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Hong Kong Police Arrest Nine Suspected Of Helping 12 Held In China
Hong Kong police said on Saturday they had arrested nine people suspected of helping 12 Hong Kong activists who fled the city in August, heading for Taiwan, only to be intercepted by Chinese authorities and held on the mainland.
Wall Street Finishes Up As Stimulus Talks Continue
U.S. stocks rose on Friday and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq registered their biggest weekly percentage gains since July as optimism over more federal fiscal aid grew.
Hurricane Delta Makes Landfall In Storm-battered Louisiana
Hurricane Delta made landfall in Louisiana on Friday, packing maximum sustained winds of 100 miles per hour (155 kph), the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, hitting a corner of the state repeatedly battered by storms this year.
Closing Prices For Crude Oil, Gold And Other Commodities
Benchmark U.S. crude oil for November delivery fell 59 cents to $40.60 a barrel Friday. Brent crude oil for December delivery fell 49 cents to $42.85 a barrel.
Missouri Supreme Court Upholds Ballot Notarization Law
Missouri residents who want to vote remotely in November's elections will have to have their ballots notarized unless they meet specific criteria, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled Friday.
HC Orders Fresh Post-mortem On Body Of Baby As 'Father' Refuses To Accept It
The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered a fresh post-mortem examination on the body of a newborn baby, claimed to be that of the child of one Babun Mondal by a state-run hospital here but the man refused to accept it. Mondal claimed that the body w...
Mexico Seizes 180 Gallons (684 Liters) Of Liquid Meth
Mexicos National Guard said Friday it seized 180 gallons (684 liters) of liquid methamphetamines at a package delivery warehouse in the northern state of Sonora.
With 'Dreams' And Juice, Idaho Man Finds Online Fame
Warehouse worker Nathan Apodaca is enjoying the ride of online fame from a 22-second TikTok video in which he chugs cranberry juice and sings along to Fleetwood Mac's Dreams while cruising down an Idaho highway atop a longboard.
Trump Aims To Hit Campaign Trail As Soon As Monday, Awaits More Testing
President Donald Trump is itching to get back on the campaign trail after being sidelined by a COVID19 infection but is unlikely to hold any inperson events until at least Monday, aides said on Friday.
IT Dept Seizes Rs 1.5 Crore Worth Cash, Jewellery After Raids on Ahmedabad Business Group
A large number of incriminating documents and digital data in mobile phones, pen drives and computers have also been seized, it said.
One Year After Becoming MP, Gautam Gambhir Gives His Political Report Card
Gambhir cited the installation of a giant first-of-its-kind 20-feet smog tower to get the height of Asia's biggest landfill site at Ghazipur down by 40 feet as one of his achievements in his first year as lawmaker.
Sukhbir Should Refrain From Commenting On New Farm Laws: Amarinder
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday asked Sukhbir Singh Badal to refrain from commenting on the new farm laws till the SAD chief answers why Harsimrat Kaur Badal "didn't oppose" the ordinances when they were approved in the Union Cabinet. A...
EPFO Launches Facility for Bulk Transfer of Funds from Exempted Establishments
Under the new facility, exempted establishments can bulk upload data and transfer the funds for large number of members, through a single payment.
Gurugram Will Begin Second Round of Covid-19 Sero Survey Soon, 750 People to be Tested
An official told IANS that they have identified places in both urban and rural areas for the sero survey to be conducted in the district for Covid-19 infection.
Chandigarh Sees 2 More COVID-19 Deaths, 63 New Cases
Two more fatalities due to COVID-19 in Chandigarh raised the toll to 188 while 63 fresh cases pushed the infection count to 12,985 on Friday, according to a medical bulletin. The Union Territory has 1,292 active cases of the novel coronavirus, as of no...
Day After BJP's March to Bengal Secretariat, Police Book Leaders for Rioting
An officer on Friday said that the police registered suo motu FIRs also against state BJP president Dilip Ghosh, national secretary Arvind Mennon and MPs Arjun Singh and Locket Chatterjee.