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Online Hate Against South Asian Americans Rises Steadily: Report

October 9, 2024 admin

Washington: Online hate against Americans of South Asian ancestry has risen steadily in 2023 and 2024 with the rise of politicians from that community to prominence, according to a report released on Wednesday by nonprofit group Stop AAPI Hate. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris is of Indian descent, as…

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US Warns Israel Not To Repeat Gaza Destruction In Lebanon

October 9, 2024 admin

Washington: The United States on Wednesday said Israel must avoid any Gaza-like military action in Lebanon after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned it risked “destruction” like that in the Palestinian territory. “There should be no kind of military action in Lebanon that looks anything like Gaza and leaves a result anything like Gaza,” State Department…

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What Exactly Would A Trump Or A Harris Mean For The World?

October 9, 2024 admin

The 2024 U.S. Presidential Election is being keenly watched around the world, both for the outcome and for the consequences. One month out, the polls suggest a virtual tie. Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democrat, had seen an increase in popularity after donning her party’s official nomination in August. But over the past two weeks,…

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What Exactly Would A Trump Or A Harris Mean For The World?

October 9, 2024 admin

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Afghan Man Arrested In US For Plotting ISIS Terror Attack On Election Day

October 8, 2024 admin

Washington: An Afghan man was arrested in Oklahoma for allegedly plotting an election day “terrorist attack,” the U.S. Department of Justice said on Tuesday. The man, Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, living in Oklahoma City after entering the U.S. in 2021 on a special immigrant visa, was plotting the attack in the name of Islamic State,…

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Hurricane Milton May Be “Worst Storm” To Hit Florida In Decades: Joe Biden

October 8, 2024 admin

Washington: Hurricane Milton, the Category 4 storm headed toward the southeastern United States, could be the worst to hit Florida in a century, President Joe Biden said on Tuesday. “This could be the worst storm to hit Florida in over a century. God willing it won’t be, but that’s what it’s looking like right now,”…

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US Court Orders Google To Open Android To Rival App Stores

October 7, 2024 admin

San Francisco: A US judge on Monday ordered Google to open its Android smartphone operating system to rival app stores, in a fresh legal setback for the tech giant. The order is the result of Google’s defeat in an antitrust case brought by Fortnite-maker Epic Games, where a California jury decided that Google wields illegal…

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US Says Its Forces Strike 15 Houthi Targets In Yemen

October 4, 2024 admin

Washington: US forces on Friday hit 15 targets in Huthi-controlled areas of Yemen, the US military said. Four provinces were struck, the Iran-backed rebels’ Al Masirah television network reported. The United States and Britain have repeatedly carried out strikes aimed at curbing the Huthis’ ability to target shipping, but the rebels’ attacks on merchant vessels…

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No Policy Change On Multi-Brand Retailing: Piyush Goyal In US

October 4, 2024 admin

Piyush Goyal said the US can afford it because its population is much smaller compared to India. Washington: Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Thursday categorically ruled out the entry of multi-brand retailing in India as such a move would destroy pop-and-mom stores like that of the US. Except for this, he…

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S Jaishankar Meets Kamala Harris’ National Security Advisor In US

October 2, 2024 admin

S Jaishankar met Philip Gordon, the NSA to Vice President Kamala Harris, on Wednesday. Washington: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar held a “productive” meeting with US National Security Advisor (NSA) Jake Sullivan on Wednesday. The EAM also met Philip Gordon, the NSA to Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for President. He is…

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