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Balloon incident 'must never again occur': Blinken tells China's top diplo
Updated : 3 years ago IST
"The secretary made clear the United States will not stand for any violation of our sovereignty," said State Department spokesman Ned Price underlining that Blinken had also warned China for its balloon incursion and called it an "irresponsible act" and warned that it "must never again oc
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US aviation safety watchdog seeks to fine SpaceX USD 175,000 over rocket l
Updated : 3 years ago IST
It is the first such penalty the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has sought from SpaceX, according to a spokesman for the agency. SpaceX has conducted hundreds of rocket flights over the years, including 61 in 2022, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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Document with classified markings removed from former US Vice President Mi
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to The Hill, Pence's team, in January notified that a small number of records were "accidentally packaged and carried" to the former vice president's residence at the end of the previous administration.
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Second 'high altitude object' shot down over Alaska: White House
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that the Department of Defense shot down a "high altitude object" that was in Alaska's airspace in the last 24 hours.
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Pakistan: Militants attack Hathala police checkpost in Dera Ismail Khan
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Syed Yaqoob Bukhari, a police spokesman, told Dawn that the militants were armed with sophisticated weapons. He said that the police retaliated the attack, forcing the attackers to flee.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk meets US officials to discuss electric vehicles
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Tesla CEO Elon Musk met officials of Joe Biden in Washington to discuss electric vehicles, CNN reported on Friday citing the White House spokesman.
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IBM to cut 3,900 jobs amid broader tech slowdown: WSJ
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The job cuts will stem from Kyndryl Holdings, the IT services business that IBM spun off last year, and its healthcare divestiture, from which the company will incur about a USD 300 million charge, a spokesman told WSJ.
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Pak policeman killed in terror attack in Dera Ismail Khan
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Head constable Gul Baran died in the attack. The assailants shot Baran while he was on his way back home, police spokesman Syed Yaqoob Bukhari was quoted in the Dawn report as saying.
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Cold wave kills over 100 in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"At least 104 people have died in various provinces and 50 houses have been damaged or destroyed," said Shafay Rahimi, a spokesman for the Taliban-led ministry.
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Taliban publicly flog nine convicted of robbery and "sodomy"
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Local authorities and Kandahar residents were in attendance during the lashing. The spokesman for the provincial governor, Haji Zaid, said the convicts were lashed 35-39 times.
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10 killed, several wounded in bomb attack at church in DR Congo
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Congo army spokesman Anthony Mualushay on Sunday said that the explosion killed 10 people and wounded 39. Both tolls were provisional, he added.
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'Wolf warrior' diplomat, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao moves awa
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Zhao gained prominence as one of China's most outspoken "wolf warrior" diplomats and was transferred to the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs on Monday as deputy head of the ministry.
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