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Biden admin settles for automatic job authorisation for spouses of H-1B visa holders
Washington: In yet another immigration-friendly move, the Biden administration has agreed to provide automatic work authorisation permits to spouses of H-1B visas holders, a step that would benefit thousands of Indian-American women.…
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Biden signs law to ban Huawei, ZTE from doing business in US
Washington: US President Joe Biden has signed the law to ban Chinese tech companies like Huawei and ZTE from getting approval for network equipment licences in the country. The ‘Secure Equipment Act…
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Obama: US needs unity to fight climate change
Glasgow: Former US President Barack Obama says he believes that President Biden’s climate package will be historic and he welcomed the efforts of all US politicians, Democrats and Republicans, in working toward…
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OPEC+ keeps cautious oil production despite Biden pressure
Frankfurt: OPEC and allied oil-producing countries rebuffed pressure from US President Joe Biden to pump significantly more oil and lower gasoline prices for US drivers, deciding Thursday to stick with their plan for…
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Joe Biden aplogizes for Donald Trump’s action on climate
Glasgow: President Joe Biden offered a public apology to a UN climate conference over his predecessor Donald Trump’s move to pull the US from the Paris accord. Biden was speaking in Glasgow,…
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Blinken raised concerns about Taiwan with China
Rome: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi as part of the Group of 20 summit on Sunday an outreach designed to ensure that the intensely…
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US, Turkey must avoid crises: Biden to Erdogan
Rome: US President Joe Biden told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday that their countries must better manage disagreements after the partnership between NATO allies was tested by Turkey’s threat to no…
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Turkey, US discuss F-35 dispute
Ankara: Turkish and US Defence Ministers held a meeting here to resolve the conflict on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. According to the Defence Ministry in Ankara, the two sides on…
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Joe Biden pitches USD 1.75T plan, trying to unite Democrats
Washington: President Joe Biden traveled to Capitol Hill early Thursday to make the case to House Democrats for a dramatically scaled-back domestic policy package, USD1.75 trillion of social services and climate change…
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Washington orders Chinese phone carrier out of US market
Beijing: US regulators are expelling a unit of China Telecom Ltd., one of the country’s three major state-owned carriers, from the American market as a national security threat amid rising tension with…
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Big changes in White House ideas to pay for USD 2 trillion plan
Scranton: In an abrupt change, the White House is floating new plans to pay for parts of President Joe Biden’s USD 2 trillion social services and climate change package, shelving a proposed…
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LS bypoll: ‘Get Joe Biden, we are not scared’, Raut taunts BJP
Silvassa: Kickstarting the campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha bypoll to the Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli seat, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said the party is not worried even if…
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Biden signs short-term bill to raise debt limit
Washington: US President Joe Biden has signed a short-term bill to temporarily increase the nation’s borrowing limit, averting a looming debt default that would cause an economic catastrophe, the media reported on Friday.…
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Israel quietly advances settlements with little US pushback
Jerusalem: Israel is quietly advancing controversial settlement projects in and around Jerusalem without making major announcements that could anger the Biden administration. Critics say the latest moves, while incremental, pave the way…
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Biden nominates fundraiser Tsunis for Greece ambassadorship
Washington: President Joe Biden has announced plans to nominate George Tsunis, an influential Democratic fundraiser and hotelier, to be his envoy to Greece. Tsunis had a previous ambassadorial nomination fall apart. Former…
