US & Canada
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Police probe bomb threats to 8 schools around Washington D.C.
Washington, The police in Washington D.C. said that they were “working to thoroughly investigate” bomb threats made to eight schools around…
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Biden finally hails Elon Musk amid tough Chinese EV competition
San Francisco, In his first-ever public acknowledgement of Elon Musk-run Tesla’s contribution to the world of electric vehicles (EVs), US President…
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Covid, climate change making people globally insecure than ever: UNDP
New York, While medical advancements in recent years mean people are living longer and healthier, threats from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic,…
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US offers $10 mn reward for info on IS-K leader
Washington, The US State Department’s Rewards for Justice programme has announced a $10 million reward for information on the whereabouts of…
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Pakistan wants to bring together US and China to prevent another Cold War
New Delhi, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Pakistan wanted to play the role of bringing together the US…
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Scientists detect novel Covid variants in NYC wastewater
New York, A team of US researchers has detected at least four “cryptic” variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes…
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Ottawa ‘completely out of control’ after truckers outnumber police
New Delhi: The mayor of Canada’s capital Ottawa has declared a state of emergency in response to more than a week…
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Canada’s Jagmeet Singh says no to Ottawa truckers, but backed protests in India
New Delhi: Jagmeet Singh, the Sikh-origin leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP) who is now condemning a truckers strike in…
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Ottawa declares state of emergency amid truckers’ protest
Ottawa: Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson declared a state of emergency to deal with a nine-day protest that has disrupted the core…
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Fed board names Powell as ‘chair pro tempore’ while awaiting Senate confirmation
Washington, The US Federal Reserve Board has named Jerome Powell as “chair pro tempore”, pending his confirmation by the Senate for…
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‘Foreign govt’ hacked WSJ, New York Post, Dow Jones: News Corp
San Francisco, The Rupert Murdoch-founded News Corp has confirmed that its media outlets Wall Street Journal, New York Post and Dow…
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N95, KN95 masks provide best against Covid: US CDC
Washington, High-quality N95 and KN95 masks providing the best chance of preventing Covid infection, although wearing any kind of mask indoors…
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Markets hammer Facebook stock 25%, valuation tanks $230 bn; Zuck slips behind Ambani, Adani
New York, The pivot to Meta isn’t helping Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook. Markets directed their wrath on missing fundamentals – a sharper-than-expected…
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FDA to discuss Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vax for kids under 5
Washington, The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has scheduled a virtual meeting of its advisors on February 15 to discuss…
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CNN President Jeff Zucker resigns
New Delhi, CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker, the influential news executive who reshaped the iconic network, announced that he has resigned…
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US testing robot patrol dogs on its borders
San Francisco, The US is testing quadrupedal robot dogs on its southern border to offer US Customs and Border Protection (CBP)…
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Fire in US southern state forces thousands to evacuate
Washington: A fire at a fertiliser plant in Winston-Salem, southeastern US state of North Carolina, forced thousands of people to…
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Covid death toll in US reaches highest level: Report
Washington: The US has hit the highest death rate due to Covid in about a year, the media reported. The US…
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Oil spill in Ecuador pollutes protected area
Quito, An oil pipeline spill in Ecuador polluted the country’s protected area of the Cayambe Coca National Park, the Ministry of…
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Blizzard kills 4 in US East Coast
New York : At least four people died over the weekend as a blizzard swept through parts of the US East…
