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The Trump administration said it would lock US Agency for International Development (USAID) workers out of their headquarters in downtown Washington DC for a second day on Tuesday as it moved to ...

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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams steps out of the ISS after 7 months in space ... With Medicare Nasa astronaut trapped in space ventures outside for first time in months Historic College Football ...

stepping out on her first spacewalk since arriving at the International Space Station more than seven months ago. Suni Williams, the station’s commander, tackled some overdue outdoor repair work ...

Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan was repeatedly stabbed by an intruder in his highrise apartment in upscale Bandra early on Thursday and rushed to hospital with the ...

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