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Hyderabad, Dec 22: A 43-year-old man from Hyderabad was fired upon and injured in Chicago in the United States, his family members said on Monday. Mohammed Mujeebuddin suffered bullet injuries in the early hours of Monday and has been admitted to a hospital in a very critical condition, his wife said in a letter to Telangana IT Minister K T Rama Rao. Mr Mujeebuddin's wife, children and his mother

Kabul, Dec 20: A car bombing in Kabul targeting an Afghan lawmaker killed at least nine people, officials said. Lawmaker Khan Mohammad Wardak survived the blast but is among 20 injured including women and children, Afghan Interior Minister Massoud Andarabi said. It is unclear whether the explosive was planted in a car parked on the lawmaker's route or if a vehicle with the bomb was being driven by

Washington, Dec 19: US Vice President Mike Pence announced that service members in the Space Force, which has assigned approximately 16,000 military and civilian personnel, will be called "guardians", following which social media was abuzz with "Guardians of the Galaxy" trends and memes. "It is my honour, on behalf of the President of the US, to announce that henceforth the men and women of the US

Washington, Dec 19: Defending its personalised advertising approach, Facebook has said that it disagrees with Apples belief that personalisation and privacy are at odds. Apple CEO Tim Cook has said in a tweet that Facebook can continue to track users across apps and websites as before, App Tracking Transparency in iOS 14 will just require that they ask for your permission first. According to Steve

Washington, Dec 19: US President-elect Joe Biden has named Indian-American Vedant Patel to be the Assistant Press Secretary as he announced the additional members of the White House Communications and Press Staff. Patel is currently the senior spokesperson of the Biden inaugural committee and has been a part of the Biden campaign as well where he served as Regional Communications Director. During

Washington, Dec 19: Boeing improperly influenced a test designed to see how quickly pilots could respond to malfunctions on the Boeing 737 Max, and Federal Aviation Administration officials may have obstructed a review of two deadly crashes involving the plane, Senate investigators say. In a report released on Friday, the Senate Commerce Committee also said the FAA continues to retaliate against

Washington, Dec 18: US President Donald Trump spoke with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during which they discussed regional security and key bilateral issues, the White House has said. "President Trump thanked King Salman for his leadership and expressed his optimism towards resolving the Gulf Rift,” the White House said in a readout of the call on Thursday. The two leaders discussed

Baltimore, Dec 18: The world COVID-19 caseload is nearing 75 million cases, as per the latest updates by Johns Hopkins University. The COVID-19 dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) reported that the world tally stands at 74,952,221 and 1,662,127 fatalities due to the virus, as of 9:56 am IST. About 42,318,910 patients -- who tested

Paris, Dec 17: French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for Covid-19, the French Presidency said on Thursday. “The President of the Republic has been diagnosed positive for Covid-19 today,” his office said in a statement. “This diagnosis was made following an PCR test performed at the onset of the first symptoms.” The presidency said he would isolate for the next seven days. It was not

Washington, Dec 16: Almost no place has been spared and no one. The virus that first emerged a year ago in Wuhan, China, swept across the world in 2020, leaving havoc in its wake. More than any event in memory, the pandemic has been a global event. On every continent, households have felt its devastation joblessness and lockdowns, infirmity and death. And an abiding, relentless fear. But each