CARTAGENA(COLOMBIA): In his most specific pledge yet to US Hispanics, President Barack Obama said he would tackle immigration policy in the first year of a second term. “This is something I care deeply about,” he Univision. “It’s personal to me.” Obama said in the television interview that he would work…
WASHINGTON: A medical implant can warn users about a potential heart attack through a combination of vibrations, tones and visual signs and save lives, says a study. Named AngelMed Guardian, the device is currently undergoing clinical evaluation, d study co-authors Mary Carol and Christopher Young from the Human Factors and…
WASHINGTON: The US Secret Service said it revoked the top security clearance of 11 agents and uniformed division personnel over alleged misbehavior in Colombia, and a U.S. official said more than 10 military service members may also have been involved. George Ogilvie, a Secret Service spokesman, said of the 11…
BRASILIA: US secretary of state has said the “burden of action” falls on Iran to prove it is serious in nuclear talks, dismissing Iranian appeals for world powers to ease sanctions first. “The burden of action falls on the Iranians to demonstrate their seriousness and we’re going to keep the…
WASHINGTON: It’s a slick, urbane touch from someone regarded as a superannuated diplomat of the old school. Nancy Powell, the new U.S ambassador to India, who arrives in New Delhi this week, is introducing herself to Indians through a you tube video in which she reveals her strong connections to…
WASHINGTON: Police arrested two white men who they believe are responsible for a shooting spree that claimed three lives and injured two people in the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma. A police department official that the suspects taken into custody in a neighborhood just north of Tulsa were identified as Jake…
WASHINGTON: The question seemed innocuous enough, even though it came out of Left Field, a baseball metaphor that means something wildly unrelated to the subject being discussed. Interviewing South Carolina governor Nikki Haley, a Sikh descendant increasingly spoken of as a potential running mate for Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney,…
NEW YORK: Transgender women will be allowed to participate in the Miss Universe beauty pageant next year, officials announced, a week after they ruled a trail-blazing 23-year-old could vie for the crown this year. Pageant officials said they are working on the language of the official rule policy change but…
WASHINGTON: Rick Santorum suspended his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, leaving the field clear for Mitt Romney as the party’s likely choice to challenge President Barack Obama in November. The former Pennsylvania senator made the announcement in his home state, two weeks before the Republican primary vote there. Santorum…
WASHINGTON: The bomb threat to the Indian embassy here was made by a caller from the western US city of Utah by a man speaking in “Hinglish”, indicating that he was apparently of South Asian origin, sources said. The bomb threat prompted the evacaution of the the Embassy premises, chancery…
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