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Hamas attacked Israel to foil its ties with Saudi Arabia: Joe Biden

Shawdesh desk: United States president Joe Biden on Friday said that he believed Hamas’s brutal attack on Israel two weeks ago was aimed at disrupting warming ties between the country

California cleans up after record rainfall from Hilary

Shawdesh desk: Southern California was cleaning up Monday after record rainfall triggered landslides and flooding, shuttering schools, roads and businesses in an “unprecedented” tropical storm. Up to 11 inches (28

US, UK scouts abandon heatwave-hit South Korean jamboree

Shawdesh desk; American and British scouts pulled out of the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea Saturday citing scorching temperatures, as organisers weighed whether to cut short an event also

US denounces attack on Hero Alam in State Department briefing

Shawdesh desk: The United States State Department has denounced the attack on independent candidate Ashraful Hossain in the Dhaka-17 by-poll in Bangladesh and called for an investigation into the incident.

Yellen says US-China ties on ‘surer footing’ as wraps up trip

Shawdesh desk: United States treasury secretary Janet Yellen said on Sunday that her talks with top Chinese officials have put ties on ‘surer footing’, as she wrapped up a trip

Biden to urge Xi to restrain N. Korea’s ‘worst tendencies’: W. House

Shawdesh Desk: President Joe Biden will urge Chinese leader Xi Jinping to restrain North Korea’s “worst tendencies” and tell him that Pyongyang’s arms build-up will prompt an “enhanced” US military

Harris questions the integrity of an ‘activist’ Supreme Court after abortion ruling

Shawdesh Desk: Vice President Kamala Harris called the current Supreme Court an “activist court,” sharpening her criticisms of the body that overturned Roe v. Wade in June. “I think this

Death of Queen Elizabeth II: Bangladesh announces 3-day state mourning

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh has announced three-day state mourning at the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch. Cabinet Division issued a notification in this regard on Friday. From