US confirms China has had a spy base in Cuba

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This partnership will positively impact not only businesses between the two countries but jobs as well in each of the 28 states and union territories of India and 50 states in the United States of America.

JOHN CHAMBERS, CHAIRMAN OF US- INDIA STRATIGIC PARTNERSHIP (USISPF)

tential of the US and India to be the "most strategic partnership in the world.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is remarkably humble, an amazingly good person, and a charismatic leader said Unit- ed States-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) chairman John Chambers on Sunday.

The India-US advocacy group chairman also said that PM Modi is a “leader that is like almost no other that I’ve seen in 40 years.”

Washington China has been operating a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019, part of a global effort by Beijing to upgrade its intelligencegathering capabilities, according to a Biden administration official.

The official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the US intelligence community has been aware of China's spying from Cuba and a larger effort to set up intelligence-gathering operations around the globe for some time.

The Biden administration has stepped up efforts to thwart the Chinese push to expand its spying operations.

Six people shot in parking lot outside Houston club: Police LGBTQ members urge PM Modi to support LGBTQ community

Houston: Police in Houston said six people were shot and injured after someone opened fire in a crowded parking lot outside of a club in Houston early Sunday. No suspects have been arrested, according to the police reports.

Washington: IndianAmerican LGBTQ members urged PM Narendra Modi to support the equal rights of LGBTQ community in India. Modi will embark on first state visit to the US at the invitation of President Joe Biden & First Lady Jill Biden in June.

Heavy rains, thunderstorms kill 34 people in northwest Pakistan

PTI

Peshawar

Torrential rains coupled with strong winds and thunderstorms have killed at least 34 people and injured over 140 others in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwest Pakistan. As per Provincial Disaster Management Authority, the heavy rains that lashed the region killed people in Bannu, Dikhan, Lakki Marwat and Karak districts. The casualties occurred due to collapsing of walls and uprooting of trees.

Aus’s winning spell

In Land Scam Case

Lahore: Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan was booked on Sunday in yet another case related to the purchase of over 5,000 kanals (625 acres) of land at throwaway prices through fraud in the country's Punjab province. The total number of cases against the 70-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief has now swelled to over 140 following his ouster as the prime minister of Pakistan in April last year.

Ukraine counteroffensive actions begun: Zelensky

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New Delhi

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky appears to have confirmed that his country's long-awaited counteroffensive against Russia has started. "Counter-offensive and defensive actions are taking place," he said.

But he added that he would not talk in detail about which stage or state the counter-offensive was in.