Trump denies groping claims, says Hillary manufactured them

October 20, 2016

Nevada, Oct 20: Donald Trump on Wednesday rejected allegations that he has groped several women, accusing Hillary Clinton of manufacturing the charges by her campaign.

Trump"I believe," Trump said, "she got these people to step forward," accusing Hillary of running a "very sleazy campaign" and adding of the claims aired by several women dating back decades: "It was all fiction."

Meanwhile, Democrat Hillary Clinton warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin is rooting for Trump in the race for the White House because her Republican rival would be his "puppet”.

In a ferocious debate exchange, Hillary cited reports from US intelligence agencies that Russian cyber attacks had targeted her party and campaign, and demanded that Trump condemn it.

"They have hacked American websites, American accounts of private people, of institutions," she declared.

"Then they have given that information to WikiLeaks for the purpose of putting it on the Internet," she said.

Trump dismissed the intelligence reports, declaring: "Our country has no idea."

The property mogul said he might have better relations with Moscow than Hillary would, declaring: "Putin, from everything I see, has no respect for this person."

Hillary`s response was sharp: "Well, that`s because he would rather have a puppet as president of the United States."

Trump blustered back: "No puppet. You`re the puppet."

But Hillary was on a roll: "It is pretty clear you won`t admit the Russians have engaged in cyber attacks against the United States of America.”

"That you encouraged espionage against our people. That you are willing to spout the Putin line, sign up for his wish list, break up NATO, do whatever he wants to do."

In the final 2016 US presidential debate on Wednesday, Hillary Clinton said Donald Trump`s plan for forcible deportations of millions of illegal migrants would rip families and the country apart.

Hillary said: “I don`t want to see the deportation force that Donald has talked about...I think it is an idea that would rip our country apart."

Trump, however, defended his plans, saying there are some "bad hombres" in the country who should be sent to their home countries.

The third and final US presidential debate is underway at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas.

As highly anticipated, the duo took the stage without shaking hands for a 90-minute televised clash before tens of millions of viewers, with just 20 days to go before Americans vote on November 8.

The Democratic and Republican nominees were somber and unsmiling as they tackled the first question pitched at them by moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News, about the US Supreme Court and how they would choose justices to serve on it.

Trump sought to reassure the Republican Party`s conservative base, stressing he would appoint judges who are opposed to both abortion rights and imposing additional controls on gun ownership.

Hillary slammed the current Republican-controlled Congress for impeding President Barack Obama`s attempts to fill a vacant Supreme Court seat, and said she supports abortion rights.

"I will defend women`s rights to make their own health care decisions," she stressed. "We have come too far to have that turned back now."

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January 30,2020

New York, Jan 30: Three Indian citizens were arrested by border patrol agents here for entering the US illegally.

US Border Patrol agents stopped a vehicle near Massena in New York state along the county's northern border on January 24. During the vehicle checking, the agents found that two of the passengers were Indian citizens who entered the US illegally and not at a designated port of entry.

Both the passengers were transported to the Border Patrol Station for processing and charged.

The vehicle driver, also an Indian citizen who originally entered illegally into the US in 2012 and was ordered removed from the country in absentia last December, was charged with alien smuggling, a felony, which carries a penalty of a fine and up to five years of imprisonment for each violation.

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June 24,2020

Islamabad, Jun 24: A plane crash which killed 97 people in Pakistan last month was because of human error by the pilot and air traffic control, according to an initial report into the disaster released Wednesday.

The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane came down among houses on May 22 after both engines failed as it approached Karachi airport, killing all but two people on board.

"The pilot as well as the controller didn't follow the standard rules," the country's aviation minister Ghulam Sarwar Khan said, announcing the findings in parliament.

He said the pilots had been discussing the coronavirus pandemic as they attempted to land the Airbus A320.

"The pilot and co-pilot were not focused and throughout the conversation was about coronavirus," Khan said.

The Pakistani investigation team, which included officials from the French government and the aviation industry, analysed data and voice recorders.

The minister said the plane was "100 percent fit for flying, there was no technical fault".

The county's deadliest aviation accident in eight years came days after domestic commercial flights resumed following a two-month coronavirus lockdown.

Many passengers were on their way to spend the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr with loved ones.

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July 29,2020

If everything goes as Russia’s expectation, it will be world’s first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine for widespread in the second week of August despite safety and efficacy concerns, according to a report. The adenoviral vector-based vaccine developed by Russian military and government researchers is currently in phase 2 trials.

According to a report from CNN, Russian officials are hoping to get approval for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Moscow-based Gamaleya Institute on Agust 10 or even before that. The officials told the outlet that the vaccine will be approved for public use with frontline healthcare workers receiving it first.

“It’s a Sputnik moment,” said Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, which is financing Russian vaccine research, referring to the successful 1957 launch of the world’s first satellite by the Soviet Union, according to CNN.

“Americans were surprised when they heard Sputnik’s beeping. It’s the same with this vaccine. Russia will have got there first,” he was quoted as saying.

However, Russia is yet to release the scientific data on its coronavirus vaccine trials, hence, questions remain about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine, said the report. The vaccine is in the second phase of testing with developers planning to launch the phase 3 trials sometime after August 3.

Earlier, Interfax reported, citing Health Minister Mikhail Murashko, that the vaccine will be widely used in parallel with phase 3 trials. He said the country plans to vaccinate medics who are at high-risk for COVID-19 next month before clinical trials are completed.

Murashko added that individuals at higher risk of getting infected with the coronavirus such as older people or those with health conditions will also be prioritised for the vaccine, although he did not estimate or reveal when that would happen. The minister added 800 people will be recruited for the phase 3 trials.

Meanwhile, health officials were more cautious considering the fact that human testing of the vaccine is incomplete, and the state registration is expected to begin after August 3, reported The Moscow Times.

On Monday, Moderna and Pfizer announced the commencement of the final phase 3 trials of their candidate vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which has so far claimed at least 654,477 lives and infected 16,514,500 people worldwide. 

Researchers will recruit up to 30,000 volunteers in separate trials both backed by the US government. India's first indigenous coronavirus vaccine, COVAXIN, is undergoing phase 1 human clinical trials across the country. More than 150 COVID-19 vaccines are being developed all over the world with at least six candidates already in late-stage clinical trials.

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