Day: August 15, 2020

Will get COVID-19 under control by listening to experts: Kamala Harris

‘Do something:’ Harris’ rapid rise driven by call to action

11:59 pm August 15, 2020

Sacramento: Hours before Kamala Harris took the stage for the first time as Joe Biden‘s vice presidential pick, she received a text message from a childhood classmate with photos from their school days. In one of the pictures, a racially diverse group of first-graders are gathered in a classroom. Some had taken the bus from their homes […]

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Putin greets India on Independence Day, praises it for success in various spheres

11:53 pm August 15, 2020

Moscow: India rightfully enjoys high prestige among the international community, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said as he greeted the Indian government on the country’s 74th Independence Day. “Kindly accept cordial congratulations on the National Holiday – the Independence Day of the Republic of India,” Putin said in his congratulatory message to President Ram Nath […]

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Pope again updates Vatican legal code amid scrutiny, probes

Pope urges Nile states to continue talks over disputed dam

11:48 pm August 15, 2020

Cairo: Pope Francis on Saturday urged Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to continue talks to resolve their years-long dispute over a massive dam Ethiopia is building on the Blue Nile that has led to sharp regional tensions and fears of military conflict. Francis, speaking to a crowd gathered at St. Peter’s Square on an official Catholic feast day, said he was closely following negotiations between the three […]

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Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Homes with grandparents weigh virus risk as school starts

11:40 pm August 15, 2020

Phoenix: Zita Robinson, who’s 77 and diabetic, has been careful around her granddaughter since the coronavirus pandemic took hold. A door connects Robinson’s apartment in Phoenix to the main house where 8-year-old Traris “Trary” Robinson-Newman and her mother live, but it mostly stays shut. Their only physical contact is if Trary walks in with her back toward […]

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Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Gunmen kill son of legendary Mexico drug capo Amado Carrillo

11:23 pm August 15, 2020

Mexico City: Prosecutors in northern Mexico say that gunmen have killed a son of legendary drug lord Amado Carrillo Fuentes. The father, better known by his nickname, “The Lord of The Skies,” for his habit of transporting shipments of drugs on jet airliners, died in a botched plastic surgery in 1997. Prosecutors in the northern state of Sinaloa said […]

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