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Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to cancer researchers from US, Japan

Stockholm: James Allison of the US and Tasuku Honjo of Japan have jointly won the Nobel Prize in Medicine on Monday for developing a pioneering therapeutic approach for cancer treatment. The pair “revolutionised cancer treatment,” showing how our immune system can be effectively engaged in the fight against tumour cells. The treatment that the researchers […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Voting underway in controversial Maldives presidential election

Male: Voting is underway today in a heavily-criticised presidential election in the Maldives, that has been gripped by political upheaval . Thousands of voters queued up outside polling centres across the country that opened at 8 a.m., the country’s Election Commission (EC) said. According to the EC, 262,135 voters are set to cast their votes, […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Most US voters oppose Trump's impeachment: Poll

Washington: The majority of US voters said they would not like to see Congress begin impeachment proceedings against US President Donald Trump, according to a poll released on Wednesday. The American voters, by a 56 to 36 per cent margin, said they didn’t want Congress to take action against the president, a Quinnipiac University National […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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US wants India-Pakistan talks in conducive atmosphere

New Delhi: The United States wants India and Pakistan to engage in dialogue but feels a conducive atmosphere needs to be created first, a senior State Department official said on Monday. “We have frequent conversations with our Indian partners on (Pakistan) bringing down cross-border terrorism,” said Alice Wells, the US Principal Deputy Secretary of State […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Kerala CM heads to US for treatment

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan left for the US from here on Sunday for medical treatment. He is being accompanied by his wife, Kamala Vijayan. His trip was initially scheduled for August 19 for a period of 17 days, but it was postponed due to the heavy monsoon rains and subsequent floods that ravaged […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Twitter issues new policy, certification process for ads in US

San Francisco :  In a bid to tackle political interference on its platform, Twitter has announced a new policy and certification process for issuing advertisements in the US that will come into effect from September 30. This new policy will impact ads that refer to an election or a clearly identified candidate or ads that […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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US Fed to continue gradual rate hikes to manage potential risks

Washington: US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has reiterated that the central bank will stick to the strategy of gradual rate hikes to manage potential risks and support domestic economic recovery. Speaking on Friday at an annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Powell said the central bank faces two major risks — “moving too fast […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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President closer to impeachment after Cohen's guilty plea: Ex-Trump aide

Washington: A former adviser to Donald Trump’s campaign has issued a warning that the US President could be just months away from facing impeachment because of his former personal attorney Michael Cohen’s guilty plea. “This is all they (Democrats) need for impeachment,” Michael Caputo said during a CNN interview on Wednesday night. Caputo was a […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Trump's latest round of China tariffs coming this week

Washington: US President Donald Trump’s administration is moving forward with its latest round of 25 percent tariffs on $16 billion worth of Chinese goods this week while trade talks continued between mid-level officials from the two countries here. The tariffs will go into effect from Thursday with China expected to respond with a 25 per […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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US dollar weakens against main currencies

New York: The US dollar declined 0.3 per cent as expected trade talks between the US and China eased market concerns. In late New York trading on Monday, the euro increased to $1.1467 from $1.1436 in the previous session, and the British pound rose to $1.2785 from $1.2720 in the previous session, Xinhua news agency […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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US welcomes Imran Khan's desire for peace with India, Afghanistan

Washington: The US has welcomed newly-elected Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khans statement emphasising the importance of peace with India and Afghanistan, a key official said here. “We welcome the words of Prime Minister Imran Khan in which he discussed the importance of peace on both sides of Pakistan’s borders,” Alice Wells, who heads the Bureau […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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US election officials worried as hackers break into EVMs

Las Vegas: Amid the growing debate over whether electronic voting machines (EVMs) are hackable or not, elections officials in the US are worried over the increasing “information warfare” as mid-term polls loom. According to a CNN report, at the annual “Def Con hacker convention” here over the weekend, state and local election officials who attended […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Ivanka disagrees with Trump on family separation, treatment of media

Washington: Ivanka Trump, the daughter of and close adviser to President Donald Trump, on Thursday disagreed with some of the most controversial decisions of her father, including family separation for illegal migrants and his regular attacks on the media, which he calls the “enemy of the people”. “I am very vehemently against family separation and […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Secret recording of Cohen-Trump conversation revealed

Washington: A secret audio recording of then-US presidential candidate Donald Trump with his recently estranged lawyer Michael Cohen speaking in 2016 about making a payment to Playboy playmate Karen McDougal has been obtained by CNN. In the tape obtained by the channel network on Tuesday both Trump and Cohen discuss a transfer of money to […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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5 killed in US newsroom shooting, suspect detained

Washington: Five people were killed and two others injured when a man armed with a shotgun and smoke grenades stormed into the newsroom of a community newspaper chain in the US state of Maryland, prompting law enforcement agencies to provide protection at the headquarters of all American media organisations. The suspect, identified as Jarrod W. […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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