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New Delhi, Nov 11 (UNI) The United States is coming closer to sealing a trade deal with India, said President Donald Trump, adding that at some point, the US would bring down tariffs on India. Trump’s remarks came during the swearing-in of Sergio Gor as the Ambassador to India. “We’re making a deal with India….
Moscow, Nov. 11 (UNI) Russian telecom operators have introduced a new mechanism to protect against drone activity, the Ministry of Digital Development announced on Monday. During the trial period starting Monday, Russian subscribers whose SIM cards have been inactive for 72 hours or who have just returned from international roaming will face a 24-hour “cooling…
Washington, Nov. 11 (UNI) The U.S. military launched two strikes targeting two boats allegedly transporting narcotics in international waters in the eastern Pacific on Sunday, killing all six aboard, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday. “Yesterday, at the direction of President Trump, two lethal kinetic strikes were conducted on two vessels operated by Designated…
Moscow, Nov 10 (UNI/SPUTNIK) Approximately 200 civilians remain trapped in tunnels under the Gaza Strip, and Turkey is working to secure their safe passage, reported, a high-ranking Turkish official said. “We are working to ensure the safe passage of some 200 Gazan civilians currently trapped in the tunnels,” the official said. Earlier reports indicated that…
Bratislava, Nov 10 (UNI) Two trains collided on Sunday evening in western Slovakia, leaving at least 18 people injured, the News Agency of the Slovak Republic (TASR) reported. The collision occurred between the town of Pezinok in the Bratislava region and the capital city, Bratislava. State-run passenger carrier ZSSK said it is working with railway…
Seoul, Nov. 10 (UNI) Two sailors were rescued, and nine others went missing Monday after a Chinese fishing boat capsized off Eocheong Island near Gusan, about 180 km southwest of South Korea’s capital, Seoul, according to the Yonhap news agency. The 99-tonne vessel was overturned in the waters, some 150 km southwest of the island…
Quito, Nov 10 (UNI) At least four inmates were killed on Sunday in a prison riot in Machala, the capital of Ecuador’s southern coastal province of El Oro, the national prison administration agency SNAI said. The unrest broke out in the early hours at Prison No. 1 in Machala, SNAI said in a statement. Local…
Washington, Nov. 10 (UNI) As the U.S. federal government shutdown entered its 40th day on Sunday, more than 2,000 flights were cancelled and over 8,000 delayed nationwide, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. Since the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) mandated flight reduction policy took effect on Friday, the number of cancelled flights surged from 202…
Wellington, Nov. 10 (UNI) The forest fire in New Zealand’s Tongariro National Park continued to blaze on Monday, with the fire size likely to have increased from the estimated 2,500 hectares, said Fire and Emergency New Zealand. Conditions are misty in the Tongariro National Park on Monday morning, which has helped limit the growth of…
Moscow, Nov 9 (UNI/SPUTNIK) The US Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are consistently providing more and more tax breaks to large corporations, which is expected to increase the country’s budget deficit, the New York Times reported. The Treasury Department and the IRS, through a series of new notices and proposed regulations, are…
