15-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies WASHINGTON: Supporters of US President Donald Trump fought on the streets of Washington, DC with counter-demonstrators early on Sunday with several fistfights, at least one stabbing and 20 people arrested. Several other cities on Saturday also saw gatherings of Trump supporters unwilling to accept …
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15-11-2020 BANGKOK/ BEJING: Fifteen countries have formed the world’s largest trading bloc, covering nearly a third of the global economy. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is made up of 10 Southeast Asian countries, as well as South Korea, China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. The pact is seen as …
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15-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies WASHINGTON: Thousands of supporters of President Donald Trump have turned out in Washington DC to back his unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud in the US election. Flag-carrying demonstrators were joined by members of far-right groups including the Proud Boys, some wearing helmets and bullet-proof …
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15-11-2020 BEIJING/ NEW DELHI: China suspended seafood import from an Indian company after authorities’ detected coronavirus on the outer packaging of some samples of a frozen cuttlefish, sources reported. The decision was taken by China’s General Administration of Customs amid concerns from Chinese people over a surge in imported infections and …
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14-11-2020 TEHRAN/ NEW YORK: Iran rejected claims that a top al-Qaeda figure was killed in Tehran in August by Israeli operatives, warning United States media of falling for “Hollywood-style scenario-making” by US and Israeli officials. In a statement on Saturday, hours after a New York Times article said al-Qaeda’s second-highest …
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14-11-2020 NEW DELHI: For years, Shiva helped police find bodies in Hussain Sagar Lake in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad. And then one day, he stopped someone before they jumped, saving a life for the first time, BBC reports. Shiva, who uses only one name, says he was about …
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14-11-2020 BEIJING/ WASHINGTON: China has extended congratulations to US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, sources confirmed. Addressing a press briefing on Friday, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said that Beijing had been “watching the domestic and international reaction to the US presidential election”. “We respect the …
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13-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies PALO ALTO: Facebook Boss Mark Zuckerberg has defended Steve Bannon, former White House Chief Strategist and an Ex-Adviser of US President Donald Trump, who had called for two American officials to be beheaded, according to a recording of the meeting he made the comments …
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13-11-2020 WASHINGTON: There is no evidence of compromised ballots or corrupt voting systems in the United States presidential elections, officials said, as a top Democrat accused the Republicans who refuse to accept President-elect Joe Biden’s win of “poisoning” democracy. In a statement on Thursday, senior US federal and state election …
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13-11-2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies + Bureau Report LONDON/ NEW YORK/ NEW DELHI: More than 52 million people have contracted COVID-19 globally and 1,287,051have died, according to Johns Hopkins University. Infections, hospitalizations and deaths surged across the United States, as New York imposes new restrictions. Governments across Europe scrambled …
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