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Trump Says Jewish State Has Never Had a Better Friend in the White House than Him
At a conference in Hollywood, Florida on Saturday, the Republican real estate magnate said Jewish-Americans had been wrong to vote for Democrats under his predecessor Barack Obama.
US Police Sergeant Shot and Killed in Houston, Suspect in Custody
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced Sgt. Christopher Brewster's death at a media briefing late Saturday. Police officials said in a tweet that the 32-year-old officer was shot around 6 pm.
UK General Election to Throw up Good Result for Indian-origin Candidates
The last election in 2017 had thrown up 12 Indian-origin MPs, including the first female Sikh MP Preet Kaur Gill and the first turbaned Sikh MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi both for the Opposition Labour Party.
Japan Asked for One Sex Slave for Every 70 Soldiers in WW2 to 'Prevent Rape, Disease', Documents Show
The 23 documents were gathered by Japan's Cabinet Secretariat between April 2017 and March 2019, including 13 classified dispatches from the Japanese consulates in China to the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo dating back to 1938, according to Kyodo.
US Introduces Bill to Name Houston Post Office After First Sikh-American Cop Who Was Killed on Duty
The bill, tabled by Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher, provides that the post office located at 315 Addicks Howell Road in Houston be named the 'Deputy Sandeep Singh Dhaliwal Post Office'.
4 Dead, 8 Injured After Saudi Air Force Trainee Opens Fire at US Naval Station in Florida
The shooting at the Naval Air Station Pensacola also left eight, including two sheriff deputies, injured. Authorities did not rule out the possibility of it being a terrorist attack.
Joe Biden Finally Finds Social Media Buzz with Viral Trump Video, Voter Spat
Biden campaign posted a video on Twitter that brutally took down President Donald Trump, suggesting he is a laughingstock to other world leaders. Then a heated back-and-forth with an Iowa voter quickly went viral.
World Bank Adopts $1 Billion-plus Annual China Lending Plan Over US Objections
The World Bank said its lending would decline over the "country partnership framework" plan, in line with reforms agreed under a $13 billion capital increase agreed in 2018.
'Parasite Singles, Waste of Time': Why Young Japanese Are Choosing to Not Get Married
While Japanese people routinely express a wish to get married, experts believe that outdated social attitudes and increasing economic pressure is making tying the knot more and more difficult.
Toll in Pearl Harbour Shooting Mounts to 3; Motive Still Unknown
Rear Admiral Robert Chadwick, the commander of Navy Region Hawaii, said the service would evaluate whether security should be upgraded before the annual ceremony to mark the 78th anniversary of the Japanese bombing that launched the US into World War II.
1 Dead and 14 Missing in Deadly Fire in Ukraine: President Zelensky
The blaze had been contained by Thursday morning, but dozens of firefighters were still combing through the partly destroyed walls of the six-storey building.
With Tomatoes at Rs 300 a kg, Pakistan Minister Blames Suspension of Trade With India for Price Hike
Minister for Economic Affairs Hamad Azhar's remarks came on Tuesday evening when senior members of the economic team of Prime Minister Imran Khan were briefing the media about the latest economic situation.
Johnson & Johnson Says New Tests Show No Asbestos in Baby Powder
The tests are the latest effort by J&J to prove the safety of its widely used consumer product after the test by the FDA prompted J&J to undertake a nationwide recall of one lot of Johnson's Baby Powder in October.
Acted Instinctively, Says Man Who Fought Knife-wielding London Bridge Attacker
Earlier accounts of the incident suggested that Lukasz had prodded Khan with a narwhal tusk that had been ripped from the wall of the hall. But Lukasz said the person shown in some video of the day was not him.
'Overwhelming Evidence': Report on Impeachment Investigation into President Trump to be Released Soon
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, who has led the 10-week old investigation, said it was important to move quickly because the evidence of Trump's wrongdoing is 'overwhelming'.
Fears of Racial Profiling as Chinese Labs Mine DNA to Map Faces With Help From the West
China’s efforts to use DNA to create an image of a person’s face prompt worries that the tool could be used to justify racial profiling against Uighurs, a Muslim ethnic group.