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Fraud trial | Michael Cohen testifies against Trump, who calls him ‘proven liar’

October 25, 2023 admin

In a courtroom showdown five years in the making, Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen testified Tuesday that he worked to boost the supposed value of the former U.S. president’s assets to “whatever number Trump told us to.” Mr. Trump’s lawyers — and outside court, Mr. Trump himself — by turn sought to portray Mr. Cohen…

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U.S. House speaker nominee Steve Scalise drops out of race, deepening crisis

October 13, 2023 admin

U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, talks to reporters as he announces he is ending his campaign to be the next House speaker after a Republican meeting at the Capitol in Washington, on October 12, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Representative Steve Scalise, who Republicans nominated to be the next speaker of the House of…

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U.S. sues Amazon for breaking antitrust law, harming consumers

September 26, 2023 admin

September 26, 2023 10:01 pm | Updated 10:37 pm IST – WASHINGTON D.C. A logo of the Amazon fulfillment is seen outside the Amazon fulfillment centre in Kent, Washington. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com on September 26, charging the online retailer with harming…

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Indo-U.S. ties must be more ambitious, vie for frictionless trade relationship: Ambassador Garcetti

September 26, 2023 admin

U.S. Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti during the 20th Indo-US Economic Summit, in New Delhi on September 26, 2023 | Photo Credit: ANI India and the US need to strive towards a more ambitious and frictionless bilateral trade relationship, U.S. Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti said in New Delhi on Tuesday. Speaking at the 20th…

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U.S. President Biden to follow CDC guidelines during India visit for G20 Summit: White House

September 6, 2023 admin

U.S. President Joe Biden will follow the COVID-19 guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) during his visit to India for the G20 Summit and his trip to Vietnam, the White House has said. The announcement on Tuesday came after First Lady Jill Biden, 72, tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday. President…

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Ex-Proud Boys leader sentenced to 22 years for role in U.S. Capitol attack

September 6, 2023 admin

File picture of Proud Boys former chief Enrique Tarrio | Photo Credit: AP A former leader of the right-wing Proud Boys group was sentenced on Tuesday to 22 years in prison for his role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump trying to overturn his election…

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Burning Man festival flooding strands tens of thousands at Nevada site; authorities investigate 1 death

September 4, 2023 admin

September 04, 2023 07:09 am | Updated 07:09 am IST – Nevada, U.S. An unusual late-summer storm turned a week-long counterculture fest into a sloppy mess with tens of thousands of partygoers stuck in foot-deep mud and with no working toilets in the northern Nevada desert in the U.S. But some Burning Man revelers said…

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Tornado damage to Pfizer plant will probably create long-term shortages of some drugs hospitals need

July 21, 2023 admin

Debris is scattered around the Pfizer facility on July 19, 2023, in Rocky Mount, N.C., after damage from severe weather. | Photo Credit: AP The fallout from a Pfizer factory being damaged by a tornado could put even more pressure on already-strained drug supplies at U.S. hospitals, experts say. Wednesday’s tornado touched down near Rocky…

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