02-04-2023 OTTAWA/ WASHINGTON: Authorities say they have recovered the bodies of eight migrants, including two children, who died trying to cross illegally from Canada into the US. A police helicopter spotted two more bodies in the St Lawrence River on Friday. Two families from Romania and India are among the …
Read More »‘Trump will not appear in court in handcuffs’
02-04-2023 NEW YORK: Donald Trump’s court hearing has been set for Tuesday afternoon, according to the CBS News. The former president is expected to fly from Florida on his private plane and hand himself in with federal agents there to protect him. A grand jury has indicted Trump in connection …
Read More »Powerful tornado wreaks havoc in Arkansas
02-04-2023 ARKANSAS: A powerful tornado advanced through Arkansas capital and surrounding areas on Friday causing rooftops to collapse, damaging cars and debris to turn up on the roadsides also claimed at least two lives and left a dozen others wounded, CBS news reported. As part of a monster storm system …
Read More »Biden declines to ‘comment’ on Trump’s indictment
02-04-2023 WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden declined to comment on Thursday’s indictment of former President Donald Trump as he exited the White House on Friday, sticking to the administration’s strategy of keeping a distance from the probe, as other prominent Democrats urged Trump to cooperate with the criminal justice process. “We …
Read More »Russia protests over ‘provocative actions’ by US forces in Syria
02-04-2023 MOSCOW: Russian forces in Syria have protested over what Moscow described as “provocative actions” by United States forces also deployed in the country, Russia’s state news agency TASS has reported. TASS cited a senior Russian military official on Friday saying that “provocative” incidents had occurred in Syria’s northeastern province …
Read More »Killer whale set for release into ‘home waters’ after 50 years
02-04-2023 FLORIDA: Lolita, the killer whale that bewitched tens and thousands with its incredible acrobatics at Miami Seaquarium, will be sent back to its natural habitat in the Pacific Northwest, media reported as its captors have decided to end its fifty-year-old captivity. After it was taken from the ocean in …
Read More »Cracks emerges in US-India ‘strategic ties’ over Ukraine crisis
01-04-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ WASHINGTON: After refusing to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in the United Nations and procurement of oil from the country by New Delhi, visible cracks have emerged in the “strategic relationship” between the United States and India. Since the outbreak of the Ukraine …
Read More »Trump likely to be arrested in coming days
01-04-2023 WASHINGTON: Former US President Donald Trump will be charged over hush money payments made to a porn star just before the 2016 presidential election. The details of the case against him have not yet been released. A grand jury has voted to indict him after investigating a $130,000 pay-out …
Read More »‘Israel conducts air attacks near Damascus’
01-04-2023 DAMASCUS/ JERUSALEM: Israel has carried out an air attack near Damascus, Syrian state media reported, the second attack near the capital in the last two days. Witnesses told media that they heard at least three big explosions over the city overnight. Citing a military source, state media reported that …
Read More »‘N Korea executes people for sharing S Korean media’
01-04-2023 PYANGYONG/ SEOL: North Korea executes people for sharing South Korean media, religious activities and drugs as the country stifles its citizens’ human rights and freedom, according to a report by its rival South Korea. South Korea’s Unification Ministry, which handles inter-Korean affairs, based the 450-page report on testimony collected …
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