Category: World
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North Carolina Beach: 8-year-old boy bitten by shark
Well, as per the reports, an 8-year-old boy was attacked by a shark in North Carolina beach this recent Sunday. The boy was immediately rushed to the nearest hospital and he has suffered a leg injury and few more small injuries. The boy is unidentified yet and he was attacked while he was swimming off…
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New York: Helicopter crash-lands on roof of Manhattan building, pilot killed
New York City officials said a helicopter crash-landed on the roof of a midtown Manhattan building Monday, sparking a fire and killing the pilot. For hours on Monday, fog surrounded the skyscrapers in Midtown Manhattan, hiding the upper floors behind a gauzy, grayish curtain. Only a pilot was aboard the doomed aircraft. He was killed,…
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Trump unhappy with Nasa’s new Moon mission, calls moon part of Mars
There are probably some frantic emails flying between NASA headquarters and the White House right now. The American President Donald Trump on Friday criticized NASA for aiming to put astronauts back on the moon by 2024 and urged the space agency to focus instead on “much bigger” initiatives like going to Mars, undercutting his previous…
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NASA: To open space station to visitors for $58 Million
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is opening the International Space Station (ISS) to adventurous tourists, and those interested don’t need to hold their breath — space tourism could happen as soon as 2020. Though it won’t be cheap so you need to save/earn a lot. NASA’s chief financial officer Jeff DeWit said at a…
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Sikh-American airman becomes first allowed to keep turban, beard on active duty by US Air Force
The United States Air Force has recently allowed a Sikh airman to serve with a beard, turban as well as unshorn hair, which now makes him the first ever active-duty airman to be allowed such a religious accommodation. Airman Harpreetinder Singh Bajwa, who joined the Air Force in the year 2017, was not able to…
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US visa applicants to now submit 5-year social media history
Nearly all applicants for US visas will have to submit their social media details under new rules by the State Department. The State Department regulations say people will have to submit social media names and five years’ worth of email addresses and phone numbers. US visa applicants to be asked to furnish 5-yr social media…
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Virginia Beach shooting: 12 killed, several injured after gunman opens fire at Virginia Beach municipal centre
On Friday, a tragic incident took place in US where at least 12 people were killed and several others injured after a gunman opened fire at a municipal centre in Virginia Beach in the United States. The mass shooting was begin just after 4:00 pm (local time). The gunman come into one of the buildings…
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US Justice Department Preparing antitrust probe of Google
The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that the US Department of Justice is preparing an antitrust investigation of Internet titan Google. The effort will touch on web search and other parts of Google, the report said. The report comes amid discussion from politicians and the public about whether large technology companies should be broken…
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Google Doodle Changed into ICC Cricket World Cup 2019
Well, you all should know that Google has dedicated its doodle to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 theme. Reports are coming that they have dedicated their doodle to the Cricket world cup as it started today. Also, the opening ceremony took place in Oval in London today where the first match was against South…
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Pakistan extends airspace closure to mid-June on Indian Border
A civil aviation official in a statement said on Wednesday, Pakistani airspace on its eastern border with India is going to stay closed till the mid June (June 14), the latest extension months after a standoff in the middle of the arch rivals. As per to an official, “We don’t expect the ban to be…
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Man sets himself on fire near White House
A strange but serious incident took place in the US when a man set himself on fire near the White House on Wednesday, as per to the Secret Service said. The statement further added that the individual was getting first aid at the scene. As per to the Secret Service on Twitter said, the incident…
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Pakistan may have launched Project Harvest, Likely to target senior retired Indian Army, police officers
Pakistan’s ISI is expected to have launched ‘Project Harvest’ in contradiction of India, which is intended at aiming senior retired police as well as Army officers in Punjab along with other parts of India. India has learnt that ISI has launched ‘Project Harvest’ in order to start an initiative to target retired police officials as…