NEW DELHI: A top Facebook executive in India has filed a police complaint in New Delhi saying she is receiving death threats after a media report said she and the U.S. social network company allegedly favoured Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party. Ankhi Das, Facebook’s top public-policy executive in India, […]
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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden scripted history last week when he selected 55-year-old Kamala Harris, also an African-American, as his running mate in the presidential election on November 3. Washington: Indian-origin Senator Kamala Harris’ vice presidential bid as a Democratic Party candidate is a historic moment for immigrants in the […]
MINSK: Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said today she was ready to lead Belarus and called for the creation of a legal mechanism to ensure that a new fair presidential election could be held. Speaking in a video address from Lithuania, she also urged security and law enforcement officers to […]
Sabrina Singh, 32, previously headed the press shop of two Democratic presidential candidates — New Jersey Senator Cory Booker and former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg. Washington: Senator Kamala Harris has roped in Indian-American Sabrina Singh, who previously was the spokeswoman of two Democratic presidential candidates, as press secretary for […]
PITTSBURGH: Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto said he had “serious concerns” over the tactics used in the arrest of a 25-year-old protester on Saturday, after the detention led a crowd of demonstrators showing up at the mayor’s home yesterday. Matthew Cartier, 25, was arrested on Saturday at a Black Lives Matter […]
TAIPEI: Taiwan will step up scrutiny of mainland Chinese citizens who are residents of Hong Kong and seek to move to the island to ensure they do not engage in spying or other illegal acts, the government said today. Taiwan has offered to welcome Hong Kong people who wish to […]
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe entered a Tokyo hospital today for an examination but a detailed reason for the visit was not immediately known, local media reported. Government sources said it was not a worrying situation, Nippon TV reported, while Kyodo News cited people near to the prime minister […]
MULWAUKEE: As Democrats today open an unprecedented virtual convention, the party’s disparate factions are projecting a united front behind Joe Biden, brought together by their common determination to defeat Donald Trump in November’s election. “It is absolutely imperative that Donald Trump be defeated,” Bernie Sanders, a former Biden rival and […]
US Elections 2020: Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the US, there was a record drop in unemployment rate of Indian-Americans under the Trump administration, his Indian-American supporters said. Washington: US President Donald Trump has hit the right chord with India by standing up to China and never intervening in the […]
Cross-border attacks by Iran-aligned Houthi forces have escalated since late May, when a truce prompted by the coronavirus pandemic expired. In late June, missiles reached the Saudi capital Riyadh. Dubai: The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthi movement in Yemen said on Sunday in a statement carried by state news agency […]