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White House on PM Modi’s forthcoming visit to US seeks chance to reaffirm deep and close cooperation

24 May 2023 10:29 AM IST

The White House has said the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the US will be an opportunity to reaffirm the deep, close partnership between US and India. PM Modi’s visit “will be an opportunity to reaffirm the deep and close partnership between the United States and India and

Belarusian opposition urges EU to sustain sanctions targeting state-owned firms

24 May 2023 02:24 AM IST

A member of the Belarus opposition movement urged the European Union on Monday to keep sanctions against a Belarusian state fertiliser producer, warning that lifting them would generate a $1.5 billion windfall for Alexander Lukashenko’s regime as it supports Russia’s war on Ukraine. Pavel Latushka, a former Belarusian minister of

Air Force looks to better control access to classified data after intelligence leak

24 May 2023 02:18 AM IST

The Air Force said Monday it is looking at ways to better control access to classified information, in the wake of revelations that superiors of the Massachusetts Air National Guard member charged with leaking highly classified documents had raised concerns internally about his handling of sensitive data. Secretary Frank Kendall

Black kids face racism before they even start school. It’s driving a major mental health crisis

24 May 2023 02:11 AM IST

To her students who need the most support, India Strother is rarely just “Ms. Strother” — she’s a family figure they call “Mom,” a trusted guide as they negotiate their teenage years. They open up to her about their dating lives. About pregnancy scares. About their fights with their parents,

How erdogan maintains image amid persistent economic woes

24 May 2023 02:06 AM IST

Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has remained in power for 20 years by repeatedly surmounting political crises: mass protests, corruption allegations, an attempted military coup and a huge influx of refugees fleeing Syria’s civil war. Now the Turkish people and economy are being pummeled by sky-high inflation, and many are

US voices concerns as China limits sale of major chip maker

24 May 2023 01:56 AM IST

US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller on Monday expressed concerns and said that China has restricted the sale of Micron Chips in certain domestic industries. “We have very serious concerns that China has restricted the sale of Micron Chips in certain domestic industries,” Miller said as Beijing imposed a ban

Biden and McCarthy meet on debt ceiling, call talks productive

24 May 2023 01:52 AM IST

President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy both said they had a productive debt ceiling discussion late Monday at the White House, but there was no agreement as negotiators strained to raise the nation’s borrowing limit in time to avert a potentially chaotic federal default. It’s a crucial moment

Judicial complex violence: Imran gets bail in 8 cases

24 May 2023 01:45 AM IST

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan got a major relief on Tuesday when an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan granted him bail till June 8 in eight cases related to violence that erupted at the Judicial Complex here in March. The cases were registered in different police stations of Islamabad against 70-year-old

Doctors begin strike over low pay at time of Covid pandemic in New York

24 May 2023 01:41 AM IST

About 160 resident physicians went on strike Monday over what they called low pay at New York City’s Elmhurst Hospital Center, a public hospital once known as the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.The doctors-in-training at the Queens hospital, who are employed by the Icahn School of Medicine at

Ukraine welcomes promises of F-16 fighter jets against Russia

24 May 2023 01:35 AM IST

Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova welcomed pledges of F-16 fighter jets to her country Monday while also urging patience for the launching of a spring counteroffensive against Russia’s full-scale invasion. For Ukrainians, she said, the effort to repel Russian has essentially been one long counterattack. “I wouldn’t label it. Whether it’s

Russia repels alleged Ukraine raid, reports increased drone strikes

24 May 2023 01:29 AM IST

Russian troops and security forces fought for a second day Tuesday against an alleged cross-border raid that Moscow blamed on Ukrainian military saboteurs but which Kyiv portrayed as an uprising against the Kremlin by Russian partisans. Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of the Belgorod region on the Ukraine border, said forces continued

Pakistan: Imran Khan gets interim bail in eight cases until June 8

23 May 2023 14:25 PM IST

Imran Khan was given temporary release on bail on Tuesday by Pakistan’s Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in eight counts that have been filed against him until June 8 and are connected to the violence that broke out at the Judicial Complex here in March, according to ARY News. After police and