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US President Biden says he supports changing Senate filibuster rules

US President Joe Biden on Thursday said the Supreme Court's decision ending a constitutional right to abortion is destabilising and that he supports changing Senate rules to codify abortion protection

Airtel opts to defer payment of Rs 3,000-cr AGR dues up to FY19 by 4 years

Telecom companies were offered a four-year moratorium on their AGR dues spectrum dues up to FY17, in line with a Supreme Court order

Russia and China slam NATO after alliance raises alarm at Summit

NATO was facing rebukes from Moscow and Beijing on Thursday after it declared Russia a direct threat and said China posed serious challenges to global stability

Bad weather delays 2nd day of Sri Lanka vs Australia test at Galle stadium

Heavy wind and rain has delayed the start of play on the second day of the first cricket test between Sri Lanka and Australia at Galle International Stadium on Thursday

New Zealand designates Proud Boys, The Base terrorist organisations

New Zealand's government has declared that American far-right groups the Proud Boys and The Base are terrorist organisations

China's manufacturing activity improves after factories in Shanghai reopens

China's manufacturing activity improved in June after anti-virus controls that shut down Shanghai and other industrial centers were eased, a survey showed Thursday

R Kelly sentenced to 30 years in sex trafficking, racketeering charges

R Kelly, 55, was convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking last year at a trial that gave voice to accusers who had once wondered if their stories were being ignored because they were Black women

Trump dismissed January 6 threats, wanted to join crowd, says aide

Donald Trump rebuffed his own security's warnings about armed protesters in the January 6 rally crowd and made desperate attempts to join his supporters as they marched to the Capitol

Serena Williams loses at Wimbledon in first match in a year after comeback

Serena Williams began and ended her comeback at Wimbledon after 364 days out of singles competition looking very much like someone who hadn't competed in just that long

US Capitol riot: Trump was told protesters had weapons, says former aide

Hutchinson quoted Trump as directing his staff, in profane terms, to take away the magnetometers that he thought would slow down supporters who'd gathered in Washington

Putin has become a terrorist, says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskky

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday of becoming "a terrorist" leading a "terrorist state" and urged Russia's expulsion from the United Nations

Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking

The sentencing was the culmination of a prosecution that detailed how Epstein and Maxwell flaunted their riches and associations with prominent people to groom vulnerable girls and then exploit them

Colombia: Fire kills 51 after apparent riot attempt at prison

The director of the national prison system, Tito Castellanos, told Radio Caracol that it's not clear if all of the dead were prisoners

US Capitol riot: House panel to hold surprise hearing, present new evidence

The House panel investigating the US Capitol insurrection is holding a surprise hearing on Tuesday with an unidentified witness, cloaking the last-minute proceedings in extraordinary secrecy

North Korea on alert for downpour damages amid ongoing Covid-19 outbreak

North Korea said it is making all-out efforts to prevent potential damages caused by heavy rains this week that outside observers worry could aggravate the country's economic hardships

Biden administration suspends rules limiting immigrant arrest, deportation

Immigrant advocates and experts on Monday said the suspension of Biden's order will only sow fear among immigrant communities

46 dead, 16 hospitalised after trailer of migrants found in south Texas

Forty-six people were found dead and 16 others were taken to hospitals after a tractor-trailer rig containing suspected migrants was found Monday on a remote back road in southwest San Antonio

Roe v Wade: US SC's abortion ruling has set off new fights in other courts

The US Supreme Court's decision Friday to end constitutional protection for abortion opened the gates for a wave of litigation, as one side sought quickly to put statewide bans into effect

GE CEO Culp takes reins of aviation business ahead of three-way split

GE said Monday that aviation's current CEO, John Slattery, will become executive vice president and chief commercial officer of the business

India-UK free trade treaty text advances at close of fourth round of talks

The Department for International Trade brought together technical experts for discussions in 71 separate sessions covering 20 policy areas