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CIA nominee pledges to provide ‘unvarnished’ intelligence
Washington: President Joe Biden’s nominee to run the CIA told lawmakers Wednesday that he would keep politics out of the job and deliver unvarnished intelligence to politicians and policymakers. I’ve learned…
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Joe Biden’s comments on Uyghurs invite criticism
Earlier this week, US President Joe Biden received criticism for his comments on China in which he downplayed the persecution of Uyghur Muslims as part of China’s “different norms”. The…
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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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Biden rolls back Trump-era difficult citizenship test
Washington: US President Joe Biden’s administration on Monday announced reversal of former President Donald Trump’s policy by moving to an earlier 2008 civics test to make the path to US…
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Biden to hold candle lighting ceremony in memory of COVID-19 victims today
Washington: US President Joe Biden will deliver remarks on Monday on the lives lost to the coronavirus pandemic and will hold a moment of silence and candle lighting ceremony at…
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Joe Biden reverses Trump’s designation of Houthis as terrorists
Nicosia: Joe Biden’s US Secretary of State Antony Blinken last Friday, recognizing the dire humanitarian situation in Yemen, announced the reversal of former President Trump’s designation of Ansarallah (the Houthis…
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Biden will try to close Guantanamo after ‘robust’ review
Washington: President Joe Biden will seek to close the prison on the US base at Guantanamo Bay following a review process, resuming a project begun under the Obama administration, the…
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Joe Biden approves order to sanction Myanmar military leaders
Washington: US President Joe Biden announced that he has approved a new executive order to immediately sanction leaders of the Myanmar military who directed the February 1 coup, as well as…
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US announces sanctions against Myanmar’s military leaders
Washington: US President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced sanctions against military leaders in Myanmar. Biden said his administration was taking steps to prevent Myanmar’s generals from having access to $1…
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Does Erdogan truly want to mend ties with US?
Nicosia: While Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is supposed to be trying to mend ties with the United States, his Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu last week told Hurriyet newspaper that…
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Biden’s gift to immigrants
Kalyani Shankar The U.S. President Joe Biden brings cheers to Indian Americans with his liberalized immigration policy as promised in his campaign agenda. For many Indians, especially those in the…
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Joe Biden moves to rejoin UN Human Rights Council, reversing Trump anew
Washington: The Biden administration is set to announce this week that it will reengage with the much-maligned UN Human Rights Council that former President Donald Trump withdrew from almost three…
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Iran n-deal: Biden says US sanctions will not be lifted
Washington: US President Joe Biden has said he will not lift economic sanctions against Iran until it complies with the terms agreed under a 2015 nuclear deal. Biden was speaking…
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Cardi B addresses backlash ‘WAP’ received on its release
Washington: American rapper-songwriter Cardi B has addressed the backlash that she and fellow collaborator Megan Thee Stallion received after the release of their song ‘WAP’ back in August of 2020.…
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H-1B visa registration for 2022 to begin on Mar 9, lottery results to be notified by Mar 31
Washington: The registration process for the H-1B visa application for the next fiscal year will begin on March 1 and the successful applicants through a computerised draw of lots would be…
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Joe Biden sends letter to Jacinda Ardern wishing Kiwis well for Waitangi Day
By Syed Mujeeb Auckland: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has today described arriving home from Waitangi to find a letter from US President, Joe Biden, wishing the country well…
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Biden to end US support for Saudi-led offensive in Yemen
Washington: President Joe Biden will announce an end Thursday to US support for a grinding five-year Saudi-led military offensive in Yemen that has deepened humanitarian suffering in the Arabian peninsula’s poorest…
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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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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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Joe Biden orders to undo Trump immigration policies
Washington: US President Joe Biden has signed three executive orders to address concerns over the Trump administration’s immigration policies, including one to reunite migrant families separated at the southern border…
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President Biden threatens sanctions on Myanmar after coup
Washington: Calling the military’s seizure of power in Myanmar a direct assault on its transition to democracy, US President Joe Biden on Monday threatened to slap new sanctions on the country…
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Palestine welcomes US announcement on restoring ties
Ramallah, Jan 28 : A senior Palestinian official welcomed the announcement of the new US administration under President Joe Biden on restoring ties with the state. Sabri Seidam, deputy Secretary-General…
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US ends ‘zero tolerance’ border policy leading to family separations
Washington: US President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday rescinded former President Donald Trump’s “zero tolerance” border policy, which had lead to the separations of thousands of undocumented migrant families. According to…
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Biden takes steps to put US on irreversible path to net zero economy by 2050
Washington: Setting ambitious goals that will ensure that the US can meet the urgent demands of the climate crisis, President Joe Biden will take steps which will put the country…
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Huge relief for spouses of H1B visa holders
New York: “Withdrawn”. A single word on a thick bureaucratic file on the seventh day of the Biden administration delivered a huge win for spouses of workers on H1B visas in…
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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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Who are 20 Indian-Americans in Joe Biden’s administration?
Hyderabad: President Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States alongside his new vice-president Kamala Harris. It was a matter of pride to South Asians,…
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Middle East
The possible changes in the Middle East to watch for
Talmiz Ahmad During his first day in office, US President Joe Biden reversed visa restrictions that had been imposed on citizens of several Muslim countries by his predecessor, Donald Trump.…
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Biden administration to review US-Taliban deal
Washington: US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told his Afghan counterpart that President Joe Biden’s administration will review Washington’s peace deal with the Taliban, the White House said on Friday.…
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