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50,000 Indians have already used option of third country visa application in 2023
There’s some good news for those facing a year or more delays in getting US visas. The option of going to another country for a…
Omicron: Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 accounts for nearly 90% new Covid cases in US
WASHINGTON: The highly transmissible Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 now accounts for nearly 90 per cent of all Covid-19 cases reported in the US, according to the…
Turkey: Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes Turkey-Syria border region
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the Turkey-Syria border region late on Monday, setting off panic and damaging buildings in Turkey‘s Antakya city two weeks after…
Biden: Biden directs national security team to establish better inventory for airborne object’s detection
WASHINGTON: United States President Joe Biden directed his national security team to establish a better inventory of unmanned airborne objects in the airspace to detect…
Spacex: US seeks $175,000 fine from SpaceX over failure to submit Starlink data
WASHINGTON: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday proposed a $175,000 civil penalty against SpaceX for failing to submit some safety data to the agency…
Joe Biden gets routine medical exam as he prepares for 2024 run
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden was undergoing a routine medical checkup on Thursday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, an event that is being keenly…
Trump S: Indian-American Nikki Haley announces 2024 Republican presidential bid, marks Donald Trump’s first challenger
WASHINGTON: Prominent Indian-American politician Nikki Haley is challenging her one-time boss, former President Donald Trump, for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, according to a video…
China says US balloons entered airspace ‘more than 10 times’ since 2022
BEIJING: Beijing said Monday that Washington had sent balloons into its airspace more than 10 times since January 2022, deepening a row between the two…
US military shoots down third flying object in three days
WASHINGTON: The US military on Sunday shot down an unidentified flying object above Lake Huron, the third such shootdown in as many days, following a…
Pence: FBI searching former vice president Mike Pence’s home as part of classified docs probe
WASHINGTON: The FBI is searching former vice president Mike Pence‘s Indiana home as part of a classified records probe, according to a person familiar with…