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Washington, Aug 1 (IANS) Police in the US city of Memphis shot an armed man for firing a gun outside a Jewish school and also attempting to enter the premises, officials said.According to the police, the man is currently in hospital and is said to be in critical condition, reports CBS News.On Monday afternoon, the Memphis Police Department (MPD) received a call about an unidentified White man who reportedly fired his handgun outside the Margolin Hebrew Academy — a co-ed school for children in first through eighth grades, the police said in a statement.No one was injured in the incident,…

New York, Aug 1 (IANS) A 78-year-old Indian-American engineer has claimed that he was fired from his job for speaking in Hindi with a dying relative on phone last year.Anil Varshney filed a lawsuit against missile defence contractor Parsons Corporation and US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, alleging systemic discriminatory actions by the company, AL.com reported. He was “wrongfully terminated” after a white co-worker heard him speaking Hindi on a telephone call, lasting approximately two minutes, with his dying brother-in-law in India on September 26, 2022. The suit claimed that the other worker “falsely and intentionally” reported that Varshney “committed a…

United Nations, Aug 1 (IANS) While condemning the suicide blast at a Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) workers’ convention in Pakistan which claimed 54 lives, the Security Council and UN leaders have renewed the call for action against terrorism. The polarised Council came together in a show of unity to issue on Monday a press statement condemning “in the strongest terms the heinous and cowardly suicide terrorist attack” on Sunday in Bajaur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, as the nation is getting ready for the general elections later this year. “The members of the Security Council underlined the need to hold perpetrators, organisers, financiers…

Moscow, Aug 1 (IANS) Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin on Tuesday said a drone has struck a building in the Russian capital which was hit three days ago.”Several drones that were trying to fly into Moscow were shot down by (our) air defence. One flew into the same tower in (Moscow) City as last time (Sunday). The facade at the 17th floor was damaged,” CNN quoted the Mayor as saying.The fresh drone strike comes two days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday said that the war is “gradually returning” to Russia after the Kremlin accused Kiev of targeting Moscow with…

New York, July 31 (IANS) A 40-year-old Indian national living in Canada has pleaded guilty to smuggling several Indian nationals from Canada into the US for profit.Simranjit ‘Shally’ Singh admitted to six counts of alien smuggling and three counts of conspiracy to commit alien smuggling during an appearance in Albany, New York on Friday. At the request of the US government, Singh was taken into custody on June 28, 2022, in Ontario, Canada. He was extradited from Canada to the US on March 30 this year, the US Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of New York stated in a…

Beijing, July 31 (IANS) Two people were found dead in Beijing’s Mentougou district on Monday due to continuous heavy rain that has battered the area since July 29, according to local authorities.The bodies were found in a river during an emergency patrol in the district on Monday morning, reports Xinhua news agency.From 8 p.m.on July 29 to noon on Monday, the average rainfall recorded at multiple stations in Mentougou had reached 320.8 mm.Meteorological authorities in Beijing maintained a red alert for rainstorms on Monday morning, warning that small- and medium-sized rivers could experience flash floods and landslides.Latest data also revealed…

Tokyo, July 31 (IANS) Extreme heat continued to grip Japan on Monday, with the mercury already topping 35 degrees Celsius in many areas of the country’s east and north, the country’s weather agency said.The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said by 11:00 a.m., the temperature had reached 37.7 degrees in Hatoyama town in Saitama prefecture, near Tokyo, 37.1 degrees in Date city in Fukushima prefecture, and 35.1 degrees in central Tokyo, reports Xinhua news agency.Officials warned that the risk of people developing heatstroke is extremely high, and issued alerts for Tokyo, Kyoto, and 17 other prefectures.The JMA said that atmospheric conditions…

Manila, July 31 (IANS) The death toll from flooding and landslides triggered by typhoon Doksuri in the Philippines has climbed to 25, with at least 20 people still missing, the national disaster agency said on Monday.Many parts of the country remain inundatets as heavy rain continues even after Doksuri blew away from the Philippines last week, reports Xinhua news agency.Khanun, the sixth cyclone to batter the Philippines this year, continued to intensify on Monday, enhancing the southwest monsoon rains across the country, including Metro Manila.In a report on Monday, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Doksuri…

San Francisco, July 31 (IANS) As extreme heat is still scorching the western US, some insect species are thriving in the hot temperatures, destroying crops and causing havoc on people’s lives.The US West has been in a prolonged drought for years, which has dried up water resources and challenged farming across the region, reports Xinhua news agency. When the blistering heat wave hit the nation, the highest temperatures were concentrated in this region.Experts said the insect infestations reported in the western states, such as Nevada and Colorado, were likely to be driven by global warming, an often-underestimated factor affecting the…

Hong Kong, July 31 (IANS) Remi Lucidi, a 30-year-old French daredevil known for climbing various towers around the world, has died after falling 721-ft from the top of a 68-storey Hong Kong skyscraper that he had been scaling, according to a media report.Lucidi, known as ‘Remi Enigma’ on social media, had reached the 68th floor of the 721ft Tregunter Tower, a residential block in Hong Kong’s upscale Mid-Levels area before his fatal fall, reports the Daily Mail.The daredevil had been seen by a maid knocking on the windows of the penthouse to get back inside the building, but fell to…