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Qualcomm said it was getting into a new market for Wi-Fi routers. (File) | Photo Credit: REUTERS Qualcomm on Wednesday said it was getting into a new market for Wi-Fi routers and that Charter Communications and the UK’s EE will be among its first customers. San Diego, California-based Qualcomm is the world’s biggest supplier of…
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Iran’s parliament has approved a bill to impose heavier penalties on women who refuse to wear the mandatory Islamic headscarf in public. File | Photo Credit: AFP Iran’s parliament has approved a bill to impose heavier penalties on women who refuse to wear the mandatory Islamic headscarf in public and those who support them. The…
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Leicestershire Police said the man was taken into custody. (Representational) London: A 55-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assault of an emergency worker, UK police said on Wednesday with reference to a social media video allegedly showing an altercation between an Indian-origin group of men and women and a police officer during Ganesh…
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The oldest US federal judge, Pauline Newman, was 96 years old. (Representational) Washington: The oldest US federal judge, at age 96, was suspended from her duties Wednesday over questions about her mental competency, in a case evoking the debate over elderly politicians like Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Pauline Newman, an appellate court judge since…
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Washington: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, once considered a chief rival of former president Donald Trump, has fallen behind two Indian-American presidential candidates in the latest GOP polls in the crucial early primary state of New Hampshire, a CNN survey showed. According to the CNN/University of New Hampshire poll, Trump continues to be the first choice…
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File picture of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman | Photo Credit: via Reuters Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said in a U.S. television interview that his country was moving steadily closer to normalizing relations with Israel and also warned that if Iran gets a nuclear weapon, “we have to get one.” “Every…
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The war left 30,000 people dead and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes. Baku: Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said Wednesday his country had regained control over breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh, after separatist Armenian fighters agreed to lay down their arms in the face of a military operation. The stunning collapse of separatist resistance represents a major…
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Gunmen hold weapons during the funeral of Palestinians who were killed in an Israeli raid in Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank September 20,2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli military operations in the occupied West Bank and unrest in the Gaza Strip have killed six Palestinians, Palestinian health officials said Wednesday, the latest spike in…
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Supporters of women’s rights in Iran raise signs with Mahsa Amini’s picture on the anniversary of her death during a protest outside the White House, in Washington, U.S., on September 16, 2023. | Photo Credit: Reuters Iranian women who flout the strict Islamic dress code mandating head coverings and modest clothing would face up to…
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The tornado affected more than 5,500 people, with 137 houses collapsing. A tornado in eastern China killed 10 people and seriously injured several others, state media said Wednesday, the latest in a string of extreme weather events to strike the country. The tornado affected more than 5,500 people, with 137 houses collapsing, according to “preliminary…
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