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Republican Congressman Tom Kean Jr, who has not been seen in Washington or his New Jersey district for months, secured his party's nomination for re-election on Tuesday, after receiving a recent endorsement from President Donald Trump. Tom Kean has my Complete and Total Endorsement for Re-Election

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Incumbent Democratic Mayor Karen Bass has advanced to November's run-off election to determine who will run California's largest city, Los Angeles. With votes still being counted late on Tuesday night, Bass was first to go through, according to a projection by the BBC's US partner CBS News

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Imagine if someone could carry your bags as you move from shop to shop. Or push your toddler's pram while you shop. That's exactly what a new start-up is offering shoppers in a busy market in the Indian capital, Delhi. Launched in April, CarryMen offers male and female assistants to shoppers in

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The Trump administration has proposed a new punitive tariff of 25% ​on many imports from Brazil, after deciding its practices were unfair on ⁠a range of issues from digital trade to illegal deforestation, top trade official Jamieson Greer said on Monday (June 1, 2026)

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) that Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who was wounded in U.S.-Israeli attacks and has not been seen in public since assuming office, is alive and increasingly active. "I think there are indications out there that he is

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Storm Jangmi batters Japan, cuts power to 60,000 homes; forces 3,70,000 to evacuate for safetyStorm Jangmi, which was downgraded from a typhoon after making landfall, left 15 people with minor injuries in southern Japan. Updated on: Jun 03, 2026 11:07 AM IST Written by Priyanjali Narayan Share via

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Oscar-nominated film The Voice of Hind Rajab is set to release in Indian theatres on June 19 after receiving a certificate from the Central Board of Film Certification, PTI reported. This came months after media reports said that the film’s release had been blocked

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The US military says it has launched "self-defence" strikes on Iran and shot down ballistic missiles and drones fired at ships and Gulf countries. The strikes on Qeshm Island, in the Strait of Hormuz, were "in response to attempted attacks by Iran across the Middle East"

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Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto has fired the head of the agency responsible for his flagship free meals programme, which has been plagued by mass food poisonings and corruption allegations. The multi-billion-dollar scheme, a centrepiece of Prabowo's 2024 presidential campaign

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The sea is sometimes so tranquil that Captain Hassan Khan forgets his ship has been stuck in the middle of a war zone for three months. "It is really strange that everything looks normal outside, but people inside are not calm," says the Pakistani sailor, who doesn't want to use his real name

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Iran has reportedly halted ceasefire extension talks with mediators concerning the war with the US and Israel. President Donald Trump however denies this, stating discussions are ongoing. Tensions are high as Iran-backed Hezbollah clashes with Israel in Lebanon. Meanwhile

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The Trump administration has dropped its $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate victims of government abuse. This decision followed strong opposition from Republican senators. However, an agreement preventing future audits of Donald Trump's past tax records will continue

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An order of the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court in G Rajesh v State of Tamil Nadu on April 30 has drawn attention for an unusual reason. The case involved the desecration of a poster of BR Ambedkar. But instead of confining itself to the ordinary logic of criminal proceedings under the

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A former environment minister will head up a crowd-funded review of the multi-billion-dollar Aukus submarine deal, Australia's biggest ever defence project. Peter Garrett, who served as environment minister between 2007 and 2010, said an independent inquiry into the A$368bn ($239bn; £176bn) deal -

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The chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education, Rahul Singh, and its Secretary Himanshu Gupta have been transferred. This came in the wake of allegations of widespread mismanagement in the Class 12 board examination results.The chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education

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Cambodia initiated an UN-backed dispute resolution process on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) with neighbour Thailand over overlapping maritime claims in the Gulf of Thailand, where undersea energy reserves are valued at around $300 billion. The Southeast Asian nations have disputed maritime territories and

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Pentagon's press office now 'classified space', journalists lose accessThe change was confirmed by acting Pentagon press secretary Joel Valdez, who said the decision was stemmed from operational requirements. Updated on: Jun 02, 2026 1:37 PM IST By HT News Desk Share via Copy link US' defence

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As a growing list of musical acts announced they were dropping out of, or had never agreed to participate in, a series of concerts celebrating the 250th anniversary of America's independence, Donald Trump said that he didn't need them anyway

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The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday conducted searches at premises linked to the Vedanta Group as part of an investigation into alleged violation of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, PTI reported. The details of the case were not immediately clear

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Graham Platner's disturbing Reddit posts on ‘Latin American hookers’ and ’cheating' in focus amid sexting rowGraham Platner is in focus amid a sexting controversy, and now his disturbing posts from the archives of his mass-scrubbed Reddit account have surfaced. Updated on: Jun 02

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Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing, who is in India on a five-day visit, has held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, focusing on areas including trade, connectivity, border security and defence. This is his first visit abroad since becoming president earlier this year

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U.S. President Donald Trump said he persuaded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to call off the strike on Beirut, following which the Israeli leader "turned his troops around". Mr. Trump made the announcement on Truth Social on Monday (June 1

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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) says it will abide by a court ruling halting the Trump administration's $1.8bn (£1.3bn) fund meant to compensate people who allege unfair treatment by the federal government during previous administrations. In a statement on Monday

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Chinese authorities have taken aim at a new target as they rein in the country's cut-throat food delivery industry: "ghost kitchens", or restaurants that don't actually exist but appear on apps. The "ghost kitchens" outsource orders to third-party vendors, which fulfill them at lower costs

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Thirty Indians who were allegedly working illegally in the United States as commercial truck drivers were arrested in a federal enforcement operation and are expected to be deported, the US authorities said on Monday. According to a statement issued by the US Customs and Border Protection

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The Israeli military said early on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) air defences intercepted two projectiles from Lebanon, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that fighting would end. “Following the sirens that sounded at 01:35 (2235 GMT) in several areas in northern Israel

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China's food delivery apps will now have to verify restaurants' licences and operating addresses, as authorities crack down on thousands of "ghost kitchens" that have raised food safety fears. "Ghost kitchens" refer to takeaway merchants on food delivery platforms with no physical shop fronts

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