San Francisco: About 25,000 residents have been evacuated due to a wind-driven wildfire occurring near Irvine City in southern California, according to local firefighting authorities. However, some evacuation orders were …
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Paris: With 11,221 people testing positive for the novel coronavirus in a 24-hour span, France has continued to witness a fall in the number of single-day infections, according to health …
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Washington: White House Communications Director Alyssa Farah has announced her resignation “to pursue new opportunities” outside the US administration. In a resignation letter obtained Thursday by CNBC, Farah called her tenure …
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New York: After the Democrats disparaged US President Donald Trump’s programme to get an anti-coronavirus vaccine ready at warp speed, they are now turning to former Presidents to help convince Americans …
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United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “looks forward to” working with US President-elect Joe Biden, according to the UN chief’s spokesman Stephane Dujarric. Guterres “was pleased to speak (over phone) …
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Islamabad; At least 13 people were killed and 15 others injured in a passenger van-bus collision in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Monday. The accident took place when the van hit the …
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New York: Joe Biden, who is to become US President in January, has picked Indian-American Neera Tanden, a controversial close confidante of the Clintons, to head the powerful White House Office …
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Kabul: At least 30 policemen were killed and over 20 others injured in a suicide car bomb blast that hit a military camp in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province on Sunday, top officials …
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Washington: US President Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter and called him “lightweight” after the latter questioned the President over the November 3 election outcome which has projected Democrat …
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Shyamhari Chakra Two decades ago, two teenagers – one from India and the other from Sri Lanka – fell in love and got married. Twenty years later, their cross border …
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