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Biden calls India's Modi, seeks to strengthen regional security through "Quad" grouping
Published On: February 9, 2021 12:47 PM NPT By: Reuters
NEW DELHI, Feb 9: U.S. President Joe Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed in a telephone call to strengthen Indo-Pacific security through the Quad grouping of countries that is seen as a way to push back against China’s growing assertiveness in the region.
Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, will accept as payment soon
Published On: February 9, 2021 09:20 AM NPT By: Associated Press
SILVER SPRING, Feb 9: Holders of Bitcoin may be able to cash in some of their investment in the digital currency for a brand new electric car.
Myanmar junta imposes curfew, meeting bans as protests swell
Published On: February 9, 2021 08:50 AM NPT By: Associated Press
YANGON, Feb 9: Myanmar’s new military rulers on Monday signaled their intention to crack down on opponents of their takeover, issuing decrees that effectively banned peaceful public protests in the country’s two biggest cities.
28 garment workers killed in flooded factory in Morocco
Published On: February 9, 2021 08:46 AM NPT By: Associated Press
RABAT, Feb 9: Heavy rains flooded an illegal garment factory in the northern Moroccan city of Tangier, killing at least 28 workers Monday, state television quoted a medical official as saying.
Rescuers in India digging for 37 trapped in glacier flood
Published On: February 8, 2021 03:15 PM NPT By: Associated Press
RUDRAPRAYAG, INDIA, Feb 8: Rescuers in northern India were working Monday to rescue more than three dozen power plant workers trapped in a tunnel after part of a Himalayan glacier broke off and sent a wall of water and debris rushing down the mountain in a disaster that has left 18 people dead and 165 missing.
Former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz dies at age 100
Published On: February 8, 2021 01:25 PM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Feb 8: George Shultz, the U.S. secretary of state who survived bitter infighting in President Ronald Reagan’s administration to help forge a new era in American-Soviet relations and bring on the end of the Cold War, died on Saturday at age 100, the California-based Hoover Institute said.
EXPLAINER: How glaciers can burst and send floods downstream
Published On: February 8, 2021 01:13 PM NPT By: Associated Press
The floods that slammed into two hydroelectric plants and damaged villages in northern India were set off by a break on a Himalayan glacier upstream. Here’s a look at how glaciers and glacial lakes form and why they may sometimes break:
Yellen: Biden’s plan could restore full employment by 2022
Published On: February 8, 2021 11:01 AM NPT By: Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Feb 8: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday the country was still in a “deep hole” with millions of lost jobs but that President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief plan could generate enough growth to restore full employment by next year.
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South Africa suspends AstraZeneca vaccine drive
Published On: February 8, 2021 09:16 AM NPT By: Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 8: South Africa has suspended plans to inoculate its front-line health care workers with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after a small clinical trial suggested that it isn’t effective in preventing mild to moderate illness from the variant dominant in the country.
Rescuers search for 125 missing after glacier burst in Indian Himalayas, many believed trapped in tunnel
Published On: February 8, 2021 09:07 AM NPT By: Reuters
LUCKNOW, Feb 8: Hundreds of military personnel were deployed in the Indian Himalayas on Monday to help find at least 125 people unaccounted for after a part of a glacier broke away, setting off a torrent of water, rock and dust down a mountain valley.
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