Month: December 2024

Trump selects former soldier, Iraq War veteran to serve as Army secretary

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Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump. File | Photo Credit: Reuters President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday (December 4, 2024) that he has selected a former soldier and Iraq War veteran to serve as secretary of the Army. Mr. Trump said Daniel P. Driscoll had completed Army Ranger school and deployed with…

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French Far-Left Calls For President Macron’s Resignation After No-Confidence Vote

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France’s hard-left also urged President Emmanuel Macron to hold early presidential elections. Paris: France’s hard left on Wednesday urged President Emmanuel Macron to resign and hold early presidential elections after lawmakers voted to oust the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier. “We are now calling on Macron to go,” Mathilde Panot, the head of the…

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French lawmakers vote to oust Prime Minister in first successful no-confidence vote since 1962

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French Prime Minister Michel Barnier reacts after the result of the vote on the first motion of no-confidence against the French government, tabled by the alliance of left-wing parties the “Nouveau Front Populaire” (New Popular Front – NFP). | Photo Credit: Reuters France’s far-right and left-wing lawmakers joined together to vote Wednesday (December 4, 2024)…

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700 Bangladeshi Terrorists, Death Row Convicts Still On Run After Jailbreak

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Dhaka: Around 700 Bangladeshi prison inmates were still on the run after mass jailbreaks over the summer during the student-led revolution that ousted autocratic ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina, authorities said Wednesday. Sheikh Hasina fled in August to India, where she remains, as her government collapsed at the peak of a popular revolt. In the weeks…

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French Lawmakers Oust PM Michel Barnier In No-Confidence Vote

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Paris: French lawmakers on Wednesday voted to oust the government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier after just three months in office, a historic move which plunged the country further into political chaos. For the first time in over sixty years, the National Assembly lower house toppled the incumbent government, approving a no-confidence motion that had…

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‘Martial Law’ Most-Searched Word On Google In South Korea

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Seoul: The Korean term for “martial law” was the most-searched word on Google in South Korea on Wednesday, following President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived declaration of martial law. The word topped Google’s trends chart with the search volume over the past 24 hours surpassing the 2 million mark, up more than a thousand percent from…

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Trump picks billionaire who performed first private spacewalk to lead NASA

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Jared Isaacman. File | Photo Credit: AFP A tech billionaire who bought a series of spaceflights from Elon Musk’s SpaceX and conducted the first private spacewalk was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday (December 4, 2024) to lead NASA. Jared Isaacman, 41, CEO and founder of a card-processing company, has collaborated closely with…

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CBI Conducts Searches In Delhi-NCR Over Rs 117 Crore Cyber Crime Case

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Evidence was seized from the premises of 10 suspected individuals. (Representational) New Delhi: The CBI conducted searches at 10 locations in Delhi and surrounding areas on Wednesday in connection with a case of transnational cyber-enabled financial frauds involving Rs 117 crore, officials said. The searches were conducted during an ongoing investigation into a case registered…

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12-Year-Old Boy Held Over Class 6 Student’s Death In Delhi School

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The doctors said the boy might have suffered a convulsion-related condition. (Representational) New Delhi: A day after a 12-year-old student of Class-6 died following a minor fight at a private school in the national capital, Delhi Police has detained a classmate of the student in connection with the case, officials said on Wednesday. Hundreds of…

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At 37.3 Degrees Celsius, Mumbai Records Hottest December Day In 16 Years

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The skies over the city have been cloudy since Tuesday. (Representational) Mumbai: Mumbai on Wednesday recorded a maximum temperature of 37.3 degrees Celsius, its hottest day in December in the last 16 years, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The Santacruz observatory, which monitors temperature for the suburbs, recorded 37.3 degree Celsius, while the Colaba…

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