: The Balochistan police have issued a threat alert for a suicide attack on security forces in Pakistan’s Quetta, local media reported. In a statement, Quetta’s central police office said it had…
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TN professor loses Rs 23L in online scam promising job in Singapore
Chennai: A Tiruchy-based professor, who was unemployed after returning from Saudi Arabia during Covid-19, lost Rs 23.5 lakh to an online scam. Tiruchy police told IANS that Prem Navas of Tirumurugan Nagar,…
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Musk ‘Twitter Files’ implicates Hyderabad origin lawyer Vijaya Gadde
New Delhi: The ‘Twitter Files’ revealed by Elon Musk has implicated Vijaya Gadde, the Indian-origin former head of legal, policy and trust at the company, in suppressing Hunter Biden’s laptop story on…
