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Democrats face quandary on vaccine support as election nears

11:54 pm September 19, 2020

New York: President Donald Trump is escalating his promise for a coronavirus vaccine before Election Day. But across America, Democrats, independents and even some Republicans do not trust his administration to produce a safe and effective vaccine on such an aggressive timeline. Such hesitancy threatens to exacerbate the public health risk for millions of Americans whenever a vaccine is […]

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Indian man pleads guilty in telemarketing scam in US

8:16 pm September 16, 2020

Washington: An Indian national has pleaded guilty to the charges of participating in an India-based telemarketing scheme to try to embezzle about USD 600,000 from seven elderly people in America. Chirag Sachdeva, 30, has been held since he was arrested by FBI agents on February 16 as he got off a plane in Boston after a flight from India. He admitted […]

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Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Trump denies downplaying virus, casts doubt on mask usage

11:26 am September 16, 2020

Washington: Fielding compelling questions about voters’ real-world problems, President Donald Trump denied during a televised town hall that he had played down the threat of the coronavirus earlier this year, although there is an audio recording of him stating he did just that. Trump, in what could well be a preview of his performance in […]

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Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Trump faces pushback for urging people to vote twice as test

10:17 pm September 3, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump is facing a backlash for urging voters in North Carolina to vote by mail and then try to vote again in person to test the mail-in ballot system in the Nov. 3 election. Trump was asked by a television reporter during his trip Wednesday to Wilmington, North Carolina, if he had […]

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Nick Robinson to star opposite Margaret Qualley in Netflix series ‘Maid’

1:51 pm August 30, 2020

Los Angeles: “Love, Simon” star Nick Robinson has been cast as the male lead in Netflix’s upcoming dramedy series “Maid” , fronted by “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” breakout Margaret Qualley. The project reunites Robinson and Qualley after Rashid Johnson’s HBO film “Native Son”, which premiered last year at Sundance Film Festival, reported Deadline. Written by Molly Smith Metzler, the film […]

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