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Washington: The newly-elected Biden administration is all set to add at least 10 more Chinese companies and other entities to its economic blacklist over alleged human rights violations and high-tech surveillance in Xinjiang, as early as Friday, said two sources. The U.S. Commerce Department action will follow its announcement last
Washington: The United States is likely to achieve newly-elect President Joe Biden’s goal to deliver at least one COVID-19 vaccine to 70% of adults by July 4, officials said on Tuesday as they expressed worries over the Delta variant – first found in India – that can poses great threat
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s global approval rating has fallen to 66 percent – down from what was 75 percent a year ago – Global Leader Approval Rating Tracker’ survey conducted by American data intelligence firm ‘Morning Consult’ suggested. About 28 percent disapproved of PM Modi, up from what was
JIUQUAN: China launched the first three-man crew to its new space station in its first crewed mission in five years on Thursday. The trio launched on a Long March-2F rocket for the Tiangong station, where they will spend three months, in a much-anticipated blast-off broadcast live on state TV. The
French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped in the face on Tuesday by a man in a crowd of onlookers while on a walkabout in southern France, a video of the incident showed. Macron’s security entourage quickly intervened to pull the man to the ground and move Macron away from him.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently shared an orbital photograph of Istanbul taken from the International Space Station (ISS), and the image has left netizens mesmerised. Taking to Instagram, the space agency shared the image, which has captured the night lights of Turkey’s most famous city, split by the
GAZA: Israel and Hamas will cease fire across the Gaza Strip border as of Friday, the Palestinian Islamist faction and Egyptian state TV said, bringing a potentially tenuous halt to the fiercest fighting in year. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said his security cabinet had voted unanimously in favour
The Israel-Gaza conflict is pushing the whole region “in the wrong direction,” Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan said Tuesday, calling for an end to the violence. “This all pushes us absolutely in the wrong direction. It means that we are making a path toward a sustainable peace more
New Delhi: United Kingdom’s, Cairn Energy, has reportedly identified Indian assets overseas worth $70 billion for potential seizure to collect $1.72 billion due from the government. If the move turns out to be successful it will put India in league with Pakistan and Venezuela which faced similar enforcement action over failure
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, blaming Hamas for starting nearly a week of hostilities by firing rockets at Israel, said on late Saturday Israel will continue to strike in Gaza as long as necessary and do its utmost to avoid civilian casualties. “The party that bears the guilt for this
