Washington | Fighter jets have shot down the Chinese spy balloon that had been adrift across US airspace for days now. “I ordered them to shoot it down,” President Joe Biden said on Saturday confirming the downing of the Chinese contraption that had gripped the country in a frenzy since Thursday, when the US department […]
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Jeff Bezos warns of recession, advises people to avoid expensive purchases
San Francisco | Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has warned consumers and businesses to postpone large purchases during the holiday season in anticipation of an economic recession. In an interview with CNN, he advised consumers to keep their cash safe and avoid unnecessary spending. Due to the recession fear, he advised Americans to avoid purchasing high-ticket items […]
46 undocumented migrants found dead inside lorry in Texas
Houston | At least 46 undocumented migrants were found inside an abandoned lorry on the outskirts of San Antonio, a city in Texas close to the US-Mexico border, authorities confirmed on Tuesday. The lorry was found on Monday next to railroad tracks in a remote area on the city’s southern outskirts, Xinhua news agency quoted the […]
Texas shooting: 21 including 19 children among dead in primary school attack
Washington | Nineteen young children and two adults have died in an alleged shooting at a primary school in south Texas. The 18-year-old gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School in the city of Uvalde before he was killed by law enforcement, officials said. Shooter was armed with semi-automatic rifle Investigators say the suspect was armed […]
Newyork: Masked men sets off gas canister in train car, opens fire on people, atleast 16 injured
New York | Ten people were shot by a masked man who set off a gas canister in a train car on the city’s underground transportation system on Tuesday, Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said. She said that the attack was not being investigated as a terrorist attack, although nothing was ruled out. A total of 16 […]
US professor refers to India as a s***hole, singles out Brahmins
Philadelphia | University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax made more inflammatory comments on a national conservative talk show Friday, slamming immigrants who are critical of the US, Philadelphia Inquirer reported. “There is just a tremendous amount of resentment and shame of non-western peoples against western peoples for western peoples’ outsized achievements and contributions,” Wax told […]
Former Finance Minister of Afghanistan is now Uber driver in Washington
Washington | Former Afghan Finance Minister Khalid Payenda, who fled the country just before the Taliban takeover in August last year, now drives an Uber in Washington, the Guardian reported. “If I complete 50 trips in the next two days, I receive a $95 bonus,” the Guardian quoted Payenda as saying to The Washington Post, […]
US advises its citizens in Russia to depart
Washington | The US Department of State on Monday advised US citizens currently in Russia to consider departing the country “immediately,” citing Moscow’s ongoing military actions in Ukraine and what the department expected to be potential “harassment” toward Americans by “Russian government security officials”. The State Department said in an updated travel advisory that the US […]
Indian-origin petrol station owner killed in robbery on daughter’s b’day
New York | The Indian-origin owner of a petrol station in the US state of Georgia was killed on his daughter’s birthday in a brazen daylight robbery in front of a bank that shares a building with a police station. Amit Patel, 45, was gunned down at around 10 a.m. on Monday in Columbus during […]
Get ready for longest partial lunar eclipse of century next week
Washington | Skygazers are in for a treat as the longest partial lunar eclipse of the century is going to take place on November 19. It is also the longest such eclipse in nearly 600 years. Lunar eclipses occur when the moon passes into the Earth’s shadow. In this case, the partial eclipse phase will last […]