Why Smaller Storms Are Growing More Fearsome, More Often
The Friday storm that produced vast flooding in New York City started out earlier in the week as an unremarkable — if unpredictable — weather system.The Friday…
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If the Government Shuts Down, What Will It Take to Reopen?
Any deal to keep it open would have to be bipartisan, since the Senate and White House are controlled by Democrats, and the House by Republicans.Any deal…
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McCarthy’s Stopgap Bill Fails in House, Pushing Government Toward Shutdown
More than 20 hard-right Republicans defied Speaker Kevin McCarthy and defeated their own party’s bill, making a lapse in funding at midnight on Saturday all but certain.More…
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France is racing to quash a blood-eating bug problem before the Olympics begin
French authorities are working to ensure the bedbugs don’t bite during the Olympic games and have started a drive to exterminate the pests.
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Indian envoy to UK stopped from entering gurdwara in Scotland amid Canada row; New Delhi raises matter
Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Vikram Doraiswami was prevented from entering a gurdwara in Glasgow, Scotland on Albert Drive on Friday by an alleged Khalistani…
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US: Teenager who shot dead four students in Michigan in 2021 ‘eligible for life’ in prison, rules judge
A teenager who killed four students in 2021 at a school in Michigan is eligible for life imprisonment without any chance of parole, ruled Judge Kwamé Rowe…
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US: People stranded, subway lines flooded as New York receives one of heaviest rainy day in decades
The US city of New York received one of the heaviest rainfall on Friday in decades, causing a state of emergency to be announced. The extensive rains…
Read moreGovernment shutdown only hours away in the US
A right-wing revolt has left Congress unable to fund federal agencies before a Saturday midnight deadline.
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Jaishankar terms it ‘necessary to call out what’s happening in Canada’, flags violence against Embassies
Underlining that there is a “climate of violence and an atmosphere of intimidation” in Canada, External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Friday (September 29) said that…
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Police charge alleged mastermind behind Tupac Shakur’s death with murder
It’s been nearly three decades since the rapper was killed in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. The arrest is a long-awaited break in a case that…
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US shutdown almost certain as Republican spending plan fails House vote I What’s next for Biden?
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to keep the federal government temporarily open collapsed on Friday as hard-right holdouts rejected the package, making a shutdown almost certain.House…
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More than 55 people killed in bombing attacks at two Pakistan mosques
Separate blasts ripped through mosques in the provinces of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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Fresh calls to end use of sniffer dogs at festivals after report finds low success rate
New figures indicate drug detection dogs have a low success rate. Some are urging for an end to their use at music festivals – as well as…
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‘I defy you to show me discrimination’, Jaishankar contests host in US about ill-treatment of minority
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar staunchly rejected the claims about the ill-treatment of minority communities in the country and stressed that “much of the griping is political”….
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US cop whose viral video shows laughing over death of Indian student pulled off patrol duty
A Seattle Police officer, who joked about the horrific death of a 23-year-old Indian student earlier this year, has been pulled off patrol duty, weeks after the…
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Video: See Flooding in Some of the Hardest-Hit Areas of New York
Heavy rainfall pounded New York City and the surrounding region Friday morning, flooding subway stations and major roadways.Heavy rainfall pounded New York City and the surrounding region…
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