Federal prosecutors alleged that Shah's conspirators in South Korea would change the labels on the jewellery to state that they were from South Korea instead of Turkey or India, and then ship them to Shah or his customers in the US, thereby unlawfully evading the duty.
Trump, meanwhile, has underperformed with suburban voters and people with a college degree, and faces a faction within his own party that believes he broke the law in one or more of the criminal cases against him.
Israeli officials said Biden's comments came as a surprise and were not made in coordination with the country's leadership. A Hamas official played down any sense of progress, saying the group wouldn't soften its demands.
According to a statement from Ukrainian intelligence on Tuesday, Russia will escalate an ongoing influence operation this spring aimed at destabilizing Kyiv and scuppering its international support.
Biden's response came as the US President seeks to tamp down voter worries and Republican criticisms about his age and stamina by ramping up his appearances.
The raids targeted areas controlled by the Red Command drug trafficking group and took place in several communities in the city's north, including Cidade de Deus, and the Alemao and Penha complexes of favelas.
Hezbollah has been exchanging near-daily fire with Israel across Lebanon's southern border after a war broke out between its Palestinian ally and Israel on October 7. The US says that Israel would be willing to halt its war on Hamas in Gaza during Ramadan if a hostage deal is reached.
The teenage girl wearing a shirt with Arabic letters was almost attacked by a mob when someone alleged her dress had Quranic verses on it. However, the police managed to intervene and took the girl into protective custody, and the girl later apologised.
The six-party alliance set to form a coalition government under Shehbaz Sharif selected former President Asif Ali Zardari as its consensus candidate for the top post. Zardari served as Pakistan's president from September 2008 to 2013.
Slovakian PM Robert Fico said some countries are weighing on sending troops to Ukraine and French President Emmanuel Macron said it cannot be 'ruled out'. The Kremlin warned that a direct conflict between NATO and Russia would be inevitable if the alliance sent combat troops.
Maryam Nawaz created history on Monday after becoming the first woman Chief Minister of Pakistan's Punjab province. However, Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf maintained that Maryam won through rigged votes and denounced her as a 'fake CM'.
The SS Nemesis was transporting coal to Melbourne in July 1904, after which it was caught in a powerful storm and vanished along with its 32 crew members. It was accidentally discovered by Subsea Professional Marine Services, a remote sensing company searching for lost cargo off Sydney in 2022.
Qin was once considered a close confidante of Chinese President Xi Jinping and served as foreign minister for only seven months. He mysteriously disappeared from public view in June 2023 and it was rumoured that he had an extra-marital affair with a well-known TV personality.
In the embarrassing gaffe, Trudeau said 'Russia must win this war' before correcting himself and apologising for the goof-up. The Canadian PM had recently visited Ukraine and announced nearly $3 billion in financial support for the war-torn country.
The prosecution accused Oleg Orlov, 70, of publishing his scathing article "against traditional Russian spiritual, moral and patriotic values” and hatred of the Russian military and demanded a harsher punishment. Orlov rejected the charges against him as politically motivated.
Khan, 71, has been in jail since August in connection with other cases and has previously denied the allegations. He had already been convicted in two cases on corruption charges, that disqualified him from taking part in politics for 10 years.
India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador, Ruchira Kamboj, raised the question at a UN General Assembly plenary meeting held to mark two years since the beginning of the Ukraine conflict on February 24, 2022.
Negotiators from the US, Egypt and Qatar are working on a framework deal under which Hamas would free some of the dozens of hostages it holds, in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners and a six-week halt in fighting.
The seller, who was not named, picked up the book about the famous boy wizard as a “throw-in” with other titles and didn't read it or pay much attention to it for years — until she read online about the high prices some Potter copies achieved.
EAM Jaishankar made the remark while addressing the Pandit Hriday Nath Kunzru Memorial Lecture 2024 on 'Bharat and the World' at the Jawaharlal Nehru University.
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