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Trump says India ‘biggest’ import tariff charger, vows to reciprocate if elected

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Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, Friday, October 11, 2024, in Reno, Nevada. | Photo Credit: AP Vowing to introduce a reciprocal tax if elected to power, former U.S. president Donald Trump has claimed that India imposes the highest tariffs on…

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Blinken says U.S. wants Lebanon solution, not ‘broader conflict’

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Antony Blinken speaks during a news conference on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit at the American Center in Vientiane, Laos, on Friday (October 11, 2024). | Photo Credit: AP U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced hope on Friday (October 12, 2024) for a diplomatic solution in Lebanon and…

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Deaths Of 2 Navy SEALS Killed In Somalia Sea Op “Preventable”, Probe Finds

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Washington, United States: The deaths of two US Navy SEALs during an operation earlier this year to seize Iranian weapons bound for Yemen’s Houthi rebels were “preventable,” an investigation into the incident found. During the operation — in which the elite troops boarded a vessel off the coast of Somalia in January — one SEAL…

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US Soldier, Who Allegedly Aided ISIS, Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison

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Washington, United States: A US soldier who pleaded guilty to trying to provide information to the Islamic State group to help it attack American troops in the Middle East was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Friday. Cole Bridges, 24, pleaded guilty in June of last year to attempting to provide material support to…

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Two arrested in deadly attack on homeless man sleeping in NYC parking lot

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Police officers guard outside One Police Plaza NYPD Headquarters. File | Photo Credit: AP Two men were arrested on manslaughter charges Friday (October 11, 2024) in the beating death of a homeless man who was accosted while sleeping in a supermarket parking lot in Brooklyn, police said. The suspects were awaiting arraignment, and it wasn’t…

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TikTok was aware of risks kids and teens face on its platform, legal document alleges

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TikTok was aware that its design features are detrimental to its young users and that publicly touted tools aimed at limiting kids’ time on the site were largely ineffective, according to internal documents and communications exposed in lawsuit filed by the state of Kentucky. The details are among redacted portions of Kentucky’s lawsuit that contains…

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US Wants Lebanon Solution, Not “Broader Conflict”, Says Blinken

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Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced hope Friday for a diplomatic solution in Lebanon and preventing a broader conflict, as he backed efforts by the fragile state to assert itself against Hezbollah. Blinken again said that Israel, which has been carrying out deadly strikes on Lebanon, “has a right to defend itself” against…

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Road rage shooting in Los Angeles leaves 1 dead, shuts down Interstate 5 for hours

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Vehicles line Interstate 5. Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: AP An apparent road rage shooting during rush hour traffic in Los Angeles killed one person and injured another, authorities said Friday (October 11, 2024). The shooting, which was reported Thursday just after 4 p.m., closed down the northbound lanes of the…

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Boeing To Cut 17,000 Jobs Worldwide Amid Factory Strikes

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New York: Boeing announced Friday that it plans to cut 10 percent of its workforce as it projected a large third-quarter loss in the wake of a machinist strike in the Seattle region. The aviation giant must “reset our workforce levels to align with our financial reality,” Chief Executive Kelly Ortberg said, adding that the…

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Israeli forces kill 2 Lebanese soldiers and injure 2 U.N. peacekeepers in separate strikes

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An Israeli airstrike killed two Lebanese soldiers and wounded three on Friday (October 11, 2024), Lebanon’s military said, just hours after the Israeli military fired on the headquarters of U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, injuring two of them for the second day in a row. The incidents entangling both Lebanon’s official Army — which has…

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