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Declared bankrupt, Vijay Mallya launches rant on Twitter

After being declared bankrupt by a British court allowing Indian banks to pursue his assets worldwide, Vijay Mallya launched a tirade on Twitter as he accused lenders pursuing of making him bankrupt. "ED attach my assets worth 14K crores...

US bombs Taliban camps to help Afghan forces amid troop rollout: Pentagon

The US carried out airstrikes across Afghanistan in the last several days as part of an effort to support the local administration in pushing back the Taliban, news agencies reported on Friday citing officials familiar with the matter in...

‘You can’t make this up’: Candle thief uses bear mace repellent on mall patrons in US

A Florida man stole candles from a mall store and sprayed dozens of patrons with bear mace repellent before escaping, police said. The theft happened Saturday afternoon at a Bath and Body Works store in a mall in the Doral...

US father-son duo jailed for helping former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn flee Japan

A Tokyo court on Monday sentenced US Army Special Forces veteran Michael Taylor for two years, and his son Peter for one year and eight months for aiding former Nissan Motor Co Ltd chairman, Carlos Ghosn flee to Lebanon. "This...

Why Indians are choosing Canada over US, experts testify before US lawmakers

Indians are now choosing Canada over the United States because of the outdated US immigration policies, immigration and policy experts have said testifying before a panel of US lawmakers, underlying that the per-country quota on issuing the green cards...

‘Won’t turn blind eye’: US Senate passes bill to ban goods from China’s Xinjiang

The US Senate passed a bill on Wednesday to impose a ban on the import of all products from or manufactured in China’s Xinjiang region. The ban will only be waived if importers can prove that the products weren’t...

Top US generals informally planned ways to stop Trump from attempting coup, new book reveals

Top US military officer Gen Mark Milley and other senior officials had informally planned different ways to stop then-President Donald Trump from attempting a coup after the November elections, according to excerpts of an upcoming book reported by CNN....

With Afghan pullout, US ditches ‘forever wars’

Joe Biden's pullout from Afghanistan has stunned with its speed, but Washington already decided four years ago that it was fed up with "forever wars" and turned its attention to traditional great power competition with China and Russia. Fighting stateless...

Bagram exit was coordinated with Afghans: US

The United Sates on Tuesday said the Bagram base was turned over after discussions and coordination at “higher levels” in both the Afghanistan government and forces and disputed an Afghan commander’s account of Americans leaving quietly in the night...

US to reach 160 million fully vaccinated Americans by end of this week: Biden

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday said the US is predicted to reach the mark of 160 million fully vaccinated Americans by the end of this week and asserted that the country is closer than ever to declaring its...

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Canada to Phase Out Remote Border Crossing Permits, Introduce Phone Reporting by 2026

Canada is preparing to end a long running remote border entry system used along parts of the U.S. border,...