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Nasa’s Boeing OFT-2 mission with Starliner, Atlas V rocket set for launch

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner is set to launch from Florida to demonstrate its capability of ferrying crews to and from the International Space Station (ISS) as a part of Nasa’s Commercial Crew Program. It will be the Starliner's second unmanned...

Federal workers must be vaccinated or submit to regular Covid testing: Biden

US President Biden on Thursday (local time) directed all federal employees to declare that they are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 or wear masks and be regularly tested, as the country is under threat of spreading delta variant. Biden has also...

White House asks $1 billion to relocate Afghans who helped US

The Biden administration has asked Congress for $1 billion to bring Afghans who helped American forces during the two-decade war in their country to the US., and there is bipartisan support to provide the money, according to people familiar...

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Indians are now choosing Canada over the United States because of the outdated US immigration policies, immigration and policy experts have said testifying before a panel of US lawmakers, underlying that the per-country quota on issuing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

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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...