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New York: Five Indian-Americans are in Barron's fourth annual list of the 100 Most Influential Women in US Finance for achieving positions of prominence in the financial-services industry and are helping to shape its future. The list…
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Washington: Nine US servicemen of the elite 101st Airborne Division - the US Army's sole air assault formation - were killed when two Black Hawk helicopters crashed during a "routine training mission" in US' Kentucky state late on…
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Several people have been feared dead as two U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopters crashed during a training incident in Kentucky on Wednesday night. Trigg County emergency personnel said the crash occurred between Bobby Light Road and…
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Washington: A total of 125 paediatric flu deaths have been reported in the US so far this season, according to the latest data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC estimates that there have been at…
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Seoul: North Korea on Tuesday warned that it could stage "more powerful follow-up measures" if the US continues "military provocations", citing its large-scale combined air exercise with South Korea. A spokesman at the North's Foreign…
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Washington: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that its director had tested positive for Covid-19. Rochelle Walensky, who's up to date with her vaccines, is experiencing mild symptoms, Xinhua news…
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Washington:  At least 80 people were killed in the U.S. states of Florida and North Carolina by Hurricane Ian which made landfall in southwestern Florida as Category 4 last week. At least 76 people in Florida had died due to Ian, with…
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Washington: US researchers have developed a method to evaluate how future mutations to SARS-CoV-2 can affect recognition by antibodies used in rapid antigen tests, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). As new variants of…
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Colombo: Twenty-four companies from India, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, the US, China, Russia, the UK, Malaysia, Norway, and the Philippines are interested in the petroleum business in Sri Lanka, a Minister said.…
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Washington: Almost 13.2 million children in the US have been infected for Covid-19 since the onset of the pandemic in early 2020, according to the latest report by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Children's Hospital…
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