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Pentagon officials claimed that they did not deem the Chinese surveillance balloon as a threat when it crossed Alaska.

The Pentagon announced on Thursday (February 2) that it was tracking a Chinese spy balloon that was floating high over the United States. The incident accelerated tensions between the two sides.

The Russian Ministry of Defence later claimed Pentagon had shifted its programme to Central Asia and Eastern European countries.

Indian diaspora protested against BBC's documentary on Gujarat Riots

Despite finding that Hamilton 68 was falsely labelling ordinary ring wing users as Russian bots, ex-Twitter official Yoel Roth remained silent

In a letter dated Thursday (January 26), Rubio said, "An investigative report suggests that Pfizer may be conducting gain-of-function research, which it dubs “directed evolution” research to mutate the SARS-CoV-2 virus to create additional, more potent variants and vaccines to combat future variants."

US-based Islamic outfit CAIR called on the US government to discontinue the use of the term "terrorist watchlist," since it is made up "almost entirely" of Arab and Muslim names

An electrical engineer in Chicago, who spied on American engineers and scientists for the Chinese government, was given an eight-year prison term.

The Pakistani journalist claimed that the US has compromised on its value by refusing to condemn PM Narendra Modi for the 2002 Gujarat riots.

Ten individuals were killed in a mass shooting that happened late Saturday in an area east of Los Angeles following a significant Lunar New Year event that attracted thousands of attendees.