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US Navy veteran’s release ‘non-negotiable’ for Taliban’s legitimacy: Biden

US President Joe Biden on Sunday called on the Taliban to release US Navy veteran Mark Frerichs, who has been held captive for two years. Biden said in a statement Frerichs’s release was non-negotiable before the Taliban can expect...

US Congressman urges Biden to reject Imran Khan’s pick as next Pak ambassador

US Congressman Scott Perry has written to President Joe Biden urging him to reject Masood Khan as the next ambassador from Pakistan. While I am encouraged that the State Department has reportedly placed a pause on approving Masood Khan as...

Canada border deaths: 4 Indian victims were from Gujarat

Canadian law enforcement has formally identified the four Indian nationals who died from exposure to extreme cold near the United States border on January 19 in an apparent human smuggling operation gone wrong. Manitoba Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has...

Russia says it wants peace but has ‘gun on the table’:

Russia says it does not want war but has placed a "gun on the table" in its negotiations with the United States by massing troops on Ukraine's borders, U.S. Ambassador to Moscow John Sullivan said on Friday. In an online...

‘Leave Ukraine’: US tells American citizens, families of diplomats amid tensions

As diplomatic talks over Ukraine fail to yield a breakthrough, and tensions with Russia deepen, the United States has ordered family members of its diplomats to leave Ukraine, and advised all US citizens to do the same, citing “the...

Pakistan swears in Ayesha Malik as first woman supreme court judge

Pakistan swore in Ayesha Malik as its first female supreme court judge on Monday, a landmark occasion in a nation where activists say the law is often wielded against women. Malik attended a ceremony in the capital Islamabad where she...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange wins permission to appeal against extradition to US

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday was given the chance to challenge a decision allowing him to be extradited to the United States to face 18 criminal charges including breaking a spying law to Britain's Supreme Court. U.S. authorities are...

US, Russia open high-stakes talks on Ukraine

Top US and Russian diplomats kicked off crucial talks Monday on soaring tensions over Ukraine, amid fears of a Russian invasion of its pro-Western neighbour. US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and her Russian counterpart Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei...

World Braille Day today: Read about its origin and importance

January 4 every year is internationally observed as World Braille Day to commemorate the birthday of French educator Louis Braille. Reading and writing are important foundations for a person’s educational development, however, the visually impaired face marked difficulty on...

Closures & overwhelmed hospitals mark US record of Covid cases: Key things to know

The United States on Monday set a new global daily record of coronavirus cases with more than one million people being diagnosed with the viral disease. According to the John Hopkins University data, the country logged 1.06 million cases...

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Robot welcomes voters with flowers at Puducherry booth

A robot carrying a plate of flower petals welcomed voters at a model polling booth set up at VOC...