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President Donald Trump signed a memo on Wednesday that threatens to cut federal funding to lawless cities, including Seattle, Portland, New York and Washington. (AP)

Trump threatens to cut federal funds to 'lawless' cities

NYC Governor Andrew Cuomo said that Trump was trying to cut off funding that states and cities must receive to recover...

3 Sept 2020 9:18 AM IST

United Airlines is preparing to furlough 16,370 workers when federal aid expires on October 1. (AFP Photo)

United Airlines to cut 16,370 jobs ï»¿as COVID hammers demand

US passenger airlines are still collectively losing more than $5 billion a month as 30% of planes remain parked

3 Sept 2020 9:15 AM IST

Vials used by pharmacists to prepare syringes used on the first day of a first-stage safety study clinical trial of the potential vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, in Seattle. The US federal government has told states to prepare for a coronavirus vaccine to be ready to distribute by Nov. 1. (AP File)

US states told to be ready for vaccine distribution by November 1

The timeline raised concern among public health experts about a vaccine approval driven by political considerations...

3 Sept 2020 9:02 AM IST

Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny casting his vote at a polling station during to the Moscow city Duma election in Moscow. - Tests carried out on Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny provide clear proof that he was poisoned by a chemical nerve agent, the German government said Wednesday, September 2, 2020, demanding explanations from Moscow. (AFP File)

Germany says Soviet-era nerve agent used on Russia's Navalny

The findings which experts say point strongly to Russian state involvement added to tensions between Russia and the...

3 Sept 2020 8:40 AM IST

Properties have also been damaged, they said, adding the Indian Army has effectively retaliated to the unprovoked aggression from the across the Line of Control. (Photo: Representational)

Indian Army JCO killed in snipper attack at LoC

Six structures including four residential houses, a government school building and a madrassa (Islamic religious school)...

3 Sept 2020 2:03 AM IST

Hindustani Awam Morcha chief Jitan Ram Manjhi

Jitan Ram Manjhi returns to NDA fold ahead of Bihar elections

Manjhi is considered a strong Mahadalit face in the state

2 Sept 2020 10:19 PM IST

Activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan addresses a press conference, after Supreme Court imposed a token fine of one rupee as punishment in a contempt case against him, in New Delhi. PTI Photo

AA Edit | Bhushan's choice

Kudos to Bhushan for displaying grace under pressure, not giving in to the impulse for drama

2 Sept 2020 8:00 PM IST

An auto rickshaw drives past a mural depicting frontline workers fighting against COVID-19 in New Delhi. AP Photo

AA Edit | Only long term measures can resuscitate the economy

The Covid-19 pandemic has finally taken the Indian economy to a journey of the netherworld

2 Sept 2020 7:42 PM IST

Former finance secretary Rajiv Kumar takes charge as the new Election Commissioner in New Delhi. PTI Photo

Dilli Ka Babu | Rajiv Kumar in sight of CEC chair in 2024

He replaces Ashok Lavasa, who is leaving to join the Asian Development Bank as vice-president

2 Sept 2020 7:17 PM IST

I said that the United States has to be compensatedwell compensatedbecause we are the ones that are making it possible, and so we should be compensated, President Donald Trump said referring to his demand for a percentage for the government on the possible sale deal of TikTok to an American company. (Photo | AFP)

Trump repeats demand for piece of TikTok sale deal as September 15...

Well, I told them that they have until September 15th to make a deal; after that, we close it up in this country, the...

2 Sept 2020 7:11 PM IST

A security personnel stands guard along the Srinagar-Ladakh Highway, at Gagangir in Ganderbal District of Central Kashmir. PTI Photo

Delimitation next stop in Modi government's Kashmir project

There is no plan underway to talk to Pakistan or to the dissenting political and militant groups in J&K to arrive at a...

2 Sept 2020 6:59 PM IST

The move comes as a huge blow to the 33 million active gaming enthusiasts who play PUBG on their mobile phones in India. Youth in India are already nursing soreness from having had to give up TikTok, and now this.

First TikTok, now PUBG: Fresh government orders block popular mobile...

PUBG Mobile among 118 Chinese apps banned amid heightened tension between troops of the two countries on Ladakh border.

2 Sept 2020 6:26 PM IST