Jury selection could be nearing close in Trump’s hush money trial
Lawyers worked Friday to round out the panel of 12 jurors and six alternates who will hear Donald Trump’s hush money trial, as the former president railed against a gag order that has prosecutors seeking to hold him in contempt of court. After a jury of 12 New Yorkers was seated...
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US vetoes Palestinian bid to gain statehood at UN
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Israel warned US about drone attack on Iran, Italian foreign min says at G7
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Man detained after police op at Iranian consulate
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Iran fires at apparent Israeli attack drones
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NSE to launch derivatives on Nifty Next 50 index from April 24
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Sri Lanka government, opposition trade barbs
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Indonesia visit: China’s minister criticises US role in Gaza talks
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US envoy to UN vows support for families held captive in N Korea
The United States ambassador to the United Nations said Thursday that America will stand with Japan until all the Japanese abducted by North Korea decades ago return home to end their painful separation. Linda Thomas-Greenfield made the comments on Thursday as she began her visit to Tokyo by meeting with the...
Russia reports downing 5 Ukrainian military balloons in Kyiv’s latest war innovation
Russian air defences downed what authorities described as five Ukrainian balloons overnight, the defense ministry in Moscow said Thursday, as the sides kept up long-range strikes that have featured heavily in what has largely become a war of attrition. Neither Russian nor Ukrainian officials have provided details about the secretive balloons,...
China dumps USD 22.7 bn in US treasury bills
China has offloaded USD 22.7 billion US treasury bills recently over concerns over security and a further delay to expected interest rate cuts by the American Federal Reserve, amidst its intensified strategic rivalry with Washington. The world’s second-largest economy offloaded USD 22.7 billion of the bills in February, with its total...
Belgian, Czech leaders exhort EU to react amid concern
The leaders of Belgium and the Czech Republic are warning their European Union partners to take urgent action to prevent Russian interference in June’s Europe-wide elections, after the two countries’ intelligence services uncovered evidence of attempts to bribe EU lawmakers. “We simply cannot allow Russia to get away with such a...
X says ‘continue to work’ with Pakistan govt to understand its ‘concerns’
A day after the Pakistan government told a high court that the popular microblogging website X has been banned in the country due to national security issues, the social media platform on Thursday for the first time said that it continues to work with the relevant authorities on their concerns. The...
High-level inquiry panel to probe allegations against former ISI chief
The Pakistan Army has constituted a high-level inquiry committee headed by a major general to look into the allegations against Lt-Gen (retd) Faiz Hameed that he as the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) director-general misused his authority, according to a media report on Thursday. The inquiry has been ordered according to the orders...
Pak President Zardari rakes up Kashmir issue
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday urged political leaders to shun the politics of polarisation to address the challenges faced by the cash-strapped country, amidst sloganeering by lawmakers from jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party against him and the government. Addressing the joint session of Parliament to mark the...
