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File photo of a Taiwanese soldier holding a Taiwan national flag during the annual Han Kuang military exercises. | Photo Credit: AP The Biden administration has approved the first-ever U.S. military transfer to Taiwan under a program generally reserved for assistance to sovereign, independent states. The State Department notified Congress of the sale on Wednesday….
A rare blue supermoon — the closest full moon of the year — dazzled stargazers Wednesday night. Saturn joined the celestial spectacle, visible alongside the moon, at least where skies were clear. It was the second full moon of August, thus the blue label. And it was unusually close to Earth, therefore a supermoon. The…
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Two motorists died in separate rain-related crashes on Wednesday morning. Florida: Hurricane Idalia brought torrential rain and threats of flash flooding on Wednesday afternoon to southeast Georgia after slamming into Florida, where authorities feared a powerful storm surge may have inundated communities in the Big Bend region. Authorities in Florida were still trying to carry…
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Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge likely to lead INDIA alliance. Mumbai: The name of the Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge is likely to be proposed for the Chairperson post of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance, INDIA bloc sources said on Wednesday. Sources also said that for the post of convenor, competition is between Bihar Chief Minister…
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Third meeting of the INDIA alliance will be held in Mumbai on August 31. New Delhi: Ahead of the third INDIA bloc meet in Mumbai, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha on Wednesday said that AAP has joined INDIA to prepare a blueprint for a better India. “AAP has not joined the INDIA alliance…
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East Bengal’s remarkable victory against NorthEast United FC in the Durand Cup semifinal was overshadowed by allegations of racism, with the visiting team fans reporting instances of racial slurs and being targeted with stones and slippers during the match. The 16-time champions exhibited one of the greatest comebacks as they overturned a two-goal deficit in…
Bengaluru: A group of farmers in Karnataka are holding a night-long candle-light vigil to protest against orders to release of Cauvery waters to Tamil Nadu. The protest in Mandya — near Srirangapatna — started this morning. Their objection is to the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee’s recommendation that Karnataka release 5000 cusecs of water to Tamil…
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Harak Singh Rawat is a former Forest Minister of Uttarakhand. (File) Dehradun: The Uttarakhand Vigilance Team on Wednesday raided an institute in Dehradun’s Shankarpur and a petrol pump in Chhiddarwala. State Vigilance Chief V Murugesan said that after the team examined the documents at both places, it was found that both the properties belong to…
This file photo provided by the North Korean government shows what it says is an intercontinental ballistic missile in a launching drill at the Sunan international airport in Pyongyang, North Korea | Photo Credit: AP North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on August 30, South Korea’s military said, hours after…
“Our main goal is to end this dictatorship,” Nana Patole said. Mumbai: As the third meeting of the INDIA bloc is set to begin in Mumbai tomorrow, Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Wednesday said that seat sharing in the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) will be done as per the merit of the…
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