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Top Roles For Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy In Donald Trump’s Cabinet

November 13, 2024 admin

US President-elect Donald Trump announced that Elon Musk will lead the ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ – a position Trump hinted at during his campaign trail. Musk will head the department alongside Indian-American entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. “Together, these two wonderful Americans will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut…

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In Major Push For Nuclear Power, India Asks States To Set Up Reactors

November 12, 2024 admin

New Delhi: India has ambitious plans to set up nuclear reactors across the country, especially in states where thermal power plants have either completed its life, or where access to coal is a challenge. With its focus on clean energy, India aims to reduce its dependence fossil fuels, and for this, the central government has…

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Trump picks John Ratcliffe to be CIA director

November 12, 2024 admin

A file image of John Ratcliffe, who has been picked as Director of CIA by President-elect Donald Trump | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday (November 12, 2024) that he had picked former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe to serve as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Mr. Ratcliffe, a close…

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels launch drones and missiles at U.S. warships near the Red Sea but do no damage

November 12, 2024 admin

Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted two U.S. Navy warships with multiple drones and missiles as they were travelling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, but the attacks were not successful, the Defense Department said Tuesday (November 12, 2024). Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, Pentagon press secretary, said the Iranian-backed Houthis launched at least eight drones, five anti-ship ballistic…

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Photos: Donald Trump’s Cabinet – Who’s Been Picked, Who’s In The Running

November 12, 2024 admin

Washington DC: Donald Trump has begun the process of choosing a cabinet and selecting other high-ranking administration officials following his presidential election victory. Here are the early picks and top contenders for some of the key posts overseeing defense, intelligence, diplomacy, trade, immigration and economic policymaking. Some are in contention for a range of posts….

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Inflation In Argentina Dips Below 200% For First Time In A Year

November 12, 2024 admin

Buenos Aires: Argentine inflation has dipped to 193%, landing below the 200% threshold for the first time in close to a year, data from statistics agency INDEC showed on Tuesday, as President Javier Milei’s dramatic austerity agenda bears fruit. Slowing inflation, pulled back in part by the government’s dramatic public spending adjustments, has however come…

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Trump picks former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee to be Ambassador to Israel

November 12, 2024 admin

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump with former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee whom the former is going to nominate as ambassador to Israel | Photo Credit: AP President-elect Donald Trump will nominate former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel, Mr. Trump announced Tuesday (November 12, 2024). Mr. Huckabee is a staunch defender of Israel and…

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These Countries Offer ‘Assisted Dying’ Or Are Considering It. How It’s Done

November 12, 2024 admin

London: Britain is to debate whether to legalise assisted dying for the terminally ill, potentially paving the way for the law to change. Below is a list of countries which allow people to choose to end their lives or are considering doing so. SWITZERLAND – Switzerland legalised assisted dying in 1942 on the condition the…

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UK May Soon Bring ‘Assisted Dying’ Law. Lawmaker Explains Its Safeguards

November 12, 2024 admin

London: A proposed law allowing terminally ill adults in England and Wales to end their lives was published on Tuesday, setting out safeguards such as ensuring the approval of doctors and judges to try to ease concerns in Britain over its possible misuse. The proposed law has polarised opinion and has split the governing Labour…

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China, Russia must fight U.S. ‘containment’: security chief

November 12, 2024 admin

Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Senior Russian official Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday (November 12, 2024) told China’s foreign minister Wang Yi their two countries’ most urgent task should be countering “containment” by the United States, as they met for security talks in Beijing. Moscow and Beijing have expanded military…

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