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US reports over 17,000 monkeypox cases; New York, California top list

The US has confirmed over 17,000 monkeypox cases, according to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Rep vs Rep: Nadler defeats Maloney in battle of top House Democrats

US Rep. Jerry Nadler has defeated US Rep. Carolyn Maloney in a Democratic primary after a court forced the two veteran lawmakers into the same New York City congressional district. As the chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Nadler twice led fights to impeach former President Donald Trump. His victory ends a 30-year run in Congress for Maloney, who fought to get government aid for people sickened by clouds of toxic soot after the September 11 attacks. The unusual battle between incumbents resulted from a redistricting process that lumped Nadler's home base on the west side of Manhattan together with Maloney's on the east side.

Third case of Monkeypox among minors reported in US, first in New York

A minor in New York has reportedly contracted monkeypox, a first among children in the state, and at least the third reported case of the disease among children in the US

Gandhi statue in NY smashed by 6 men amid wave of continued attacks

The statue had been vandalised earlier on August 3 and knocked over, according to the Queens Daily Eagle

New York judge denies bail for Salman Rushdie's attacker, bars interviews

A judge refused to grant bail to the man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie as the acclaimed author prepared to give a talk in western New York.

Salman Rushdie's attacker indicted, expected to appear in court today

A grand jury has indicted the man who stabbed Salman Rushdie as the acclaimed author prepared to give a talk in western New York, county prosecutors said on Thursday. Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, New Jersey, is scheduled to appear on the charges at an afternoon court hearing in Chautauqua County. Matar was arrested August 12 after he rushed the stage at the Chautauqua Institution, stabbing Rushdie multiple times in front of a horrified crowd. Initial charges were filed the next day, when Matar's court-appointed lawyer entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. The prosecutor's office did not immediately release the new charges. Rushdie, 75, is getting treatment in a Pennsylvania hospital for severe wounds. His literary agent, Andrew Wylie, has said Rushdie a damaged liver and severed nerves in an arm, and could lose an eye. Rushdie's life has been in jeopardy since 1989 when Iran's supreme leader at the time, Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued an edict demanding his death ove

'When I heard he survived, I was surprised,' says Salman Rushdie's attacker

Hadi Matar, who allegedly stabbed British author Salman Rushdie in western New York State last week during a lecture, admitted that he didn't think that the author would survive

Indian ship used to move Russia-linked fuel to New York: US tells India

The US Treasury Dept told India that an Indian ship picked up oil from a Russian tanker on the high seas and brought it to a port in Gujarat, said RBI Deputy Governor Michael Patra

Donad Trump asks appeals court to scrap New York probe of his assets

Trump's lawyer asked a federal appeals court to block New York's investigation into potentially fraudulent asset valuations at his sprawling real-estate company

Indian ship used to reroute Russian-linked fuel to New York: US tells India

The United States has expressed concern to India that it was used earlier this year to export fuel made from Russian crude to New York through high-seas transfers, a top Indian central banker said

Man with knife cannot silence man with pen: New York Governor on Rushdie

New York State Governor Kathy Hochul has condemned the "cowardly attack on author Salman Rushdie, asserting that a man with a knife cannot silence a man with a pen

Rushdie pulling through; his feisty, defiant humour intact: Son, ex-wife

Salman Rushdie is pulling through and his usual feisty and defiant sense of humour remains intact even as his life-changing injuries are severe, his son and former wife Padma Lakshmi said

No place for violence, hate: Kamala Harris condemns attack on Rushdie

US Vice President Kamala Harris expressed shock over the attack on Salman Rushdie, saying that people should be able to "share ideas without fear" and "violence and hate have no place" in society

Rushdie's son says author off ventilator, retains 'feisty sense of humour'

The Mumbai-born author was stabbed in New York in what US authorities described as a 'targeted, unprovoked, preplanned' attack

Rushdie taken off ventilator and able to talk; accused pleads 'not guilty'

The attack on Rushdie drew shock and condemnation from world leaders and literary stalwarts

Salman Rushdie's attacker Hadi Matar charged with attempted murder, assault

He was arraigned in centralised arraignment on Saturday and "remanded without bail to the Chautauqua County Jail", the New York State Police said in a statement.

Rushdie on ventilator, may lose an eye; suspect charged with murder attempt

Author Salman Rushdie was on a ventilator, will likely lose one eye and his liver was "stabbed and damaged" following an attack on him

Salman Rushdie once complained about too much security' around him: Report

The Mumbai-born writer, who faced Islamist death threats for years after writing "The Satanic Verses", was stabbed while he was being introduced at the event of the Chautauqua Institution in West NY

5 state-owned Chinese companies to delist from New York Stock Exchange

Five state-owned Chinese companies, including the country's leading energy and chemical firm, have chosen to delist from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) by the end of August, the media reported.

Rushdie's stabbing suspect sympathetic to Iran's Revolutionary Guards: Rpt

The 24-year-old man detained in connection with the stabbing of author Salman Rushdie was sympathetic to "Shia extremism" and the causes of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, media report said