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Mr Thanedar underlined that Muhammad Yunus has called for an end to the violence. Washington: Two prominent Indian-American lawmakers have sought the US’ direct intervention to stop the “coordinated attacks” against minority Hindus in Bangladesh, underlining that instability in the region, “fuelled by religious intolerance and violence”, is not in the interest of America or…
Three alleged ISIS supporters have been arrested for plotting a suicide attack at Taylor Swift’s concert. Washington: The United States provided intelligence to Austria that helped disrupt an alleged Islamic State plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert, the White House confirmed Friday. “We work closely with partners all over the world to monitor and…
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The incident took place on Friday in California. (Representative pic) A 28-year-old skydiving student in the United States was killed alongside her diving instructor after the pair hit a “dust devil” in California. A dust devil is a small but strong tornado-like whirlwind that forms in very hot conditions and can reach heights of several…
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US Vice-Presidential candidate J.D. Vance’s 2021 comment about “childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made” has set the cat among the pigeons. Well, not so much among pigeons, but certainly among a lot of women who have come out breathing fire that he dared to make…
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In a high-profile prisoner swap that is being hailed by Biden supporters as a major victory for the administration, Russia released Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US marine Paul Whelan, along with 14 others. In a press statement, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, “Under President Biden’s leadership, we have secured…
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Tears of joy overflowed as the detainees reunited with their families. Washington: Tears of joy flowed in the Oval Office the moment families of prisoners such as Evan Gershkovich, freed by Russia in the biggest such swap since the Cold War, first spoke by phone to their loved ones, a White House video showed on…
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Earlier this week, a disturbing video emerged from the UK, in which a young Asian boy could be seen being kicked and punched while he lay defenceless on the floor of Manchester Airport. Most reports said that three Greater Manchester police officers were first assaulted – one of whom was left with a broken nose…
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“We did it, Joe,” exclaimed the 49th Vice-President of the United States four years ago-the phrase becoming a war cry of sorts, coming from a half-Black, half-Indian woman, married to a Jewish-American man. This moment became a landmark in the sociopolitical history of the US. For all its celebratory moments, American democracy has a long…
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For the 725,000 Indian immigrants living in the U.S. without a visa, the third-largest group of undocumented immigrants, President Joe Biden’s recent executive order on immigration brings much-needed relief. It eases the path to employment and citizenship for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, or ‘dreamers’, that is, undocumented residents who were brought to…
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Moscow: Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov and his US counterpart Lloyd Austin held a telephone call where they discussed lowering the risk of “possible escalation”, the Russian defence ministry said on Friday. The call, which was initiated by Moscow, comes as tensions between the two sides flare over Washington’s plan to deploy long-range missiles in…
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