Tag: US
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Taliban killed mastermind behind 2021 Kabul airport attack: US
US officials have said that the Islamic State (IS) terror group mastermind thought to have planned the devastating 2021 bombing at the Kabul airport has been killed by Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban government. According to multiple media reports, the US identified the suspect as a leader within the terror group’s Afghan branch known as IS-K, but…
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Over 1 in 3 Americans live in areas with unhealthy air quality: Report
Nearly 120 million people in the US, or more than one in three, live in areas with unhealthy air quality, and people of colour are disproportionately affected, according to a new report. The “State of the Air” 2023 report, released on Wednesday by the American Lung Association, finds that after decades of progress on cleaning…
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Pak Finance Minister pulls out of IMF spring meetings citing political uncertainty
In a major development, Pakistan’s Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has cancelled his visit to the US where he was scheduled to meet the International Monetary Fund (IMF) management for the removal of bottlenecks in the way of the staff-level agreement regarding the revival of the stalled bailout package. Highly placed sources told The Express Tribune…
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US gains military access to Philippine bases close to Taiwan and South China Sea
The Philippines on Monday identified the locations of four new military bases the US will gain access to, as part of an expanded defense agreement analysts say is aimed at combating China. The four bases include three on the main island of Luzon, close to Taiwan, and one in Palawan province in the South China…
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Punjab CM’s daughter threatened in US, claims Swati Maliwal
Expressing concerns over Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s daughter reportedly receiving death threats in the US, Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Chief Swati Maliwal on Friday appealed to the Indian embassy in the US to ensure her safety. CM Mann’s has reportedly received threat calls from pro-Khalistan elements. “Read the reports of Punjab Chief Minister…
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Clock’s ticking, have limited time to look for job: Sacked Indian-origin Microsoft worker
Job cuts at Microsoft have affected nearly 10,000 workers, and among those impacted is an Indian origin worker in the US who shared a heartbreaking story about how she was recently laid off from the company on LinkedIn — a go-to place for thousands of employees impacted by layoffs to find new jobs. Alisha Acharya,…
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Twitter faces global outage again
Micro-blogging platform Twitter on Wednesday faced a major outage globally, with users reporting that the site’s timeline is not loading on either the web or mobile apps. According to the outage monitor website Down Detector, over 56 per cent of people had reported problems while using the application, 37 per cent while using the website,…