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China imposes sanctions on US officials over Xinjiang
Beijing: China announced sanctions on Tuesday on four members of the US government’s Commission on International Religious Freedom in retaliation for penalties imposed on Chinese officials over complaints of abuses in the…
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US seizes $56 mn in crypto fraud, to pay victims in dollars
San Francisco: The US government has seized approximately $56 million worth of cryptocurrency — the largest ever in the country — from a self-described “number one promoter” of BitConnect, a cryptocurrency. The…
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US says ivory-billed woodpecker, 22 other species extinct
Billings: Death’s come knocking a last time for the splendid ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 more birds, fish and other species: The US government on Wednesday declared them extinct. It’s a rare move…
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Interfaith groups urge US govt to designate India ‘country of particular concern’
Expressing their concern over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s advocation of Hindutva, thirty interfaith organizations in the United States last week moved the US Department of State to designate India as a…
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US to add new gender option on passports
Washington: The US government on Wednesday (local time) said that it will add a new gender option on US passports. Transgender Americans can now more easily change the sex marker on their…
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Xiaomi sues US government over investment ban
San Francisco: Chinese conglomerate Xiaomi on Sunday said that it has filed a lawsuit against the US Defense and Treasury departments, seeking reversal of a decision to block US investments. The company…
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Russian virus vaccine to cost less than USD 10 per dose abroad
Moscow: Russia released new results Tuesday claiming its experimental COVID-19 vaccine was highly effective, and promised it would cost less on international markets than vaccines by some of its Western competitors. According to…
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Amid ongoing tensions with Iran, US to deploy 1,000 additional troops to Middle East
Washington: The US government will deploy about 1,000 additional troops to the Middle East amid the ongoing tensions with Iran, Acting Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan has announced. “I have authorized approximately 1,000…
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NASA faced cybersecurity threat daily during US government shutdown
Washington: NASA faced about one cybersecurity threat daily during the US government’s 35-day partial shutdown in December which furloughed almost all NASA employees, led to missed paychecks and stalled science missions, says…
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Washington Post’s editor slams US govt over Khashoggi’s death
Davos: The executive editor of the Washington Post, on Tuesday, slammed the US administration for not putting “enough pressure” on Saudi Arabia over scribe Jamal Khashoggi’s killing. “We don’t feel the U.S.…
