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US scientists predict more big earthquakes in 2018

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Washington: If a prediction by two US scientists were true then the world could see an increase in the number of strong earthquakes in 2018 and the next few years, a media report said. Roger Bilham of the University of Colorado and Rebecca Bendick of the University of Montana, who presented their research at the […]Continue Reading

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US regulator to vote to rollback Obama’s net neutrality rules

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Washington: The US Federal Communications Commission has announced that it will vote next month to rollback rules adopted in 2015 that require Internet service providers to treat all online traffic equally, a media report said. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Ajit Pai said in a statement on Tuesday that the so-called net neutrality rules “imposed Continue Reading

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Should have left US basketball players in Chinese jail: Trump

By news November 23, 2017 115 0

Washington: Lashing out at the father of one of the three UCLA basketball players freed earlier this month after being arrested in China for theft, US President Donald Trump said that he should have left them in jail. Trump responded to the father of LiAngelo Ball, who on Friday downplayed the importance of the role […]Continue Reading

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Pakistan court orders release of 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed

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Islamabad: A Pakistan court on Wednesday ordered the release from house arrest of terrorist leader Hafiz Saeed, blamed for the 2008 Mumbai terror attack. A Judicial Review Board consisting of judges from the Lahore High Court rejected a plea from the government of Pakistan’s Punjab province to extend his detention by three months, Dunya News […]Continue Reading

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Myanmar’s Rohingyas are targets of ethnic cleansing: US

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Washington: The US government said on Wednesday that abuses directed at the Rohingya ethnic group in Myanmar amount to ethnic cleansing. “After a careful and thorough analysis of available facts, it is clear that the situation in northern Rakhine state constitutes ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya,” Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in a statement, […]Continue Reading

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US hits back after Pakistan court orders release of Hafiz Saeed

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Washington: Mumbai attack mastermind and banned Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed is a terrorist leader designated by both the United Nations and the United States, the Trump administration said on Wednesday, hours after a Pakistani court ordered his release from detention. The banned Jamaat-ud-Dawah head, who carries a bounty of USD 10 million announced by […]Continue Reading