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Donald Trump says Teamsters will vote for him

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Former US President Donald Trump expressed his confidence Wednesday that Teamsters will vote for him, as the Republican hopeful prepares for a showdown with Democrat Joe Biden.  After meeting with the union leaders in Washington, Donald Trump said: “So we had a very productive meeting with a lot of Teamster representatives.” The meeting of the 77-year-old with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters came as he attempts to gain the support of the union from Joe Biden ahead of their rematch in November. Republicans are not much friendly to labour organisations,…

US President Joe Biden plots revenge strikes on Iran

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President Joe Biden is thinking about bombarding naval targets as he prepares a retaliatory strike against the Iran-backed forces responsible for the deaths of three US servicemen. It occurs as authorities assert that because there was uncertainty about whether or not the drone was hostile, air defences were unable to thwart the oncoming attack on an American base in Jordan on Saturday, according to the Sun. The attack signalled a significant escalation in the Middle East crisis as it was the first US fatality from enemy fire since the commencement of…

Elon Musk’s Neuralink implants first brain chip in human

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In a groundbreaking move, Elon Musk’s company, Neuralink, has successfully implanted its first brain chip in a human for the first time, BBC reported. The first recipient of the brain chip, known as “telepathy,” is reportedly recovering well after the procedure performed on Sunday. The company finally got its clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in May after facing much criticism.

3 US troops killed in drone attack in Middle East

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Three US troops stationed in the Middle East, near the Jordan-Syria border, were attacked on Sunday by a drone carried out at the US base named Tower 22, BBC reported. US President Joe Biden, in a statement issued after the drone attack, said the attack was carried out by “radical-Iran-backed militant groups”, adding that Washington “shall respond” to the attack.  According to reports, the one-way drone attack killed three soldiers, while more than 30 were injured and are receiving all necessary treatment. This is the first attack on US troops since the…

6.0 magnitude earthquake hits Guatemala, El Salvador

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A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit the southern Pacific coast of Guatemala late Friday, Al Arabiya News reported citing the country’s INSIVUMEH seismological agency. El Salvador, a neighbour of Guatemala, felt the same earthquake that struck the Escuintla area of Guatemala. No immediate reports of damages or casualties have been made yet. The earthquake was recorded at a depth of 119 kilometres (73.9 miles) by the German Research Centre for Geosciences, which also reported a magnitude of 6.1.

Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro sentenced to 4 months jail for disobeying subpoena

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Peter Navarro, who disobeyed a subpoena pertaining to the congressional inquiry into the US Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, was sentenced to four months in prison on Thursday for contempt of Congress. In September, Navarro was found guilty on two counts of contempt of Congress for disobeying a subpoena issued by the House Select Committee looking into the attack, according to CNN. Prosecutors had requested that US District Judge Amit Mehta sentence Navarro to six months on each offence, running concurrently, and penalise him $200,000. Each count caries a statutory…

Pakistan benefiting from first CPEC phase: Kakar

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ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Wednesday said that having achieved the first phase of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Pakistan was benefiting from its early harvest projects while remaining engaged with China to execute the next phase. “We have already achieved the CPEC’s first phase and we are benefiting from its early harvest projects. We are entering the second phase. We do need more deliberations when it comes to the second phase,” he said in an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN). He said CPEC’s second phase…

WHO warns against ‘disease X’ – 20 times more menacing than COVID

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a grave warning against a potential global pandemic that could surpass the impact of COVID-19 by a staggering 20 times.  Termed as ‘Disease X,’ this hypothetical threat serves as a clarion call for global leaders to unite in preparation for an unseen menace that could reshape the landscape of public health. At the World Economic Forum, the recent WHO session titled “Preparing for Disease X” emphasised the urgent need for proactive strategies to prevent or manage a potential outbreak. While ‘Disease X’ is…

Turkey ratifies Sweden’s NATO membership after a year of delay

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Turkey approved Sweden’s admission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) on Tuesday, removing a significant obstacle to the previous nonaligned nation’s membership in the armed forces, CNBC reported. With four abstentions, the legislature approved Sweden’s accession protocol by a vote of 287 to 55. It is anticipated that the ratification will take effect soon after it is published in the official gazette. After this, Hungary is the only member of NATO that has not approved Sweden’s membership. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced Tuesday that he sent a letter to his…

Donald Trump says he is ‘sharper’ than Nikki Haley

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As the Republican primary in New Hampshire is scheduled for Tuesday, former US President Donald Trump believed that his opponent former US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley is not as mentally stable as him calling for a cognitive test in which he said she’s not gonna win.  Speaking with Fox News Monday, Donald Trump said that he would score higher than the 52-year-old Nikki Haley, who criticised his cognitive abilities claiming that the former president is not fit for another term. Haley had been calling for the evaluation of…