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Indian billionaire and Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani is indicted in the U.S. for his role in an alleged multi-billion dollar bribery and fraud scheme where he and seven others paid Indian government officials US$265 million to obtain contracts for Adani Green Energy.
2024-11-20

Humanitarian aid deliveries begin arriving at the U.S.-built Gaza floating pier.
2024-05-17

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first treatment that genetically engineers patients' own blood cells to destroy acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The approval makes Novartis the proprietor of the first gene therapy to hit the U.S. market.
2017-08-30

New satellite imagery from Stratfor appears to reveal the destruction of four Russian attack helicopters and 20 lorries at the Tiyas military airbase after a reported attack which was conducted last week by the ISIL. [https:--www.bbc.com-news-world-middle-east-36368346 (BBC)] U.S. backed Syrian Democratic Forces, led by Kurdish forces, launch an operation to capture Al-Raqqah, the de facto capital of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. The force is reported to be more than 50,000 strong. [http:--in.reuters.com-article-mideast-crisis-syria-raqqa-idINKCN0YF2G3 (Reuters)]Northern al-Raqqa offensive (2016)
2016-05-24

Two people are killed and five are wounded in a shooting outside a taco restaurant in Salinas, California, U.S. It is believed to be gang-related.
2013-08-5

A campus police officer is shot dead in his vehicle at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the U.S. city of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
2013-04-18

Father Emil Kapaun is awarded a Medal of Honor posthumously by U.S. President Barack Obama.
2013-04-11

Four are killed and a further four are wounded in a U.S. drone strike in North Waziristan, Pakistan.
2013-01-8

The U.S. International Trade Commission has agreed to hear an appeal from Kodak to an initial unfavorable decision by an administrative judge on Kodak's claim that Research in Motion and Apple have infringed its patents, in connection with wireless devices equipped with digital cameras.
2011-03-25