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US envoy Garcetti visits Bloom Bazaar in Nagaland, calls local business owners backbone of global economies

US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, expressed delight on his visit to the Bloom Bazaar in Nagaland. He stressed that local business owners are the backbone of local, national a...

Former US President Donald Trump calls Biden destroyer of American democracy

Former US President Donald Trump has called US President Joe Biden a "destroyer of American democracy," The Washington Post reported.

US blames Hamas for breaching ceasefire; Kamala Harris seeks to discuss war with Arab leader at COP28

The US has squarely blamed Hamas for breaching the extended ceasefire even as Vice President Kamala Harris sought to discuss the situation in Gaza on how to end the war with influ...

US finalises rule to cut oil, gas industry's methane emissions

The US has finalized a rule to significantly cut the oil and gas industry's emissions of methane, a powerful planet-warming gas, CNN reported.

N Korea warns any US interference with its 'space assets' would be considered 'declaration of war'

North Korea has warned that any US involvement or attack on its "space assets" will be considered a "declaration of war," CNN reported, citing the state media ...

NASA's Artemis manned mission to moon will not launch before 2027: Report

NASA's Artemis III mission which aims to return astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972, may not launch in 2025 earlier planned, but in 2027, according to a repo...

5 homeless persons shot in Las Vegas, 1 dead

At least five homeless people were shot at in Las Vegas, of which one was killed in the incident, police said.

His age is Biden's biggest negative, and Israel is hurting him more

US President Joe Biden likes counter sceptics of his re-election bid asking them to compare him not to the almighty but to the alternative. And that alternative appears at this ti...

Beyond Haley: Indian-Americans get active on both side of US divide

Forming roughly 2 per cent of the American population, five of them in the House of Representatives, nearly 50 in state legislatures, two in the presidential race and one occupyin...

Kamala Harris on way to Dubai to attend Climate summit COP 28

US Vice-President Kamala Harris will be the highest ranking executive of the US government attending the COP 28 summit in Dubai in the absence of President Joe Biden said to be bu...

Haley's Comet shines bright as Republican presidential race heats up

Former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has been creeping up on former President Donald Trump in the race for the Republican presidential nomination but she is still so far beh...

15% of US population is now foreign-born: Study

The total foreign-born population in the US, legal and illegal, was 49.5 million in October 2023, -- a record 4.5 million increase since President Joe Biden took office in 2021, a...

US Foreign Relations Committee Chair Ben Cardin calls alleged failed plot to kill Pannun disturbing

US Senator and Chair of the Foreign Relations Committee Ben Cardin on Thursday said that the US Justice Department's indictment of an Indian national for his alleged involvem...

India remains strategic partner; we take alleged assassination plot 'very seriously': White House official on US indictment

The White House National Security Council spokesperson, John Kirby, stressed on Friday that the US continues to improve its strategic partnership with India. On the other side, he...

India remains strategic partner, plot-to kill-charge serious: US

The White House said that while it continues to strengthen strategic partnership with India, it takes the allegations that an Indian was involved in a foiled bid to kill a Sikh se...

US stocks climb in the best ever month as investors bet on Fed's interest rate cuts

US stocks climbed on Thursday morning, making it the best month this year for the investors who continued to bet on interest-rate cuts after reports of a key reading of consumer i...

George Bush mourns death of Henry Kissinger

Former US President George Bush led the Republicans in mourning the death of former Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, as he described him as a "distinctive voice" on ...

US sanctions cryptocurrency mixer used by North Korea

The US Department of the Treasury has sanctioned a cryptocurrency mixer for serving as a "key money-laundering tool" of a North Korea-linked hacking group, in the latest...

Trump to also skip 4th Republican primary debate

Former US President Donald Trump will skip the fourth Republican primary debate scheduled to take place in Alabama next week and instead attend a fundraiser in Hallandale Beach, F...

Meta, X, Snap, Discord CEOs to testify before US Senate on child safety

The CEOs of Meta, X, TikTok, Snap and Discord will testify before the US Senate on January 31, 2024 during a hearing about online child sexual exploitation.