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Trump tried to grab steering wheel to go to US Capitol on January 6: Witness

An enraged President Donald Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of his limousine when his security detail refused to drive him to the Capitol on Jan, 6, 2021, former senior White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified. Hutchinson was delivering...

US: 50 migrants found dead in tractor-trailer

The death toll from a human trafficking incident on Monday in which migrants suffered under extreme Texas heat inside a truck rose to 50 on Tuesday, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said. The migrants died inside a tractor-trailer in...

US sees battles in state courts, primaries over abortion

Abortion bans were temporarily blocked in Texas, Louisiana and Utah, while a federal court in Tennessee and South Carolina said a law sharply restricting the procedure would take effect there immediately as the battle over whether women may end...

NATO leaders to invite Sweden, Finland to become members today

NATO leaders will formally invite Finland and Sweden to join the alliance Wednesday after Turkey inked a deal to drop its objections, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said. "I'm pleased to announce that we now have an agreement that paves the...

No concessions given to Turkey to support Finland, Sweden: US

The United States said Tuesday that no concessions were given to Turkey to secure its green light for Swedish and Finnish entry into NATO at the start of the alliance's summit in Madrid. "There was no request from the Turkish...

No concessions given to Turkey to support Finland, Sweden: US

The Biden administration unveiled a new plan to vaccinate eligible Americans against monkeypox, prioritizing those who have been exposed to the virus in states with the highest infection rates. Hundreds of thousands of doses of the Jynneos vaccine from Bavarian...

‘Do something’: Joe Biden signs rare bipartisan gun control legislation

United States President Joe Biden signed a rare bipartisan bill which institutionalises a set of limited gun safety measures on Saturday into law. The first legislative reform in three decades on the issue was sparked by a recent spike...

Biden nominates Indian-American Dr Arati Prabhakar as top science advisor

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday nominated Indian-American scientist Dr Arati Prabhakar as Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). If confirmed by the Senate, Dr Prabhakar would make history as the first woman, immigrant, or person...

US Capitol riot probe: Trump pressure to flip election ‘upended’ lives, hearing told

US state lawmakers and poll workers described Tuesday how their lives had been upended by threats of violence as Donald Trump singled them out in his bid to overturn the 2020 US election. Trump was personally involved in an intense...

1 minor feared dead, cop among 3 injured in Washington DC shooting

In yet another shooting incident that the United States has witnessed, one minor is feared dead and three people - including a cop - were injured on Sunday (local time) in Washington DC. The incident took place near the...

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Kanpur crash: Driver Mohan claims he was behind wheel

The probe into Kanpur’s high-profile Lamborghini crash took a fresh turn on Wednesday after one Mohan, the alleged designated...