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Four killed in shooting at US birthday party
Washington: At least four people were killed and several injured in a shooting in the US’ Alabama state on Saturday night, media reports said. The shooting occurred at a birthday party in…
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US inflation at the lowest since 2021
London: US annual inflation reduced to 5 per cent last month, official figures revealed, the slowest pace for price increases since 2021 they first began to climb, according to a media report.…
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China backs Macron’s remarks against following US policy on Taiwan
Beijing: China on Wednesday waded into controversy over French President Emmanuel Macron’s comments in which he called for greater “European sovereignty” by not following the US policy over China and Taiwan. “The…
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in USA
Washington D.C: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with Minister of Finance, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al-Jadaan during a meeting on the sidelines of the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings 2023, in Washington…
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US: Two black representatives demanding stricter gun control expelled from house in Tennessee
It’s shocking what is happening in the oldest democracy, the USA. Some days back, three nine-year-old children and three adults were killed when a transgender woman with a gun went spraying bullets…
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China sanctions US organisations for hosting Taiwan President during stopover
Beijing: China on Friday slapped sanctions on two American organisations that hosted Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen during her visit to the US and her meeting with the House Speaker, a day after…
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India now has third highest number of billionaires in the world
New Delhi: India, which has the third-most billionaires, with 169, had a more mixed year. Indian billionaires as a group – worth $675 billion – are $75 billion poorer than in 2022,…
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US Vice President Kamala Harris visits her Indian grandfather’s house in Zambia
Washington: US Vice President Kamala Harris remembered her maternal grandfather P V Gopalan and visited his family house in Zambia’s capital Lusaka where he lived as an Indian Foreign Service official in…
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School shootings: Bane of United States of America
The United States of America must make an all-out effort to root out school shootings which are really giving it a bad name globally. In the last two decades, the number of…
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US woman left AirPods on plane; tracked at airport worker’s home
San Francisco: A woman in the US has tracked down her lost Apple AirPods to an airport worker’s home two weeks after she left them on a plane, a media report said.…
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US drone crashes into Black Sea after collision with Russian fighter jet
A US drone has crashed into the Black Sea following a collision with a Russian fighter jet, heightening tensions between the two countries amid the ongoing Ukraine conflict. According to the US…
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‘Deceived’ US city scraps agreement with Nithyananda’s ‘Kailasa’
New York: Having been duped, a US city has scrapped a sister-city agreement with the fictional nation of “Kailasa” that the fugitive godman Nithyananda’s outfit claimed was recognition by Washington. “Based on…
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USA: 31-yr-old woman who birthed 13-yr-old’s baby to not be jailed
A 31-year-old woman from the US state of Colorado who confessed to having sexual relations with a 13-year-old last year will not go to jail. The Fountain Police Department charged Andrea Serrano…
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What is TU 160? The bomber India wants, Russia owns and US is likely to have
In December 2022, a Russian military bomber engineer drove to USA’s southwest border and asked for asylum. In exchange, he said he would provide the US government with Russian military secrets. This…
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Ex-cops plead not guilty over African-American man’s death
Washington: Five former police officers in Memphis, who have been charged with murder over the death of African-American man Tyre Nichols, have pleaded not guilty in their first court appearance. The 29-year-old…
