Trump to decide on Epstein files release after Senate agrees to pass the legislation

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Saudi Crown Prince Responds To 9/11 Backlash With Osama Bin Laden Criticism

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Who is Abidur Chowdhury? Bangladeshi-origin man, designer who introduced thinnest iPhone, leaves Apple due to...

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Hyderabad Metro Phase-II likely under 50:50 funding model, Khattar indicates

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Bihar: BJP may retain Speaker; JD(U) Home

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Bangladesh remains calm a day after tribunal issues death sentence for ousted PM Sheikh Hasina

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'Overregulation Threatening AI': Trump Calls For One Federal Standard

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Elon Musk Joins Trump For Dinner With Saudi Prince Amid Signs Of Patch-Up

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ExxonMobil closes UK plant blaming 'policy' obstacles

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Spanish PM Announces $710 Million in Military Aid for Ukraine

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Fire in southwestern Japan damages 170 homes, forces evacuations; one missing

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RRB NTPC UG 2025 Result: Check Expected Date, Download Link Here

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WHO to shed over 2,000 jobs by mid-2026, document shows

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Delhi-NCR Air Pollution: Air quality remains 'very poor' category; AQI at 388 as 16 stations slip into 'severe' zone

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Cristiano Ronaldo attends White House dinner with Donald Trump as video goes viral; US President says 'My son is a big fan of Ronaldo'

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iPhone 17 Pro Max vs iPhone 16 Pro Max: Should you upgrade?

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Ronaldo, Elon Musk attend Trumps dinner Saudi Crown Prince

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Why do you use machinery for political battles?

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Cloudflare Outage Took Down X, ChatGPT: All About The Company

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Rahul steps up offensive, says Congress will fight SIR politically and legally

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S&P500 set to fall over the next decade? Goldman Sachs urges you to look beyond borders as emerging markets take the spotlight

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US Man Named James Donald Vance Jailed For Threatening To Kill Trump, JD

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Delhi AQI: Capitals air quality dips again as index rises to 388, 16 stations record severe levels

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Saudi to boost US investments to 1 trillion USD: Crown prince Mohammed bin Salman

Cloudflare outage: Company issues latest 'fix' update after X, ChatGPT, Canva suffer massive disruption. Check details

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No Justification To Kill Him: Khashoggi's Wife As Trump Meets Saudi Prince

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COP30 enters 2nd week with nothing but words

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'Quiet, Piggy' To 'Terrible Reporter': Trump Hits Out At Women Journalists

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Musk is back in politics. Does he want to stay a while?

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Authorities keep watch on doctors lockers at SMGS hospital in Jammu

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'Immigration Ops To Ramp Up In New York': Team Trump After Mamdani Reachout

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The Asian century rolls on as Trump risks freezing America out

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First Kiss Happened 20 Million Years Ago And It Was Not Between Humans

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Nod to probe against Zubeen murder accused

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Trump Defends Saudi Prince over Journalist Khashoggi's Murder

Trump insisted the de facto Saudi leader knew nothing about the killing of the Washington Post columnist,

Trump To Victims, Who Said What About The Jeffrey Epstein Files

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Bihar Congress cracks whip on 43 for flouting party discipline during polls

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White House working with Russia on new Ukraine peace plan: Report

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Miffed Shinde ministers skip Fadnavis Maha cabinet meet

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Telangana: Speaker to re-examine four MLAs accused of defection

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Clay Higgins' controversial post calling Haitian migrants 'thugs, slapstick gangsters' in spotlight after he opposes Epstein files' release

Representative Clay Higgins was the sole dissenter against a bipartisan bill mandating the release of Jeffrey Epstein's case files. Clay Higgins,

Bihar: BJP, JDU push back against Chirag Paswans demand for deputy CM post for LJP(RV)

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UN COP30 publishes draft Belem Political Package; negotiations on climate change enter last phase

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National-level shooter molested in Pune-bound bus, conductor on run

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Trump defends Saudi crown prince over killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, says 'things happen'

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Logitech confirms 1.8 terabytes of data breach by hackers, says no sensitive info exposed; Is Clop extortion gang behind the attack?

Hardware accessory giant Logitech confirmed a data breach where hackers stole 1.8 terabytes of company data. The company asserts that no sensitiv

What is Cloudflare? Internet giant linked to the outage that hit Twitter, ChatGPT, Canva and other platforms

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Doctors reveal why morning water drinking can supercharge your health all day long

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ET in the Valley: Databricks Co-founder Patrick Wendell

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Saudi Prince 'Knew Nothing' About Khashoggi Murder, Says Trump

US President Donald Trump defended Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Tuesday over the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, insisting

Trump Claims He Averted 8 Wars Including IndiaPak

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Security high as Hasina verdict triggers Bdesh shutdown

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Mexico rejects Trump's offer of military strikes against cartels

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Trump and First Lady host Saudi Crown Prince MBS for formal dinner at the White House

Global rights group raise concerns over death sentence to former PM

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Turkiye to host Zelenskyy, US envoy for Russia-Ukraine peace talks

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Morning Digest: Delhi riot was pre-planned, Centre tells SC; ECI says nearly 99% have received enumeration forms in SIR phase 2, and more

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Trump says designating Saudi Arabia major non-NATO ally

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India establishes Madina office after Jeddah incident

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US Senate unanimously agrees to pass Epstein files bill, sending it to President Trump

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WWF, Greenpeace Demand Roadmap on Deforestation at UN COP30

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Trump administration announces steps to dismantle Department of Education

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Plaint against SS Rajamouli for allegedly hurting Hindu sentiments

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US Senate Approves Bill to Release Epstein Files

The upper chamber of Congress agreed by unanimous consent to consider the bill passe

US Congress passes bill to force release Epstein files, sending bill to Trump

Congress decisively passed a bill compelling the Justice Department to publicly release its Jeffrey Epstein files, overcoming months of oppositio

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Trump threatens ABC News for reporters questions on his family business in Saudi Arabia, Khashoggis murder and Epstein files

After asking ABC News Mary Bruce who she worked for, Mr. Trump called ABC fake news and defended his familys business operations in Saudi Arabia

IVI screens one million school students

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DoorDash data breach: User info stolen, how to protect yourself

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