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Senate confirms Biden’s choice for UN ambassador
Washington: The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s choice to lead US diplomacy at the United Nations on Tuesday. The vote for Linda Thomas-Greenfield reflected a divide between the Biden administration’s determination…
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Middle East
State TV: Iran imposes curbs on UN nuclear inspections
Tehran: Iran officially has begun restricting international inspections of its nuclear facilities, state TV reported Tuesday, a bid to pressure European countries and U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration to lift crippling…
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Supreme Court won’t halt turnover of Trump’s tax records
Washington: In a significant defeat for former President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to step in to halt the turnover of his tax records to a New York…
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Majority Americans in favour of convicting Trump: poll
Washington: A majority of Americans support convicting former President Donald Trump on an impeachment charge over his role in the Capitol riot on January 6, according to the CBS-YouGov poll…
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Biden administration reviewing Trump order to withdraw US troops from Germany
Washington: US President Joe Biden-led administration is currently reviewing former President Donald Trump’s order to withdraw US troops from Germany, European Command (USEUCOM) chief General Tod Walters told reporters on…
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World
UN court says it can hear case brought by Iran against US
The Hague: The United Nations’ highest court ruled Wednesday that it can hear a case brought by Iran against the United States in a bid to end sanctions the Trump administration…
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Taliban visit Moscow, voice hope US will honour peace deal
Moscow: After a round of talks in Moscow, the Taliban said Friday they expect the United States to fulfill its pledge to withdraw all its troops from Afghanistan by May. Sher…
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China hopes Joe Biden will ‘learn a lesson’ from Trump’s wrong policies
Beijing: Day after the White House said that US President Joe Biden is committed to stopping China’s economic abuses, Beijing on Tuesday said that it “hopes” that the new US…
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Technology
Twitter bans major Republican donor Mike Lindell over Capitol riots
Washington: Twitter on Monday (local time) banned Mike Lindell, CEO of MyPillow who is a major Republican donor and supporter of former President Donald Trump, for repeated violations of its…
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World
Fauci lays out Biden’s support for WHO after Trump criticism
Geneva: President Joe Biden’s top medical adviser on COVID-19, Dr Anthony Fauci, on Thursday announced renewed US support for the World Health Organisation after it faced blistering criticism from the Trump…
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World
A Mouse That Roared—Wibberley’s paradoy replayed at White House
Fakir Syed Aijazuddin The unthinkable seizure of the U.S. Capitol building on 6 January 2021 has an analogy in Leonard Wibberley’s book The Mouse That Roared (1955). The Irish-American author Wibberley wrote…
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World
Will always fight for you, Trump says in his final address as President
Washington: Outgoing US President Donald Trump, after departing from the White House for one final time arrived at Joint Base Andrews where he told a crowd that he will always…
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Middle East
Rouhani hopes Biden will return to Obama-era Iran nuclear deal, calls Trump ‘tyrant’
Tehran: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has called on United States President-elect Joe Biden to return to the 2015 nuclear deal and lift sanctions imposed on Tehran by outgoing President Donald…
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Business
Wall Street rally gets back on track; stocks and yields rise
New York: Stocks are climbing on Wall Street Tuesday, recovering some of last week’s losses to pull closer to their record highs. The S&P 500 was 0.6 per cent higher in…
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World
Biden all set to be sworn in as 46th US President amidst unprecedented security
Washington: Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, while Kamala Harris will take oath as the first woman Vice President on Wednesday, in the…
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Technology
Huawei to open its biggest flagship store in Saudi Arabia
Beijing: Chinese smartphone giant Huawei is planning to build its largest store outside China in Saudi Arabia. Huawei has signed a leasing contract with Saudi Arabia’s ‘Kaden Investment’ for the store…
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Facebook blocks live events around US Capitol on Jan 20
San Francisco: As President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris prepare to be sworn into office during the 59th presidential inauguration on January 20, Facebook has announced to block the…
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Russia follows US to withdraw from Open Skies Treaty
Moscow: Russia said Friday it will withdraw from an international treaty allowing observation flights over military facilities following the US exit from the pact. Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement…
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Featured News
What will impeachment mean for the Donald Trump?
In another dramatic event after the United State’s Capitol attack, The US House of Representatives approved the impeachment resolution moved on January 13 against outgoing President Donald Trump. The resolution…
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World
US COVID deaths hit another one-day high at over 4,300
Washington: Coronavirus deaths in the US hit another one-day high at over 4,300 with the country’s attention focused largely on the fallout from the deadly uprising at the Capitol. The nation’s…
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India
US says India’s Digital Services Tax discriminatory
Washington: The US has determined that India’s Digital Services Tax is discriminatory and has an adverse impact on American commerce and is actionable under the trade act. At the same time,…
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World
Unlike Trump, Vice President Pence to attend Biden’s inauguration
Washington: US Vice President Mike Pence will attend the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on January 20, an event the outgoing President Donald Trump has decided…
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Will not attend Biden’s inauguration ceremony: Trump
Washington: United States President Donald Trump has said that he will not attend the inauguration of US President-elect Joe Biden. Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will take the oath…
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