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Protesting Texans send migrants to California

SACRAMENTO, California: Sixteen migrants from Venezuela and Colombia, who had entered the United States through Texas, were transported to California ...

Louisiana park reopens 2 years after being flattened by hurricane

GRAND ISLE STATE PARK, Louisiana: Almost two years after Hurricane Ida struck the barrier island and destroyed most of its ...

Five receive death sentence for allegedly killing six police officers two years ago

YANGON, Myanmar - A regime court sentenced to death five people detained for their alleged involvement in a deadly August ...

Connecticut governor to sign strict gun measure

HARTFORD, Connecticut: Following a state Senate debate and vote to approve Connecticut's most comprehensive gun legislation since the laws put ...

160-year-old Mass. church called 'total loss" after lightning strike

SPENCER, Massachusetts: Spencer, Massachusetts Fire Chief Robert Parsons has said that a June 2 fire that burned down a 160-year-old ...

Russia says journalists from 'unfriendly' country cannot cover forum

MOSCOW, Russia: Journalists from countries that are "unfriendly" to Russia will be banned from covering this year's St. Petersburg International ...

Experts teach California owners how to burn fields to stop wildfires

SAN FRANCISCO, California: Landowners in California participated this week in a class organized by the El Dorado Amador Prescribed Burn ...

Palestinian boy, 2, dies in hospital after being shot by Israeli army snipers

RAMALLAH, Wet Bank - A two-and-a-half-year-old Palestinian boy shot in the head by Israeli troops has died in hospitalThe boy, ...

Former governor Chris Christie to join those seeking presidency

NEWARK, New Jersey: Six years after his 2016 presidential campaign failed to succeed, Chris Christie, former New Jersey Governor, will ...

Japan: $26 billion for families to counter declining birth rate

TOKYO, Japan: To counter the declining national birthrate, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged to double spending over the next ...

Pence, former VP, to announce candidacy for president

WASHINGTON D.C.: Reuters has reported that on 7th June, former Vice President Mike Pence will enter the race for the ...

Panic, confusion in Seoul after failed North Korea rocket launch

PYONGYANG, North Korea: North Korea attempt failed to launch a satellite on May 31, which prompted raid sirens and a ...

UN notes few women in top China government positions

HONG KONG, China: Describing the lack of women in China's top leadership as concerning, the United Nations has recommended the ...

China: we will send men to moon by 2030

BEIJING, China: Amid its rivalry with the US for reaching new milestones in space, reflecting their competition for global influence, ...

US sees largest post-Covid holiday weekend with 10 million at airports

WASHINGTON D.C.: A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) report released this week revealed that over the Memorial Day weekend, the start ...

Chinese ship held in Malaysia after removing arms from sunk WWII ship

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Malaysia's maritime agency has said that it found a cannon shell believed to be from World War ...

"2024 ka result toh wahi hoga..": Jaishankar expresses confidence of BJP returning to power in LS polls

New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his ...

Russia seeking to replace Nazi regime in Ukraine security chief

The country must be made neutral, Nikolay Patrushev believesThere is no war between the peoples of Russia and Ukraine, the ...

Russia-China air drills alarm regional US allies

Japan and South Korea scrambled their own warplanes in response to the exerciseRussian and Chinese air forces have carried out ...

US seeking to whitewash Ukraine over Kakhovka dam destruction Moscow

American media have unleashed a disinformation campaign, Russia's ambassador to Washington has claimedThe US is attempting to absolve Ukraine from ...

Ukraine may partially reopen airspace governor

An air bridge to Lviv may operate similarly to the grain corridor in the Black Sea, the regional head has ...

U.S. owes most to developing countries for excessive CO2 emissions: study

© Provided by Xinhua The United States, as the result showed, holds the single largest climate debt, around 80 trillion ...

"Taking national politics out of country not in national interest": Jaishankar slams Rahul Gandhi's remarks in the US

New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi saying he ...

Jose Berrios tries to continue trend for Jays

Right-hander Jose Berrios will be out to give the Toronto Blue Jays their third consecutive strong start and a series ...

Spencer Strider, Justin Verlander square off in Atlanta

The Atlanta Braves will send major league strikeout co-leader Spencer Strider to the mound on Thursday as they shoot for ...

Blinken: Islamic State Fight Not Yet Done

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that when it comes to defeating the Islamic State militant group, the ...

Central Asians Seek Opportunities in Superpower Rivalry

washington - As the world's three superpowers jostle for influence in Central Asia, residents of the region are looking at ...

InPics: China International Cultural Industries Fair kicks off in Shenzhen

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RBI lowers India's 2023-24 inflation forecast to 5.1 pc

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 8 (ANI): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has lowered India's inflation projection for 2023-24 to ...

Tamil Nadu: Gold worth Rs 28 hidden in slippers seized at Tiruchirappalli airport

Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 8 (ANI): The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs Department seized gold worth Rs ...

Act Now hosts 4th edition of World's Longest and Largest Environment Online Event to BeatPlasticPollution

PRNewswireNew Delhi [India], June 8: "Young people, speak up, through activism, through the arts and performances, through clean ups, through ...

Large part of world sees us as development partner, second image of India is of economic collaborator: Jaishankar

New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said that the world, especially the Global ...

White Sox, Yankees set for DH after postponement

On Tuesday, the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees played a one-run game through hazy skies due to the ...

How the Tasmanian AFL team turned into a political football

Some say we should keep sport out of politics. But that seems to be almost impossible in the case of ...

Putin discusses joint projects with Saudi crown prince

The Riyadh-Moscow call comes after MBS hosted US Secretary of State BlinkenRussian President Vladimir Putin spoke with Saudi Crown Prince ...

NATO states may send troops to Ukraine ex-chief

Poland could lead a ?coalition of the willing,? Anders Rasmussen has claimedFormer NATO Secretary-General Anders Rasmussen has claimed that some ...

Russia and China hold joint air drills

The exercise set off alarms for Japan and South Korea, which scrambled their own warplanes in responseThe Russian and Chinese ...

UK faces highest inflation in developed world OECD

Consumer price growth in Britain will outpace any G20 member except Argentina and Türkiye, a report saysThe UK will have ...

Russian car sales roaring back

LADA was the best-selling vehicle on the domestic market in May followed by Chinese brands, data showsCar sales in Russia ...

New Rules Seen Worsening India's Stray Dog Problem

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir - Months after a 6-year-old child was hospitalized in an attack by stray dogs in a housing ...

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Official: airlines industry acting to prevent cancellations

ISTANBUL, Turkey: In an interview with Reuters, Willie Walsh, director-general of the International Air Transport Association, (IATA), said airlines are ...

Protesting Texans send migrants to California

SACRAMENTO, California: Sixteen migrants from Venezuela and Colombia, who had entered the United States through Texas, were transported to California ...

Louisiana park reopens 2 years after being flattened by hurricane

GRAND ISLE STATE PARK, Louisiana: Almost two years after Hurricane Ida struck the barrier island and destroyed most of its ...

Five receive death sentence for allegedly killing six police officers two years ago

YANGON, Myanmar - A regime court sentenced to death five people detained for their alleged involvement in a deadly August ...

Connecticut governor to sign strict gun measure

HARTFORD, Connecticut: Following a state Senate debate and vote to approve Connecticut's most comprehensive gun legislation since the laws put ...

160-year-old Mass. church called 'total loss" after lightning strike

SPENCER, Massachusetts: Spencer, Massachusetts Fire Chief Robert Parsons has said that a June 2 fire that burned down a 160-year-old ...

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