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Delta, which was first found in India and is now in over 100 countries, represented 51.7 per cent of new infections in the US over the two weeks ending July 3.

New Delhi: Digital transformation, consulting and business reengineering services provider Tech Mahindra on Wednesday announced a strategic investment in the US and Germany. The firm inaugurated its research and development centre — Makers Lab — in Munich, Germany and at Plano, Dallas, the US. According to Tech Mahindra, “Maker’s Lab” is a research and development […]

Tokyo: A US F-15 fighter jet crashed into the sea off Okinawa in Japan’s on Monday, with a Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) helicopter rescuing the pilot, according to government officials here. The crash of the F-15 jet, which belonged to the US Kadena Air Base, occurred at around 6:40 a.m. local time and around 80 […]

New York: US President Donald Trump is proposing phased negotiations with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, starting with the planned June 12 summit in Singapore during which he does not expect a complete deal on denuclearisation. At the same time, Trump has also set an ambitious goal for his interactions with Kim aiming for an […]

Beijing: The imposition of 25 per cent tariffs on certain Chinese products with industrially significant technology announced by the US goes against the consensus reached by both parties during the negotiations held to avoid a trade war, China said on Wednesday. The Chinese Ministry of Commerce acknowledged in a statement that the announcement of the […]

Washington: Former US President Barack Obama criticized the decision made on Tuesday by President Donald Trump to pull the United States out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, calling the move a “serious mistake”. “I believe that the decision to put the JCPOA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) at risk without any Iranian violation of […]

New Delhi: India on Saturday, while describing an alleged chemical attack in Syria as “deplorable”, called for restraint after the US, Britain and France launched coordinated missile attacks on the West Asian nation. “We have taken note of the recent strikes in Syria. India is closely following the situation. The alleged use of chemical weapons, […]

Damascus: An airbase in Syria’s Homs province was hit by “several missiles” in a “likely attack by the US” on Monday, according to state media reports. The Tayfur airbase, also known as T4, is located in a strategic position between the cities of Homs and Palmyra, reports CNN. Citing a military source, the state-run Syrian […]

Los Angeles: An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale hit off the Southern California coast on Thursday, according to the US Geological Survey. The US Geological Survey initially reported the quake was a magnitude-5.0, but it was later upgraded to magnitude-5.3, Xinhua news agency reported. The epicentre had a depth of 16.8 km. The quake […]

Washington: China told the US that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un visited Beijing this week, the White House has said. The communication on Monday between Beijing and Washington also included a message from Chinese President Xi Jinping for his US counterpart, Donald Trump, a statement said on Tuesday, Efe news reported. White House Press Secretary […]

Helsinki: Representatives from the US and North Korea will hold unofficial talks here on Sunday, Finnish media reports said. According to the reports, Choe Kang Il, who is responsible for relations with the US at the North Korea Foreign Ministry, will arrive here on Sunday on a two-day visit, reports Xinhua news agency. The Finnish […]

Mumbai: Democracies across the world, including the US and India, are at a crossroads and there was a need to stand up against the chaos to protect democracy, Hillary Rodham Clinton has said. Speaking at the concluding session of the India Today Conclave 2018, the former US Secretary of State said never before did the […]

Beijing: China does not want a trade war with the US and will not start one, but can handle any related challenges and will defend national and the Chinese people’s interests, Minister of Commerce Zhong Shan said on Sunday. Trade wars leave no winners, only disastrous outcomes for the two countries and the rest of […]

San Francisco: Giving credence to the belief that Apple smartphones can be cracked, a US-based company has claimed that its online tools, available at a starting price of $15,000, can break into any iPhone including the newly-launched iPhone X. According to a report in Forbes, Grayshift is marketing a tool “GrayKey” to police and forensics […]

Mumbai/Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who left for treatment to a US hospital from Mumbai in the wee hours of Wednesday, is reportedly suffering from an advanced stage of pancreatic cancer. Sources in Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital and outside, and Goa Medical College and Hospital — both health facilities in which the former Defence Minister was […]