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Indian Americans seek to rebrand themselves as Hindu Americans
But the rebranding effort actually reflects growing unease among Indian Americans with being tied to the policies and positions taken by the Indian government and to be seen by Americans as representing them. They also feel the need to assert their 'Americanness' while being still attached to their country of origin, by religion now and not politics.
Boris Johnson tops poll of post-war leaders thought to have done a bad job
Asked to rate the performance of British Prime Ministers since 1945, some 49 per cent of people told pollster Ipsos that Johnson had done a bad job during his time in Downing Street, dpa news agency reported. While Boris Johnson may have had the highest number of people saying he had done a bad job, he also had the fourth-highest number telling Ipsos he had done well.
Covid-19 hospitalisations, deaths may increase with colder weather: WHO
According to the WHO's latest Covid-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update, the number of new weekly cases decreased by 9 per cent to around 5.3 million during the week of August 15 to 21 as compared to the previous week. The number of new weekly deaths also decreased by 15 per cent as compared to the previous week, with more than 14,000 fatalities reported. The WHO chief said that the current subvariants of Omicron are more transmissible than their predecessors, and the risk of the emergence of even more transmissible and more dangerous variants remains.
India, China hold military level talks to discuss routine matters along LAC in Ladakh
According to defense sources, an Indian Army and Chinese Army Division Commander level meeting was held on Wednesday to discuss routine matters related to maintaining peace along the Line of Actuality in the Ladakh sector. Sources familiar with the matter said such meetings are held regularly after every three months at various levels to discuss the issues of maintaining peace and border management.
'Those records do not belong to him': US Justice Department tears into Trump
It came out swinging against the former President on late Tuesday night, in a scathing court filing to block him from getting his stuff back from the Mar-a-Lago search by stating flatly that "those records do not belong to him". In the 36-page document, the Department argued that Trump lacks any ability to even ask for a federal judge to step in and oversee the seizure of sensitive documents that were kept unsecured at Trump's oceanfront mansion in south Florida, according to media reports.
US warns Taiwanese may face similar fate as persecuted Uyghurs in China
"The Communist authorities have made it clear that Taiwan must understand what's happening to the Uyghur people," Nury Turkel, the chairman of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, said during his keynote address at the opening ceremony of the two-day Regional Religious Freedom Forum in Taipei, RFA reported.
Gorbachev's death could prove a point of yet more tension between Russia and West
Gorbachev died on Tuesday at the age of 91 in the midst of the war in Ukraine which resulted in a complete breakdown in relations between Vladimir Putin and Western leaders, who have implemented strict sanctions designed to hamper the Kremlin's war effort, Daily Mail reported. When the first President of Russia - Boris Yeltsin - died in 2007, ex-US Presidents George Bush senior and Bill Clinton both flew to Moscow alongside former British premier John Major.
Taiwan vows to 'do whatever it takes' to defend itself against China
"We will continue defending our national security, firmly holding on to the median line, and doing whatever it takes to protect our homes, our families, and our sovereignty," Ministry spokesperson Li-Fang Sun said. After US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taipei on August 2, the Chinese People's Liberation Army launched military manoeuvres around Taiwan, followed by large-scale maritime and aerial drills, reports dpa news agency.
NASA aims Sep 3 as next Artemis Moon mission launch attempt
"During that launch attempt, teams were not able to chill down the four RS-25 engines to approximately minus 420 degrees Fahrenheit, with engine 3 showing higher temperatures than the other engines," the US space agency said in a statement late on Tuesday.
EU Foreign Ministers to debate Russian tourist visa ban
"In times of war there is no place for tourism, but it doesn't mean that there's no place for any kind of movement," Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said on his arrival to the first day of talks. The idea of restricting Russian tourists entering the bloc has emerged recently after countries witnessed Russians arriving for summer holidays via neighbouring EU countries, dpa news agency reported.
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