New York, February 25 American tech entrepreneur Bill Gates has apologised to the staff at the Gates Foundation over his ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein but maintained that he did “nothing illicit,” according to a media report. The Microsoft co-founder also admitted that he had two affairs with Russian women and that he […]
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By Sophie Austin Sacramento, February 25 More than a dozen states have sued the Trump administration over its rollback of vaccine recommendations for children, calling the move an illegal threat to public health. The states on Tuesday argue that the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention put children’s lives at risk when it announced last […]
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New Delhi, February 25 The US has announced preliminary countervailing duty of 125.87 per cent on imports of certain Indian solar goods alleging that the products are unfairly subsidised by New Delhi. The US has also announced different duties on the imports of ‘Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled into Modules’ from Indonesia […]
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Yoshita Singh New York/Washington, February 25 US President Donald Trump has said that Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif told him that 35 million people would have died if it were not for his intervention in stopping the war between India and Pakistan. In his over 100-minute-long State of the Union address on Tuesday, Trump repeated […]
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Beijing, February 24 Nearly 200 Siberian tigers at an animal park in China have been put on a rotational “intermittent fasting programme” following excessive feeding by tourists during the just-concluded Chinese New Year holidays. The intermittent fasting of the big cats at the Siberian Tiger Park in Heilongjiang province is aimed at improving the health […]
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By Sajjad Hussain Islamabad, February 24 Pakistan’s incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan on early Tuesday was taken from jail to a hospital here for treatment of an eye ailment and later shifted back, officials said. Khan was diagnosed last month with right central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO) affecting his vision. He was brought to […]
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Prague (Czech Republic), February 24 After an early exit from the World Cup and an underwhelming performance at the Tata Steel Masters, world champion D Gukesh would be eyeing a turnaround when he spearheads India’s challenge in the Prague International Chess festival starting here on Wednesday. Seeded second in a young elite field, Gukesh will […]
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New Delhi, February 23 Indian shooting legend Abhinav Bindra on Monday announced the end of his eight-year tenure as vice chair of the International Olympic Committee’s athletes commission, describing his stint as one of the most meaningful chapters of his sporting journey. The 43-year-old Bindra, who became India’s first individual Olympic gold-medallist in the 2008 […]
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Australia (Brisbane), February 23 Having secured a stunning T20I series triumph, reigning world champions India will have the psychological edge when they take on Australia in the first women’s ODI of a three-match series here on Tuesday.India had beaten Australia in the World Cup semifinal last year in Navi Mumbai, and the hosts would be […]
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ELAINE KURTENBACHAP Bangkok , February 23 US futures dropped and Asian shares were mostly higher on Monday after the Supreme Court struck down most of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs. Bitcoin tumbled as much as 5% early Monday, dropping below $65,000. The sell-off has been driven by investors pulling out of speculative assets and concerns […]
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