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US company to pay $1.1 mn in back wages to H-1B employees including Indians
An American employment service company has agreed to pay USD 1.1 million in back wages to nearly 600 H-1B employees, a large number […]
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4 killed in northern Australia shooting
A gunman shot dead four people and injured another at five different locations in the northern Australian city of Darwin, officials said. The […]
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Canada says it has real concerns over China’s human rights, Beijing protests
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau marked the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown on Tuesday by expressing “real concerns” about China’s human […]
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Pakistan PM Imran Khan hails military’s ‘voluntary’ cuts
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has revealed that the military has agreed to slash the defence budget for the next fiscal year in […]
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Donning rainbow turban for pride in California
An Indian-origin Sikh neuroscientist, who is bisexual, donned the rainbow turban to ring in this year’s ‘Pride Month’ in the US, drawing a […]
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Judge rejects Congress’s challenge of border wall funding
A federal judge on Monday denied a House request to prevent President Donald Trump from tapping Defence Department money for his proposed border […]
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North Korea’s Mass Games return but Kim unhappy
Tens of thousands of performers in Pyongyang took part in the first of North Korea’s spectacular “Mass Games” propaganda displays for 2019, but […]
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UK PM hopeful Hunt would pursue no-deal Brexit if there was ‘no alternative’
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said he would be prepared to take the United Kingdom out of the European Union without a deal […]
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Mike Pompeo has doubts about Trump’s West Asia peace plan
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who is among the few people with access to President Donald Trump’s under-construction but ambitious West Asia […]
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Pope Francis apologizes to Roma for mistreatment and urges European Unity
Pope Francis, on the last day of his trip to Romania, on Sunday asked for forgiveness on behalf of his church for the […]
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Sri Lankan presidential polls to be held between Nov 15 & Dec 7
The Election Commission’s clarification on the constitutional provisions regarding the date for the next presidential elections came, after President Maithripala Sirisena said last […]
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Car blast hits Northern Syria; kills at least 17 people
The blast in the town of Azaz occurred late on Sunday as scores of people were leaving the mosque of Maytam, wounding dozens […]