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Japan PM Kishida arranging S. Korea trip in early May
The Yomiuri Shimbun cited multiple diplomatic sources saying Kishida's visit could take place on May 7 or 8 to reciprocate Yoon's visit to Tokyo in March. If realised, the trip will mark Kishida's first to South Korea since taking office, Yonhap news agency reported.Several other newspapers also carried similar reports.
Imran Khan sees ill intentions behind bid to hold polls post-budget
The budget is traditionally presented within the first two weeks of June and the federal government has maintained that it would be too early to hold general elections the next month, stressing for holding polls later this year, Geo News reported. The federal government and the opposition party PTI are in negotiations.
Chinese hackers outnumber our cyber staff 50 to 1: FBI director
The disclosure came as the US and other countries are facing immense cyber threats, particularly from China.To give you a sense of what we're up against, if each one of the FBI's cyber agents and intel analysts focused exclusively on the China threat, Chinese hackers would still outnumber FBI Cyber personnel by at least 50 to 1.
Biden says US-Korea alliance born out of shared beliefs
"The US and Republic of Korea alliance wasn't born out of shared borders, but shared beliefs: Democracy, liberty, security, and above all -- freedom," Biden wrote on Twitter, referring to South Korea's official name, Yonhap news agency reported. Biden posted the comment as Yoon was on his way home from a six-day state visit.
US officials report extensive fraud in H-1B visa applications that surged this year
US Customs and Immigration Service (USCIS) has "undertaken extensive fraud investigations, denied and revoked petitions accordingly, and is in the process of initiating law enforcement referrals for criminal prosecution", the agency said on Friday. According to the agency, some companies applying for H1-B visas.
5 shot dead in Texas, gunman at loose
A suspect armed with an AR-15 style rifle is still on the run, local media reported. Police officers responded to the shooting at about 11:30 p.m. local time (0330 GMT Saturday) after receiving a call about harassment at the home in Cleveland, , nearly 55 miles (89 km) north of Houston according to the San Jacinto County Sheriff's Office.
2024 polls Trump-Biden rematch but majority of Americans prefer new candidates
Almost two-thirds of Republican primary voters say they will back former President Donald Trump and show no concern about his eligibility, electability, despite his recent criminal arrest in a lower Manhattan court in New York for hush money paid to an adult star during his 2016 poll campaign, and other legal investigations into his past conduct, the NBC poll was reported in leading media outlets in the country.
Japanese atomic blasts survivors pessimistic about nuke disarmament progress at G7 summit: Survey
As Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has made a world without nuclear arms a key theme of the rich club's annual meeting, 67.4 per cent of the 521 respondents expressed their low expectations, Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday citing the Kyodo News survey. The poll was sent to around 1,400 people who had suffered and survived nuclear bombings in which the US dropped the world's first atomic weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
Kamala Harris has many firsts, and age on her side, but little to show
Importantly for Harris, however, she is still on the ticket, the first American woman, the only Indian-American as well as the only Asian American to get this high in US politics.
She stands to carry all these first, and some more perhaps, to the presidency if President Joe Biden does not complete his second term. Questions related to the President's age have, since his announcement, moved from should he run to whether he will complete the second term.
US Fed says it failed to take forceful action on Silicon Valley Bank
The conclusion is one of the main findings from the Federal Reserve's investigation of the episode, reports the BBC.It sparked global fears about the state of the banking industry.
The review comes as another US lender, First Republic, remains in trouble. US regulators are reported to be working on a potential rescue for the struggling firm, which was the 14th largest bank in the US at the end of last year.
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