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4 civilians & 2 police officers injured in shooting incident in Minneapolis

The Minneapolis Police Department in a post on X, said, they were responding to an 'active incident' in the Whittier neighbourhood in Minnesota, Thursday.

Taiwan detects 13 Chinese military aircraft, 5 naval vessels & 4 coast guard ships near its territory

According to Taiwan's ministry for national defence, 3 of 13 PLA aircraft crossed Taiwan Strait middle line, one flew inside country's air defence identification zone in the southwest.

US rapper Nicki Minaj held at Amsterdam airport for possession of soft drugs, says report

Dutch military police confirmed a 41-year-old American woman had been held for possession of soft drugs Saturday. Police, however, did not identify the suspect.

US Secretary of State Blinken makes unplanned visit to Kyiv to reaffirm support

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's surprise visit came close on the heels of a USD 400 million military aid package by US for Ukraine.

Jaishankar dismisses Biden’s remarks, says, ‘India not xenophobic, but very open & welcoming’

Jaishankar argued CAA shows India's 'welcoming approach'. Biden had on 2 April remarked that 'India, China, Japan, Russia's xenophobic nature' is to blame for their economic troubles.

Biden nominates ambassadors, intelligence counselors to key national security roles

Wiegmann and Ried are both graduates of Duke University and Harvard Law School.

OJ Simpson, American football star accused of ex-wife’s murder, dies at age 76

Simpson was acquitted in a 1995 trial of murdering his former wife but was found responsible for her death in a civil lawsuit and later imprisoned for armed robbery and kidnapping.

SubscriberWrites: How the American-Iraqi solution can end the conflicts in Gaza. It’s time for Peace!

Israeli negotiators have hit a brick wall in Qatar after the Hamas group rejected calls for a permanent end to hostilities.

Sellout – this American insult was shaped by political corruption

'Selling out' was largely used to describe the sale of stock or holdings – cattle, steel, grain, and real estate

Congressional panel warns of Chinese ‘legacy’ semiconductors flooding US markets, calls for govt action

Legacy chips, defined by US law as semiconductor chips that are 28 nm or larger, are integral to everyday consumer products. China's called US attempts to control its exports 'economic bullying'.

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Top 10 picks of Serendipity Art Festival 2025 by Rohit Chawla

Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.