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US military aircraft crashes off Australia’s coast
Canberra: A US military aircraft crashed off the coast of Australia’s Northern Territory on Sunday when it was participating in a training exercise. The Boeing V-22 Osprey was participating in a training…
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Compliance panel keeps Samsung in check: Committee chair
Seoul: Ensuring compliance and ethics is taking root in the corporate culture within Samsung Group, its compliance committee chairman has said, as its management learned the lesson that it must pay a…
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UK PM Sunak to make whole-life sentences mandatory for heinous murderers
London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has unveiled plans for tough new laws which would mean those convicted of heinous murders will face life behind bars for the rest of their lives,…
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US: Ex-Navy SEAL who claimed to have killed Osama bin Laden, arrested
Texas: Former US Navy SEAL who claimed to have killed Osama bin Laden in 2011, was arrested earlier this week in Texas for allegedly causing body injury, The New York Post reported.…
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Rishi Sunak faces a new conflict of interest row over India trade talks
New Delhi: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces a new conflict of interest row before the G20 summit in New Delhi next month over claims that his family could stand to benefit…
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IAF to join ‘Bright Star-23’ exercise with USA, Saudi, Greece & Qatar
New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) is participating in Exercise ‘BRIGHT STAR-23’ in Egypt. Contingents from the United States of America, Saudi Arabia, Greece and Qatar are also part of this.…
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After over 3 yrs Covid restrictions, NKorea allows citizens abroad to return
Seoul: Reopening its border following more than three years of its stringent virus restrictions, North Korea has lifted an entry ban imposed on its citizens staying abroad over Covid-19 concerns, state media…
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Cyber-security firm Fortinet lays off employees in sales, business development
San Francisco: Global cybersecurity company Fortinet has reportedly laid off employees in roles related to sales, business development and channel partners. According to CRN, Fortinet had 13,677 employees and contractors as of…
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Modi-Xi talks: Big difference in Indian and Chinese statements, says Chidambaram
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday alleged the divergent views offered by India and China to characterise the conversation between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping is…
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Govt mulling to relax retirement age of LIC chairman, PSB chiefs
New Delhi: The government is considering relaxing the retirement age of heads of all public sector banks (PSBs) and Life Insurance Corporation (LIC). According to reports, State Bank of India (SBI) Chairman…
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Taliban releases Iranian photojournalist: Media
Tehran: Iranian photojournalist Mohammad-Hossein Velayati, who was detained last week in Afghanistan, has been released, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency, which Velayati works for, reported. The journalist was handed over to the…
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Trump calls Milwaukee debaters ‘pretenders to throne, second tier’
Washington: Former US President Donald Trump has mocked the Republican Presidential primary debate, hosted by Fox TV, saying that the debate was one of the “lowest rated ever” and showed that many…
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India, US discuss ways to give impetus to growing partnership, investment flows
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and US Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Saturday discussed ways to promote trade and investments between the two countries. In a message on social…
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Bella Hadid accused of being ‘Israel hater’ for supporting Palestinian rights
Israeli far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir lashed out at supermodel Bella Hadid on Friday for criticising his recent remark against Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank. On Wednesday, August 23,…
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‘Orchestrated hate campaign’: Pakistan’s top rights body on attack on Christians
Lahore: The recent mob attack on churches and Christian localities in Pakistan’s Punjab province was part of a larger hate campaign against the minority community, an independent human rights body has said,…
