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US government says Elon Musk should not be immune to testifying about X Corp. (File) | Photo Credit: REUTERS The US government says the former Twitter’s request to end oversight of its data privacy and security practices is “meritless” and owner Elon Musk should not be immune to testifying about the company since he has…
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Paris: French regulators on Tuesday ordered Apple to halt sales of the iPhone 12 for emitting too much electromagnetic radiation, and to fix existing handsets. The French agency that regulates radio frequencies, the ANFR, said testing found that the model emits more electromagnetic waves susceptible to be absorbed by the body than permitted. The ANFR…
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Court rejects Chandrababu Naidu’s plea for house arrest, finds central jail safe The ACB Court in Vijayawada on Tuesday dismissed former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s plea for house arrest. It was convinced that the central jail at Rajamahendravaram is safe for him in view of tight security provided by the State government….
A Russian warplane crashed on Tuesday during a training mission in southern Russia, the military said, without specifying what happened to its crew of two. The Defence Ministry said that the Su-24 bomber went down in an unpopulated area in the Volgograd region and rescue helicopters were deployed to the site. The ministry said that…
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The airport operator said that “no passenger was put at risk” during the incident. (Representational) Mexico City: An alleged thief opened fire Tuesday outside Mexico City’s main international airport during a police chase that left two officers injured and briefly caused panic among travelers, authorities said. One officer was shot in the leg and shoulder…
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Kim Jong Un arrived at the border town of Khasan in Russia early Tuesday morning and met Vladimir Putin. Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said his first visit to Russia in nearly four years was a clear show of the “strategic importance” of the two countries’ relations, state media KCNA reported on…
Bernard Looney. File | Photo Credit: Reuters British energy giant BP said Tuesday that its chief executive Bernard Looney has resigned “with immediate effect”, after admitting he had not been “fully transparent” about historical relationships with colleagues. “Bernard Looney has notified the company that he has resigned as chief executive officer with immediate effect,” the…
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The 6.8-magnitude quake that struck on September 8 was the most powerful ever recorded in Morocco. Asni: When Khadija Temera, a survivor of Morocco’s devastating earthquake, was sent to a psychiatrist on Tuesday, she was just one of a hundred newly traumatised patients who would be seen within 24 hours. The powerful quake last Friday…
Image used for representative purpose only. File | Photo Credit: AP The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director on Tuesday signed off on the use of the updated COVID-19 shots from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna in people aged 6 months and older, the agency said. The final recommendation from director Mandy Cohen paves the…
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The US Senate is controlled today by Democrats, making Biden’s impeachment improbable. Washington: Republican lawmakers launched an investigation Tuesday into the possible impeachment of President Joe Biden, but such a prospect remains highly unlikely. Republican House members accuse Biden, a Democrat, of having “lied” to the American people about his son Hunter’s controversial business dealings…
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