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Grand jury in Trump hush-money payment case not meeting: Reports
Multiple US media outlets published the news on Wednesday afternoon, also reporting that the grand jury would reconvene on Thursday at the earliest. Prosecutors in New York are investigating Trump's role in an alleged hush-money payment to American adult film actress Stormy Daniels during his 2016 presidential campaign, Xinhua news agency reported.
Arizona Governor's move on race-based hair discrimination fuels hope for Sikhs
"Today, I am issuing an Executive Order that demonstrates the need to prioritize the protection of culture and allows individuals to show up as their true selves without being subjected to race-based hair discrimination," Hobbs said in a statement. Hobbs told the Herald Review that there appears to be a special problem for Black women who are 1.5 times more likely to be sent home due to their hair.
China's graduates hit back as Communist Party tells them not to be picky about jobs
A social media post from the Communist Party Youth League and state broadcaster CCTV hit out at growing online complaints from highly qualified graduates about lack of employment opportunity, as more than 11 million young people graduated this year only to face the prospect of gruelling shift work in the gig economy, Radio Free Asia reported.
'Change is coming that hasn't happened in 100 years and we're driving it': Xi Jinping's parting message to Vladimir Putin
"Change is coming that hasn't happened in 100 years. And we are driving this change together," Xi told Putin via his interpreter - words sure to set alarm bells ringing in the West. "Please, take care, dear friend," he added, gripping Putin's hand warmly before being waved off by the Russian President who bid Xi a "safe journey".
Pakistan's Parliament to move resolution against PTI
Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, who appears rarely in Parliament, is likely to attend the session and deliver the policy statement about the present situation in the country. It has been reported that the parliament is to meet in a special joint session to take important decisions to enforce the state's authority, the government said, a day after the major stakeholders of security agreed with the government that elections to the national and provincial assemblies should be held simultaneously.
Russia ready to switch to yuan in foreign trade: Vladimir Putin
"We are for the use of Chinese yuan in settlements between Russia and the countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. I am sure that these forms of settlements in yuan will be developed between Russian partners and their counterparts in third countries," RT News quoted Putin as saying. Two thirds of current trade between Moscow and Beijing is carried out in national currencies -- the yuan and the ruble, the Russian President noted.
US CDC warns of rapid spread of emerging fungus
C. auris is considered as an urgent antimicrobial resistance (AR) threat, because it is often resistant to multiple antifungal drugs, spreads easily in healthcare facilities, and can cause severe infections with high death rates, Xinhua news agency quoted the CDC as saying. The fungus spread at an alarming rate in US healthcare facilities.
South Korea, US set for 'largest-ever' live-fire drills
Just 23,179 babies were born in January this year, sinking 6 per cent from a year earlier, according to the data from Statistics Korea. It marked the lowest number for any January since the statistics agency started compiling monthly data in 1981. The number of babies born in South Korea has been falling on-year for 86 consecutive months.
Childbirths in South Korea plunge to new low
Just 23,179 babies were born in January this year, sinking 6 per cent from a year earlier, according to the data from Statistics Korea. It marked the lowest number for any January since the statistics agency started compiling monthly data in 1981, reports Yonhap News Agency. The number of babies born in South Korea has been.
New York beefs up security measures amid uncertainties over Trump case
The New York Police Department erected many barricades and deployed police around Manhattan Criminal Court and Manhattan District Attorney's Office in Lower Manhattan as well as at Trump Tower on the Fifth Avenue in Midtown, reports Xinhua news agency. But, no big crowd was seen in New York City on tuesday despite.
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