A “potentially hazardous” asteroid, roughly the same length as the London Eye, is set to skim past Earth on Wednesday, according to a report by The Independent. NASA is tracking the movement of the huge rock, named 2013 WV44, which measures 160 metres in diameter. The US space agency’s Centre for Near-Earth Object Studies said that...
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Showed “Master Class” On How Ukraine Invasion Should’ve Been: Wagner Chief
Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Monday that a one-day mutiny by his Wagner force had been intended not to overthrow Russia’s government but to register a protest over what he said was its ineffectual conduct of the war in Ukraine. In his first public comments since ending the mutiny late on Saturday, Prigozhin...
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Short-lived mutiny in Russia sheds light on Putin’s hold on power
For more than a year, U.S. officials have quietly asked themselves a question they would not dare pose in public: Could Russia’s botched invasion of Ukraine eventually lead to the downfall of Russian President Vladimir Putin? For a few chaotic, head-snapping hours this weekend, the notion did not seem so far-fetched. But even with the apparent end to the...
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Putin faces coup? Rebel mercenaries enter Russian military district
The local government in Voronezh region urged residents to avoid the M-4 north-south motorway connecting Moscow because a military convoy was on the move. Hours after the chief of the mercenary group Wagner vowed to oust Russia’s military leadership, videos on social media purportedly showed its forces skirting Rostov-on-Don, home to the Russian military headquarters for...
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Kamala Harris, Antony Blinken Host State Lunch For PM Modi
Washington: US Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday hosted a luncheon for Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the State Department. Prime Minister Modi is currently in Washington on a state visit at the invitation of President Joe Biden. The two leaders held a historic summit on Thursday. Biden also held...
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Missing Titanic sub crew killed after ‘catastrophic implosion’
These are serious people with serious curiosity willing to put serious money down to go to these interestingplaces,” the “Titanic” director told CNN’s Anderson Cooper. “I don’t want to discourage that. But I think that it’salmost now a lesson.The takeaway is, make sure if you’re gonna go into a vehicle, whether it’s an aircraft or...
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Democracy is in India’s DNA, there is no discrimination: PM Modi’s befitting reply to US media
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing a press conference during his ongoing state visit to the US said democracy is in the DNA of both India and the United States. He was addressing a joint press conference with President Joe Biden at the White House on Thursday. “Democracy can deliver and when we talk about democracy,...
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Modi in USA: Biden, Modi hail new era for Indo-US ties on Day 2 of historic visit; boast it by a string of vital deals
WASHINGTON, June 22 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Narendra Modi hailed a new era in their countries’ relationship after the White House rolled out the red carpet for the Indian prime minister on Thursday, touting deals on defense and commerce aimed at countering China’s global influence. “Two great nations, two great friends, and...
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Submersible used by tourists to see Titanic wreck goes missing,
A submersible used to take people to view the wreck of the Titanic went missing in the Atlantic Ocean, BBC reported quoting the Boston Coastguard. A search and rescue operation was under way for the submersible off the coast of Newfoundland as it remained unclear as to how many people were aboard when it went...
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Amid Documents Row, Trump Faces Heat From Republicans
Washington: Fresh off Donald Trump’s 37-count indictment, several topRepublicans, including presidential contenders Mike Pence and Asa Hutchinson,criticized the former US president’s handling of classified information on Sunday.The comments, including harsh criticism from former Trump defense secretaryMark Esper, came on the first round of major weekend political talk shows sinceTrump pleaded not guilty in a Miami...