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Harris grilled on Fox News on immigration, Biden’s fitness for office
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris defended the Biden administration's handling of illegal immigration in a combative television interview on Wednesday, blaming Republicans for failing to pass a border security bill.
Grilled…
India’s alleged interference in Canada was ‘horrific mistake,’ Trudeau says
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday India made "a horrific mistake" by thinking it could interfere as aggressively as it allegedly did in Canada's sovereignty.
Trudeau made the remark two days after Canada kicked out…
UNRWA chief warns of ‘real risk’ of Gaza famine
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned Wednesday of the risk of famine in Gaza, a day after the United States said Israel had been warned to improve aid deliveries to the territory.
UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini told…
Trudeau slams India as tensions soar over Sikh separatist’s murder
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused India Monday of making a "fundamental error," as an escalating row over the killing of a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil last year saw both countries expel each other's ambassadors.
A grave…
Israel strikes Lebanon after Netanyahu vows no mercy for Hezbollah
Israel's military launched strikes Tuesday on eastern Lebanon, official Lebanese media reported, as Hezbollah fought Israeli soldiers after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed no mercy for the group.
The premier's pledge on Monday…
Iran slams US obstruction of Security Council on Gaza, Lebanon
Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi slammed as "a disaster" on Monday what he called US obstruction of the United Nations Security Council in relation to the wars in Lebanon and Gaza.
In a phone call with his Chinese counterpart Wang…
Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson win 2024 Nobel economics prize
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson won the 2024 Nobel economics prize "for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity", the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday.
The prestigious award, formally…
Harris to release medical report showing fitness for presidency: campaign
Democratic White House candidate Kamala Harris will release a medical report Saturday confirming her fitness to be president, her campaign said, in a bid to put pressure on rival Donald Trump to publish his own health records.
An adviser…
Israeli strikes on Jabalia refugee camps kill 19
Israeli military strikes on Gaza overnight killed at least 19 Palestinians, medics said yesterday, while forces continued to push deeper into the Jabalia area, where international relief agencies say thousands of people are trapped.…
Ratan Tata passes away
India's top industrialist and Tata Sons Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata died in a hospital in Mumbai last night, the company said.
He was 87.
"It is with a profound sense of loss that we bid farewell to Mr Ratan Naval Tata, a…