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India's government will spend $24 billion on employment and training, it said Tuesday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi looks to address uneven economic growth and mollify disgruntled voters after a surprising election setback last…
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Japan imposed asset-freeze sanctions on four individual Israeli settlers for violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, the government's top spokesperson said on Tuesday. Violent acts by some Israeli settlers in the West Bank have…
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Insurers could withstand preliminary loss estimates from the recent software incident at US-based cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike, Fitch Ratings said Monday. "The recent cybersecurity software incident at CrowdStrike is unlikely to…
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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: North Korean state media on Tuesday criticized the United States for its elections and cast doubt over hopes of dialogue in the future regardless of the outcome of the US presidential race in November. The…
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Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian on Monday said it will take the US. carrier another couple of days before its operations recover from a global cyber outage that snarled flights around the world. The Atlanta-based carrier has been hit…
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WASHINGTON: US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle rebuffed bipartisan calls to resign for security failures that allowed a would-be assassin to wound Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, and rankled lawmakers by…
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WASHINGTON: US Vice President Kamala Harris lauded President Joe Biden for his service to the country in her first public appearance on Monday since he abruptly abandoned his reelection bid and endorsed her as his successor. "Joe…
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WASHINGTON: US Vice President Kamala Harris won the support of one of America's longest-serving and best-known Democrats on Monday - Nancy Pelosi - in her bid to succeed President Joe Biden, who on Sunday ended his reelection bid.…
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WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will head to Asia this week to reassure allies and partners of US support, the State Department's top official for Asia said on Monday, as the November presidential election casts…
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BAGHDAD: Iraq hanged 10 "terror" convicts on Monday, officials said, in the fourth such execution in three months, prompting a rights group to call for an end to the death penalty. Courts have handed down hundreds of death and life…
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