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SpaceX’s Starship launches as seen from South Padre Island near Brownsville, Texas, U.S., on Tuesday (November 19, 2024). | Photo Credit: Reuters SpaceX on Tuesday (November 19, 2024) launched another Starship rocket but passed up catching the booster with giant mechanical arms. Unlike last month’s success, the booster was directed to a splashdown in the…
Washington: Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he was appointing Mehmet Oz, a former surgeon and TV celebrity known as “Dr. Oz,” to lead the United States’ massive public health insurance program. The 64-year-old heart surgeon was championed on daytime television by Oprah Winfrey before he entered politics with an unsuccessful bid for a Senate seat…
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Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González. File | Photo Credit: AP The U.S. government recognised Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González as the “President-elect” of the South American country on Tuesday (November 19, 2024), months after President Nicolas Maduro claimed to have won the July contest. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken recognized Mr. González in a…
Beirut: US special envoy Amos Hochstein said in Beirut Tuesday that an end to the Israel-Hezbollah war was “now within our grasp” as he met officials to discuss a truce plan largely endorsed by Lebanon. The United States and France have spearheaded efforts for a ceasefire in the war, which escalated in late September after…
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An advocate for imposing wide-ranging tariffs, Howard Lutnick told CNBC in September that “tariffs are an amazing tool for the president to use—we need to protect the American worker”. File | Photo Credit: AP President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Howard Lutnick, head of brokerage and investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald and a cryptocurrency enthusiast, as his nominee…
London: The Delhi-based family of Harshita Brella, the 24-year-old found dead in a car boot in east London recently, have called for justice as the UK police continue to hunt for her husband as a suspect in her murder and renewed their appeal for information on Tuesday. Northamptonshire Police released further CCTV images along with…
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Marnus Labuschagne. File | Photo Credit: PTI A shattering defeat to New Zealand on home soil would have caused a “little bit of damage” to India’s confidence, but Australia will not make the mistake of underestimating the visitors, said charismatic batter Marnus Labuschagne in Perth on Tuesday (November 19, 2024). The world No. 2 India…
During interrogation, the man claimed that he is a civil engineer who smuggles to earn easy money. Kolkata: The Border Security Force (BSF) claims to have arrested a civil engineer and seized 50 gold biscuits from his possession in the North 24-Parganas district of West Bengal. “Acting on specific intelligence inputs, troops of 5 Bn…
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The polling for the second phase elections will be starting at 7 am. (Representational) Ranchi: As Jharkhand gears up for the second phase of the assembly elections tomorrow, the state faces a fierce battle between the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-Congress alliance looking to retain power while the Bharatiya Janata Party and allies seeking to remove…
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Critics are questioning Virat Kohli’s place in the side, but Australia has often been a stage for his redemption. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, India’s star batter Virat Kohli reflected on his best knock in Australia, identifying his century during the 2018/19 series as his favourite. Virat Kohli is…