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Musk offers to dig a 3.2-km tunnel under Miami for just $30M
Musk told Mayor Francis Suarez that he could finish the job in six months which could otherwise take four years, reports The Verge. Mayor Suarez shared the details in a video posted to Twitter.
US to deploy over 1,000 troops to boost inoculation efforts
Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has approved a request for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the troops' deployment, Xinhua news agency quoted Andy Slavitt, senior adviser to the White House's Coronavirus Response Team, as saying at a news conference on Friday.
Microsoft halts all political donations for 2022 US races
"Since that time, we have assessed these issues and over the past two weeks have held six listening sessions with interested employees to have a dialogue and listen," said Fred Humphries, Corporate Vice President of US Government Affairs.
Afghanistan: 26 killed in Kunduz province clashes
Villagers said hundreds of Taliban militants launched massive offensive on pro-government militiamen in Tepa Akhtar area of Khanabad district early morning triggering heavy fighting which lasted for three hours.
400 illegal immigrants rescued off Libyan coast: United Nations
It added that the UNHCR and the International Rescue Committee have provided them with life-saving assistance. Thousands of illegal immigrants, mostly Africans, choose to cross the Mediterranean from Libya toward Europe because of the insecurity and chaos in the North African nation following the overthrow of former leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
S.Korea, US hold talks over cost-sharing for USFK
The eighth round of negotiations for the 11th Special Measures Agreement (SMA), a South Korea-US pact to share the cost for about 28,500 American troops stationed in the Asian country, was held virtually amid the Covid-19 pandemic, reports Xinhua news agency.
US Secretary of State meets Khalilzad on Afghan peace
Taking to Twitter following the meeting here on Thursday, Blinken said: "Great meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad to discuss the way forward in Afghanistan... Continuing to protect the US against the threat of terrorism, achieving a just and durable political settlement there, and cementing a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire."
Indian boy becomes UAE's youngest hair donor for cancer patients
The initiative is part of a campaign for hair donation started by students across the UAE, said the Gulf News report published on Thursday. The Indian boy, Taksh Jain is "growing his hair until it reaches a good length for donation", said his mother Neha Jain, originally from Kota, Rajasthan.
Iran conducts surgical strike inside Pakistan, rescues its kidnapped border guards
A Pakistan-based radical Wahhabi terrorist group 'Jaish ul-Adl' had on October 16, 2018, kidnapped 12 IRGC guards to the Pakistani territory in the city of Merkava in Sistan and Baluchestan Province on the border between the two countries, the Andalou report said.
Israeli firm to hard sell drones in India
Spear has signed an agreement with Paras Aerospace, a subsidiary of the city-based Paras Defence and Space Technologies Ltd, to market its drones (Ninox- 40) for use by military forces, paramilitary, internal security and law enforcing agencies.
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