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Google Paid $26 Billion To Be Default Search Engine On Browsers, Phones: Report

October 27, 2023 admin

Google Paid Billion To Be Default Search Engine On Browsers, Phones: Report

The amount of payments Google made for default status has more than tripled since 2014, the report said. Washington: Alphabet’s Google paid $26.3 billion to other companies in 2021 to ensure its search engine was the default on web browsers and mobile phones, a top company executive testified during the Justice Department’s antitrust trial, Bloomberg…

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US Judge Asks Donald Trump If He Wants His Federal Election Trial Televised

October 27, 2023 admin

The US media outlets argue that public has a right to see an unprecedented trial of Donald Trump. Washington: A U.S. judge on Friday asked former President Donald Trump whether he wants to appear on television when he stands trial in federal court on charges of attempting to overturn his 2020 election defeat. U.S. District…

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Man Wanted For US Judge’s Murder Found Dead

October 26, 2023 admin

Law enforcement had been searching for Argote since Judge was shot dead. (Representational) Washington: A man wanted for the murder of a Maryland judge who ruled against him in a child custody case has been found dead, officials said Thursday. The body of Pedro Argote, 49, was found in a wooded area near where his…

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Republican Mike Johnson Elected New US House Speaker

October 25, 2023 admin

The 56th Speaker of House of Representatives, Johnson, a lawyer by profession, is a 4-term Congressman. Washington: Republican Congressman from Louisiana Mike Johnson has been elected as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, bringing an end to three weeks of uncertainty in US politics. The position of Speaker of the House of Representatives is…

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Trump Fined $10,000 For Violating Gag Order Again In Civil Fraud Case

October 25, 2023 admin

Trump Fined ,000 For Violating Gag Order Again In Civil Fraud Case

Earlier, Trump had fined $5,000 for violating court’s gag order. Washington: The judge presiding over Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial in New York fined the former US president $10,000 on Wednesday for violating an order not to criticize court staff. Judge Arthur Engoron imposed the fine — Trump’s second — after determining that comments he…

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New US House Speaker Announces Resolution Supporting Israel As First Bill

October 25, 2023 admin

At least 1,400 Israelis killed in Hamas attack on 7 October. Washington: Speaker Mike Johnson called up a resolution supporting Israel in his first action as leader of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, after a three-week leadership vacuum that left the Republican-led chamber unable to respond to the Middle East crisis. “The first…

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Third Nominee Quits In Two Weeks

October 24, 2023 admin

US House turned into a major crisis for Republicans since McCarthy’s historic dismissal on October 3. Washington: The third Republican nominee for US House speaker in two weeks dropped out Tuesday after failing to find enough support to win the gavel, plunging the paralyzed lower chamber of Congress deeper into crisis. House Majority Whip Tom…

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Joe Biden’s Israel Stance Angers Muslim-Americans; Could Jeopardize 2024 Votes

October 24, 2023 admin

Many Arab Americans accuse Biden of failing to push for any humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza strip. Washington: Arab and Muslim Americans and their allies are criticizing President Joe Biden’s response to the Israel-Hamas war, asking him to do more to prevent a humanitarian crisis in Gaza or risk losing their support in the 2024 election….

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Blinken, Austin say U.S. is ready to respond if personnel become targets of Israel-Hamas war

October 23, 2023 admin

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said Sunday that the United States expects the Israel-Hamas war to escalate through involvement by proxies of Iran, and they asserted that the Biden administration is prepared to respond if American personnel or armed forces become the target of any such hostilities. “This is not…

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US Woman Stabs Daughter, 4, Attempts To Kill Other Child

October 22, 2023 admin

She is facing charges of first-degree murder and child abuse. A woman from California, United States, has been arrested by the police in connection with the death of her four-year-old daughter and trying to kill her 10-year-old son. She pleaded not guilty to stabbing the child and is facing charges of first-degree murder and child…

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