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Report sounds alarm over increase in suicides among elderly in US

A new report has sounded an alarm over an increase in suicide cases, especially among the older population in the US, as nearly 50,000 Americans died by suicide in 2022.

2023-08-12T12:39:46.002642+00:00 IST

US: Death toll surges to 80 in Hawaii wildfires

The death toll from Hawaii's Maui wildfires surged to 80 as the search teams sift through the smoking blazes of Lahaina town. The officials are determined to find out how the inferno spread so rapidly through the historic resort area with so little warning, reported Al Jazeera.

2023-08-12T11:12:18.639067+00:00 IST

China's cameras with "Skin Color Analytics" raise rights concerns

In February 2021, IPVM and the Los Angeles Times reported that Dahua provided a video surveillance system with "real-time Uyghur warnings" to the Chinese police that included eyebrow size, skin colour and ethnicity. IPVM's 2018 statistical report shows that since 2016, Dahua and another Chinese video surveillance company, Hikvision, have won contracts worth USD 1 billion from the government of China's Xinjiang province, a centre of Uyghur life.

2023-08-12T03:35:34.423032+00:00 IST

UN transfers Yemeni vessel carrying million barrels of oil

The tanker was the subject of more than three years of appeals from the UN and environmental organizations who warned that a lack of maintenance during Yemen’s civil war meant the nearly 50-year-old vessel was at risk of spilling four times as much oil as happened in the 1989 disaster involving the Exxon Valdez off the coast of Alaska.

2023-08-12T03:20:06.295626+00:00 IST

FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried sent to prison

Lewis A Kaplan announced the decision after prosecutors said that Bankman-Fried had twice tried to interfere with witnesses in the case.

2023-08-12T01:28:40.371709+00:00 IST

US: Death toll in Hawaii wildfires rises to 67

The death toll from the devastating wildfires in Hawaii has climbed to 67.

2023-08-12T00:00:59.132565+00:00 IST

US Attorney General appoints special counsel for Hunter Biden

Garland's decision gives Weiss more powers than a typical US attorney and puts the US in uncharted territory, with three special counsels at the Justice Department currently probing the sitting president, his son and the former president.

2023-08-11T21:31:50.850559+00:00 IST

Trump’s right to free speech in January 6 case is “not absolute”

The judge hearing former US President Donald Trump’s case of alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 elections, said on Friday that although the former President has rights to free speech, these rights are “not absolute”, CNN reported.

2023-08-11T16:53:27.383558+00:00 IST

Biden calls China "ticking time bomb"

United States President Joe Biden on Thursday described China as a “ticking time bomb,” pointing to the country’s underlying economic challenges, The Hill reported.

2023-08-11T13:35:44.148791+00:00 IST

UN to focus on North Korea rights violations and missile program

The United States holds the 15-nation Security Council’s rotating presidency this month and Thomas-Greenfield has said that human rights would be the core theme. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that North Korea launched scores of ballistic missiles and several intercontinental ballistic missiles this year. It regularly blames the tense situation in the Korean Peninsula on joint military exercises that the United States and South Korea carry out and says its missile program is meant to deter and “strike fear” into its enemies.

2023-08-11T08:20:47.077909+00:00 IST

US: Death toll in Hawaii wildfire climbs to 53

At least 53 people have now been killed by the Lahaina fire as the firefighting efforts continue.

2023-08-11T01:06:30.896979+00:00 IST

5 Americans detained in Iran moved from prison to house arrest

The development is the first step in a deal between the United States and Iran that would include making USD 6 billion in Iranian funds more accessible to Tehran in exchange for their return to the US.

2023-08-10T22:00:15.766554+00:00 IST

US: Earthquake of magnitude 4.3 jolts Central California

An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 jolted Central California of the United States on Thursday (local time).

2023-08-10T21:28:13.678920+00:00 IST

US singer Mary Millben supports PM Modi over Manipur issue

Mary Millben said that India has confidence in its leader and lashed out at "dishonest journalism."

2023-08-10T21:09:17.161547+00:00 IST

US President Biden declares Hawaii wildfires a major disaster

US President Joe Biden on Thursday declared Hawaii wildfires a "major disaster" and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas impacted by the wildfires since August 8.

2023-08-10T19:26:44.471428+00:00 IST

Not required to go facility...: Trump in classified document case

US former President Donald Trump, on Wednesday (local time), in a court filing argued that he should not be required to go to a sensitive information facility to discuss the classified document case.

2023-08-10T15:48:43.764879+00:00 IST

US: Death toll rises to 36 in deadly wildfires in Hawaii

At least 36 people lost their lives in Maui County, Hawaii as a wildfire swept across parts of the island, reported CNN.

2023-08-10T12:13:55.704389+00:00 IST

India extends support to enhance flood resilience in Suriname

India has extended support amounting to USD 246,852.71 for project aimed at bolstering early flood warning services to communities in Suriname.

2023-08-10T03:18:14.847405+00:00 IST

New Covid-19 variant EG.5 on the rise in US

New Covid-19 variant EG.5 is on the rise in the US. The variant is causing about 17 per cent of the new Covid-19 cases in the country compared to 16 per cent for the next most common lineage, XBB.1.16, according to the latest estimates from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CNN reported.

2023-08-10T03:15:27.666521+00:00 IST