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Bezos slams US professor for wishing Britain's Queen an 'excruciating' death
Uju Anya, an associate professor of second language acquisition at Carnegie Mellon University, posted in a tweet: "May her pain be excruciating." "I heard the chief monarch of a thieving raping genocidal empire is finally dying," Anya tweeted as Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, died aged 96, after reigning for 70 years.
Biden leads Trump in head-to-head in 'poll 2024 rematch' with 6 points ahead
A YouGov poll conducted for Yahoo News has found that Biden enjoys a six-point lead among registered voters when it comes to another head-to-head contest with Trump. The survey found that Biden leads Trump in a potential 2024 match-up with 43 per cent to the former president's 40 per cent among US adults but enjoyed 48 per cent support among registered voters, compared to 42 per cent who opted for Trump.
Kamala Harris to attend Shinzo Abe's state funeral on Sep 27
US President Joe Biden has asked Harris to lead the delegation, a White House official said."Harris' visit will honour the legacy of Prime Minister Abe and underscore the importance of his leadership in championing the alliance between the United States and Japan and advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific," the White House official said.
'Operation London Bridge' sets in with passing away Queen Elizabeth II
The death of Queen Elizabeth II, exactly a year after her husband Prince Phillip, the duke of Edenborough, passed, has set in motion a meticulously choreographed and coordinated procedure for which the Palace, the government, the news media, the local authorities and the Queen herself had long planned. Amid the public mourning, the national grief and the lowering of flags will come a transition of power and national memorialising, known as Operation London Bridge, which will overtake the country's agenda for days and play out potentially for months before the coronation of a new monarch.
Trump's fundraising group under US govt investigation: Report
The Times reported that the leadership of the political action committee received subpoenas, as the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) looks into the group's spending, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the New York Times. Mid- and low-level aids who had been employed in the White House during Trump's presidency were subpoenaed earlier this week.
US lawmaker Jayapal latest victim of growing 'anti-India' bias
Indian-American lawmaker Pramila Jayapal was allegedly stalked by a man who would drive by her home in Seattle, Washington hurling insults and invectives in her direction. He told the police after his arrest that he would do that every day till she packs her bags and left for India. The Washington Post on Thursday reported her 47-minute ordeal on the night of July 9 when she was home and experienced for the first time the man's hatred.
Queen Elizabeth II passes away, Prince Charles succeeds as king
Queen Elizabeth II breathed her last at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, one of her four 'royal' residences and possibly her favourite. Her family from near and afar had gathered there to be at her side in her final moments. Apart from Prince Charles, his elder son William, now next in succession, Charles' sister Anne, brothers Andrew and Edward and his wife Camilla were present.
Pakistan government plans long legal battle against Imran Khan
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said some actions and steps have already been taken against Khan's ongoing-targeted attacks on the country's military establishment and other institutions including judiciary, adding that more such actions will be taken in the coming days.
PM Shehbaz Sharif says Imran Khan 'out to undermine Pakistan'
Referring to two news stories published in the British weekly 'The Economist', Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the international publication had "validated" what the government had been saying regarding PTI's handling of the economy. The Prime Minister said the magazine had said that the former premier "blew up" the IMF deal and Imran was "exploiting the disaster to score political points".
Joe Biden bounces back in approval ratings against Donald Trump: Poll
The survey of 1,634 US adults conducted from September 2-6 immediately after the combative primetime speech in which Biden blasted "Trump and the MAGA Republicans" as "extremists" who "threaten the very foundations of our republic", showed that if the next presidential election "were held today", 48 per cent of registered voters would choose Joe Biden, while 42 per cent would choose Donald Trump.
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