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Biden hails Intel’s $20bn chip plant investment amid shortage
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden on Friday praised Intel’s plans to spend $20 billion on a new US semiconductor facility, hailing…
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Health
Pig kidney transplanted to human
WASHINGTON: A US medical team yesterday announced it had carried out the second-known kidney transplant from a pig to a…
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Business
Retirements common factor in US, UK labor shortage: IMF
WASHINGTON: An exodus of older workers is the “common thread” behind the baffling labor shortages faced by companies in the…
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World
Can US, Russia find diplomatic ‘off-ramp’ on Ukraine crisis?
KYIV: The United States has called for a diplomatic solution with Russia to resolve a crisis over Ukraine, but in…
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America
Winter storm blankets US and Canada
MONTREAL: A major winter storm blanketed a swathe of North America in snow stretching up the east coast from Georgia…
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America
Frustrated Biden enters second year looking to fight
WASHINGTON: Joe Biden 1.0 was a calming, grandfatherly figure, a low-key veteran coming out of retirement in 2020 to heal…
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Business
Microsoft to buy US gaming giant Activision Blizzard
WASHINGTON: Microsoft announced yesterday a $69 billion deal to purchase US gaming giant Activision Blizzard, the firm behind hits like…
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America
Trump rallies fans at ‘MAGA Woodstock’
FLORENCE, Arizona: Donald Trump delivered a crowd-pleasing speech to thousands of adoring supporters in Arizona Saturday, insisting yet again that…
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Lifestyle
Birdwatchers flock for glimpse of rare snowy owl in US capital
The white dome of the US Capitol shines through the night, illuminating a small group huddled down the hill, bundled…
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Business
Biden points to ‘progress’ as US prices hit record high last year
WASHINGTON: US consumer prices jumped last year at the fastest pace in four decades, the government confirmed Wednesday, underscoring the…
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Business
US consumer prices rose 7% in 2021
WASHINGTON: US consumer prices in 2021 rose at the fastest pace in four decades, the government announced yesterday, an inflation…
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US comedian and ‘Full House’ star Bob Saget found dead aged 65
Bob Saget, the US comedian who delighted millions as the star of television’s “Full House” in the 1980s and 1990s,…
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