LOS ANGELES: City Hall in Los Angeles was evacuated Friday after a vehicle rammed into the building’s front steps, prompting a heavy police and fire response. Officials said the driver remained inside the car for nearly two hours before walking out with arms raised...

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JAISALMER: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Friday delivered a stern warning to Pakistan, declaring it must end its support for terrorism “if it wants to remain on the world map.” He cautioned that India would not show the same restraint it exercised during...

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WASHINGTON: The US government shutdown stretched into its third day Friday, with no end in sight as partisan deadlock in Congress deepened. The Senate once again blocked both Republican and Democratic funding bills, leaving negotiations stalled until at least Monday,...

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NEW DELHI: A routine argument over the route of an electric bus on Sunday evening escalated into violence when a bus marshal allegedly bit off a conductor’s finger. According to the complaint, the dispute broke out after marshal Mansingh and the driver insisted on...

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RAIPUR: Six people, including two women, lost their lives in separate lightning strikes in Chhattisgarh’s Gariyaband and Raigarh districts on Wednesday as sudden thunderstorms swept the region. In Raigarh, four people were killed—two young men tending cattle and two...

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Venezuela on Thursday accused the United States of threatening its sovereignty after at least five American combat aircraft reportedly approached its coastline. In a televised address, Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino said the country’s air defenses and airport...

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