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New York, Sep 2 (PTI) Seventeen Indian citizens were among a group of 100 migrants apprehended while illegally climbing over a fence into the US at a border post in California, authorities said.

The San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents from the Imperial Beach Station apprehended around 2 am on Tuesday morning the group of 100 migrants, consisting of citizens from Africa, Asia, and South America.

New York, Sep 2 (PTI) Laxman Narasimhan, a veteran in leading and advising global consumer-facing brands, has been named as the new CEO of coffee giant Starbucks, joining a growing cohort of Indian-origin business leaders at the helm of global corporations.

Narasimhan, 55 was previously the CEO of UK-based Reckitt Benckiser, a multinational consumer health, hygiene and nutrition company.

Washington, Sep 2 (PTI) Ahead of the crucial November midterm elections, US President Joe Biden launched a scathing attack on his predecessor Donald Trump, alleging that he and his supporters are a threat to American democracy.

"As I stand here tonight, equality and democracy are under assault," Biden said in a prime-time speech from Philadelphia on Thursday.

01 September 2022; MEMO: Embarrassing revelations of the alleged cover-up by western intelligence regarding how they smuggled Shamima Begum and her two friends from Bethnal Green, London, into the arms of Daesh terrorists, has prompted a face-saving pledge by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to open an inquiry.

01 September 2022; MEMO: The US hopes Turkiye and Greece will refrain from statements and actions that could intensify tensions following Athens' recent harassment of Turkish fighter jets that were carrying out missions in the Aegean and Mediterranean seas, a US official told Anadolu Agency on condition of anonymity.

01 September 2022; MEMO: US President Joe Biden, on Wednesday, reiterated his country's commitment to not allow Iran to become a nuclear power, Anadolu News Agency reports.

In a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister, Yair Lapid, Biden "underscored the US commitment to never allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon," according to a readout by the White House.

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 01 (APP): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Thursday announced the appointment of Imran Riza of Pakistan as his Deputy Special Coordinator for Lebanon and also Resident Coordinator for the Arab country.

Riza, a career UN official will serve in the Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL), which assists the country in forging a peaceful, stable and democratic future.

In addition, Riza will also serve as Humanitarian Coordinator.

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Pakistani people are facing “a monsoon on steroids,” UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said, calling on the international community to take urgent action, to help the government and people of Pakistan in their hour of need.

“Pakistan is awash in suffering. The Pakistani people are facing a monsoon on steroids – the relentless impact of epochal levels of rain and flooding,” the UN chief said, in a video message, on the launch of flash appeal in support of flood response for Pakistan.

OTTAWA, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Canada's Conservatives next month look set to embrace a career politician who has promised to fire the central bank governor and promoted bitcoin as an inflation hedge to become its fourth leader since 2020.

Having lost three consecutive elections to Liberal Justin Trudeau since 2015, the Conservative Party is keen for a leader like Pierre Poilievre, who is a skilled communicator and unabashedly right leaning, said one strategist who expects him to cruise to victory.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday ruled that constitutional protections don’t shield U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham from testifying before a special grand jury investigating possible illegal efforts to overturn then-President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia.