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More than two decades after the 9/11 terror attacks, one of its masterminds and al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has been brought to justice. His death in his hideout in Kabul in a high-precision drone strike by the United States forces has dealt the biggest blow to the terror group since its founder Osama bin Laden […]
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Washington: The United States has sanctioned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rumoured girlfriend Alina Maratovna Kabaeva in a fresh round of sanctions targeting Russian elites over Moscow’s actions in Ukraine. According to the Treasury Department, the 39-year-old Kabaeva was in a “close relationship to Putin.” She is a former member of the State Duma and is […]
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Taipei: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday night, becoming the highest-ranking American official to visit the self-ruled island that is claimed by China in 25 years. Pelosi’s visit has triggered increased tensions between China and the United States. China claims Taiwan as part of its territory, to be annexed by force […]
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Hyderabad: Oscar-winning music composer AR Rahman has turned vegan as per his latest social media post. Announcing that he’s turned vegan for a span of ten days, Rahman shared a picture of a tasty vegan dish he was digging in on Saturday at a hotel. While fans pondered the reason behind the singer’s sudden decision, […]
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Hello readers! In last week’s column, we discussed EducationUSA as well as the resources and services it has available for students pursuing higher education in the United States. One of those resources is the “5 Steps to U.S. Study,” which helps guide students through the U.S. university application process with five easy steps. At the request […]
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Although I’m a US citizen, I happen to have the unusual experience of earning my high school degree overseas and starting my college experience in the United States. That’s not a typical experience for an American to have, but it gives me a unique perspective. And it gives me a sense of the challenges that […]
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By Quentin Read The food on our plates has a footprint. Every bite of food we consume represents the environmental impact of all the resources used to produce that food. Land is foremost among those resources. As food is transported from farm to fork, the land used to grow the food is ‘virtually transported’ along […]
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Washington: The United States welcomed 6,61,500 new citizens as of June 15 in the fiscal year 2022, with India the second largest country of birth for naturalised American citizens in the first quarter after Mexico. “Throughout our nation’s history, the promise of both life and liberty, and the freedom to pursue happiness, is what has […]
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I am American, but when I arrived in Boston in the fall of 2001 to start my undergraduate studies at Boston University, I very much felt like an international student. I had grown up abroad, graduated from a non-American school system, and was embarking on an exciting, but also mildly terrifying, a new adventure in […]
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Starting your degree is an exciting time. I remember it was even more exciting for me: I wasn’t just going to university, I was moving to another country. When I arrived in England from the United States in 2004, I was the only American undergraduate in my year and subject. There were a few other […]