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Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Cohen seeks to dismantle Trump legacy, one podcast at a time

8:34 pm January 9, 2021

New York : The rehabilitation of Michael Cohen has reached a surreal new stage: Quizzing the actor Ben Stiller about his approach to impersonating him on “Saturday Night Live.” Since September, President Donald Trump‘s former lawyer and fixer has been producing a podcast from the Park Avenue apartment where he is serving the remainder of his prison sentence for lying […]

US says it will block palm oil from large Malaysian producer

9:53 pm September 30, 2020

Washington: An official from U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Wednesday the agency will detain shipments of palm oil and its products from FGV Holdings Berhad in Malaysia after a wide range of labor abuse indicators were found, including physical and sexual violence and forced child labor. The withhold release order will be effective immediately following a yearlong investigation, […]

Terror probe opened after 2 stabbed in Paris; 2 arrests

9:48 pm September 25, 2020

Paris: French terrorism authorities are investigating a double-stabbing outside the former Paris offices of a satirical newspaper where a dozen people were killed in 2015, and two suspects have been arrested in Friday’s violence, authorities said. France’s counterterrorism prosecutor said authorities suspect a terrorist motive because of the place and timing of the stabbings: in front of […]

Feds outline sweeping plan to provide free COVID-19 vaccine

8:06 pm September 16, 2020

Washington: The federal government outlined a sweeping plan Wednesday to make vaccines for COVID-19 available for free to all Americans, even as polls show a strong undercurrent of skepticism rippling across the land. In a report to Congress and an accompanying “playbook” for states and localities, federal health agencies and the Defense Department sketched out complex plans for a vaccination […]

Vishnu Saravanan becomes 2nd Indian sailor to qualify for Tokyo Olympics

Tokyo, IOC dismiss study showing Olympic costs rising

11:35 pm September 15, 2020

Tokyo: The CEO of the Tokyo Olympics and the IOC member in charge of Japan’s games have dismissed a new study from the University of Oxford that finds Tokyo is the most expensive Summer Games since 1960. Tokyo, postponed to 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic, is only a small part of economist Bent Flyvbjerg’s study which was published on Tuesday and titled, […]