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No charges against Sikh store employee who thrashed shoplifter in US
"The Stockton 7-11 Store Clerks are not and have never been suspects of the San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office," San Joaquin County District Attorney Ron Freitas said in a statement.
Southern iilegal migrant crisis comes to New York City, Pak hotel is hub (Column: Out of Turn)
The Roosevelt Hotel that shut down in 2020 during the Covid pandemic and slipping into dereliction was commandeered by the city government to process asylum-seekers streaming in by the tens of thousands from the Republican states on the border with Mexico.
29 dead, 16 missing in rain-related disasters in China's Hebei
Torrential downpours and severe flooding have wreaked havoc across 110 counties, cities and districts in the province, reports Xinhua news agency.
Chinese warship docks in Colombo
In a statement, the Navy said the warship, HAI YANG 24 HAO of China's People's Liberation Army, arrived in the capital city on Thursday. The 129 metre-long ship is manned by a crew of 138 and commanded by Commander Jin Xin. It will depart on Saturday, the statement added.
Self-driving cabs can now operate in San Francisco 24/7
After a six-hour hearing, The California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) voted in favour of the companies late on Thursday, despite protests from residents and city agencies, reports TechCrunch. Cruise and Waymo currently offer limited paid services in San Francisco, with a human safety operator present.
After 47 years, Russia journeys to Moon with Luna-25
Luna-25 took off atop a Soyuz-2.1b rocket from the Vostochny launch facility in Russia at 2:10 a.m. Moscow time (4:40 am IST) on Friday, TASS news agency reported. Russia's last lunar mission, Luna-24 was launched in 1976, during the former Soviet Union period. It successfully delivered about 170 grams of moon samples to Earth.
Biden approves disaster declaration for Hawaii after devastating wildfires
Biden ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by wildfires beginning on Tuesday and continuing, said the White House in a press statement on Thursday, adding that the action will make federal funding available to affected individuals in Maui County.
Donald Trump pleads not guilty to latest charges in classified documents case
Trump and Nauta, a former White House military valet turned personal aide, are facing charges which accuse the two men and a third aide of conspiring to conceal surveillance footage at the former President's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), reports the BBC.
Man who threatened Joe Biden shot dead during FBI raid
The raid occurred on Wednesday in Provo, about 65 km south of state capital Salt Lake City, while FBI agents were attempting to serve an arrest warrant against the accused person, Craig Robertson at his home, just hours ahead of the President's planned visit, reports the BBC.
Cambodia's parliament to have woman as president for 1st time in history: PM
Sudary, 70, currently is the second Vice-President of the National Assembly and a member of the Standing Committee of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP). "Khuon Sudary will become the president of the National Assembly in the new term, which is a practice to enhance the role of women," the Prime Minister said on Wednesday in a voice message released publicly.
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