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On Nov. 8, the Pakistani government and the violent jihadist group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, announced a preliminary one-month cease-fire. While the development was shrouded in secrecy, it has potentially major implications for the future of jihadism in South Asia. The agreement—brokered by the Haqqani Network, a group of militants that are designated as terrorists by the United States—gave the Pakistani state respite from a campaign of violence waged by the resurgent, reconsolidated TTP, which maintains loose ties with the Afghan Taliban but is a separate entity. The group's attacks on security forces along the border with Afghanistan have intensified since 2019.  ... Adblock test (Why?)

Former President Trump commented on the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse Tuesday on "Hannity" after meeting with the teen in Mar-A-Lago.  Trump said Rittenhouse was subjected to "prosecutorial misconduct."  "[Rittenhouse] should not have had to suffer through a trial for that. He was going to be dead if he didn't pull that trigger, that guy that put the gun to his head in one-quarter of a second he was going to pull the trigger. Kyle would have been dead," Trump said.  Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger holds Kyle Rittenhouse's gun as he gives the state's closing argument in Kyle Rittenhouse's trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021.  Rittenhouse is accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a protest over police brutality in Kenosha, last year.  (Sean Krajacic/The Kenosha News via AP, Pool) (Sean Krajacic/The Kenosha News

NJ's Ed Durr vows to be Republican 'voice' in state senate Republican New Jersey state Senate candidate and truck driver Ed Durr is on the verge of defeating longtime Senate President Steve Sweeney in a sweeping victory that would upend Democratic Party leadership in the Garden State. The 62-year-old Raymour & Flanagan truck driver holds a lead of more than 2,000 votes in a tight race for the state's Third District Senate seat.  "I didn't beat him. We beat him," Durr said on "Fox News Primetime" late Wednesday. "The state of New Jersey, the people of New Jersey beat him. They listened to what I had to say and I listened to what they had to say, and it's a repudiation of Governor Murphy [who] went and locked us down and ignored the people's voice and senator Sweeney chose to

Spice of Life: The long queue at the gate of the US embassy signalled tough competition. Absorbed in observing the body language of fellow aspirants in the queue, I inched forward for security check Broken-hearted, I finally requested the airline to cancel my ticket and refund the amount, which they graciously did. Covid-19 sure did shatter my post-retirement foreign dream. (HT file photo) Published on Nov 28, 2021 04:07 PM IST By Chander Gupta Propelled by a hedonistic whim, I fancied a celebratory sojourn in New York soon after retirement, which was due on September 30, 2019. Undeterred by hearsay that getting a US visa was an uphill task, I downloaded the DS-160 webpage to apply for a visitor visa on the verge of retirement. Interviews for the US visa are held at their embassy in New Delhi and consulates in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Hyderabad. As I hailed from Chandigarh, I chose the US Embassy in New Delhi, as also the first availa

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LYT-100 well-tolerated at all doses studied with a favorable PK profile; maximum tolerated dose not determined; additional studies underway to evaluate higher doses Phase 2 enrollment of LYT-100 in patients with Long COVID 1 respiratory complications expected to complete by year-end; results anticipated in 1H 2022 Phase 1 healthy volunteer trials underway to further evaluate LYT-100 PK, dosing and tolerability to inform clinical development of LYT-100 across multiple indications; results anticipated in Q1 2022 BOSTON, November 16, 2021 --(BUSINESS WIRE)--PureTech Health plc (Nasdaq:PRTC, LSE:PRTC) ("PureTech" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage biotherapeutics company dedicated to discovering, developing and commercializing highly differentiated medicines for devastating diseases, today announced that the results from a Phase 1 trial evaluating multiple ascending doses and the food effect of LYT-100 (deupirfenidone) were published in the journal Clinical Pharmacolo

Show Caption Hide Caption 5 big plays from Michigan football's upset win over Ohio State Five big plays from Michigan Wolverines' upset win over Ohio State Buckeyes, 42-27, at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Nov. 27, 2021. Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press BOSTON — Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson had no complaints about sharing the screen on his postgame video call. "Say hello to our new friend," he said, holding up the ACC's Atlantic Division trophy after the No. 21 Demon Deacons beat Boston College 41-10 to advance to the conference title game. "We knew what was at stake. It was as big of a game as we've coached and played in," Clawson said. "We knew what we had to do." Sam Hartman threw for three touchdowns and ran for another on Saturday as the Demon Deacons earned the right to play Pittsburgh next weekend for the Atlantic Coast

He was the theater's most revered and influential composer-lyricist of the last half of the 20th century and the driving force behind some of Broadway's most beloved and celebrated shows. In a never before seen interview, Stephen Sondheim sat down with The New York Times in June 2008 to talk about his life, career and accomplishments. Stephen Sondheim, one of Broadway history's songwriting titans, whose music and lyrics raised and reset the artistic standard for the American stage musical, died early Friday at his home in Roxbury, Conn. He was 91. His lawyer and friend, F. Richard Pappas, announced the death. He said he did not know the cause but added that Mr. Sondheim had not been known to be ill and that the death was sudden. The day before, Mr. Sondheim had celebrated Thanksgiving with a dinner with friends in Roxbury, Mr. Pappas said. An intellectually rigorous artist who perpetually sought new creative paths, Mr. Sondheim was the theater's most revered and influen