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Obama backs Biden’s decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan
Washington DC: Former US President Barack Obama on Wednesday came out in support of incumbent Joe Biden’s decision to pull out troops ahead of the 20th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist…
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Birthday time: Joe Biden turns 78, will be oldest US president
Washington: President-elect Joe Biden turned 78 on Friday. In exactly two months, he’ll take the reins of a politically fractured nation facing the worst public health crisis in a century, high unemployment…
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Trump fires Homeland security cyber chief
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired Christopher Krebs, the cyber chief of the Department of Homeland Security, who has publicly rejected Trump’s claims of widespread election fraud. Krebs, a former…
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Pope Francis congratulates US President-elect Joe Biden, offers blessings
Washington: Pope Francis applauded US President-elect Joe Biden on his projected presidential victory and offered him blessings during a phone conversation on Thursday, according to Biden’s transition team. “The President-elect thanked His…
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Joe Biden: From being one of the youngest senators to oldest US president
Washington, Nov 8 (PTI) Third time lucky is an apt phrase to describe the remarkable rise of Joe Biden, a veteran in US politics for around five decades, from being one of the…
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Biden changes Twitter profile from Senator to ‘President-Elect’
Washington: Democrat Joe Biden changed his Twitter profile to “President-elect on Saturday, minutes after America’s major media outlets declared him as the winner of the November 3 election. “President-Elect, husband to @DrBiden, proud…
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Pompeo says he has tested negative for COVID
Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he and his wife have tested negative for the coronavirus after they were examined on their airplane 20 minutes before landing in Dubrovnik, Croatia, on…
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Barack Obama could be pioneer of the dad-shoe trend
Washington D.C. [USA]: Former American President Barack Obama seems to have started the dad-shoe trend with his off-duty looks. According to Footwear News, in several images of Obama’s off-duty look, he is…
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We have terrible bias: Trump
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Thursday accused the world’s top social media firms of being “biased” against him and his proponents and said that his administration will set up “regulatory and…
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Trump hits back at UK envoy who called him ‘inept’, says US won’t deal with him longer
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Monday said that his administration will “no longer” deal with UK Ambassador to the US Kim Darroch, after a series of diplomatic cables were leaked wherein…
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Darroch has not served UK well, says Trump after leaked cables label him ‘incompetent’
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Sunday said that the British Ambassador to the USA, Sir Kim Darroch, has “not served the UK well,” after the envoy called the leader “incompetent,” “insecure,”…
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Trump to nominate Christopher Waller, Judy Shelton to Fed Board
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he intends to nominate Christopher Waller and Judy Shelton to the Federal Reserve Board. Trump made the announcement on Twitter on Tuesday. His decisions came…
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Donald Trump announces delay to the proposed raids on illegal immigrants
Washington: US President Donald Trump has announced a two-week delay to the proposed raids on illegal immigrants scheduled to start on Sunday in 10 American cities to see if Republican and Democratic…
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Trump says will be Iran’s ‘best friend’ if it renounces nuclear arms
Washington: US President Donald Trump said Saturday that he would be Iran’s “best friend” and that the Islamic republic could be a “wealthy” country if it renounced nuclear weapons, amid soaring tensions…
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Trump to tap Army Secretary as defense chief: White House
Washington: US President Donald Trump will nominate Army Secretary Mark Esper to be the next Secretary of defense, the White House has announced. The announcement was made on Friday, three days after…
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Pompeo unable to visit Sri Lanka: US Embassy
Colombo: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be unable to visit Sri Lanka as previously announced due to unavoidable scheduling conflicts, the US Embassy said in a statement here on Wednesday.…
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Trump accuses Twitter of gagging conservatives
Washington: US President Donald Trump took to Twitter once again Sunday to accuse the messaging platform of gagging conservative voices — a “Giant Mistake!” that he said runs counter to freedom of…
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Trump to formally announce his re-election bid on June 18
Washington: US President Donald Trump said Friday that he would formally announce his bid for re-election in 2020 on June 18 at a rally in Florida — a state that was key…
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KFC looking into plant-based chicken alternatives
Washington: KFC, an American fast-food chain known for its crispy fried chicken, is looking into plant-based protein alternatives, after ‘meatless meat’ has been used by many other outlets as an alternative to…
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Stock markets fall on global cues as US-China trade tensions escalate
Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices opened lower on Monday tracking a selloff in global markets after US President Donald Trump vowed to hike tariffs on China. At the National Stock Exchange, all sectoral…
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Trump not worth impeaching, says Speaker Pelosi
Washington: In an interview with The Washington Post, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stated that she does not favour the idea of impeaching United States President Trump arguing that “he is just not…
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Trump executive order could ban Chinese equipment-makers in US
Washington: US President Donald Trump is preparing to sign an executive order next week, banning American carriers from using equipment from Chinese technology players, the media reported on Sunday. The decision is…
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Trump won’t meet Xi before trade deal deadline
Washington: US President Donald Trump said that he won’t meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping ahead of a trade deal deadline on March 2 when American tariffs on Chinese products are slated…
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Trump advocates bipartisanship in State of the Union speech
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday (local time) called for bipartisanship in American politics in a bid to ease tension between Democrats and Republicans following the hostility that led to the…
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Protests in Venezuela a ‘fight for freedom’, says Trump
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday spoke with Venezuela’s self-declared interim President Juan Guaido to “congratulate him on his historic assumption of the presidency” and termed the fresh wave of protests…
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Supporters, conservatives slam Trump for caving in on govt shutdown
Washington: US President Donald Trump has drawn the ire of supporters and Republicans alike after he ended his demand for Congress to fund the proposed wall along the Mexican border. Trump demanded…
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Trump cancels State of the Union address after Pelosi’s rebuff
Washington: US President Donald Trump has cancelled the annual State of the Union address after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi barred him from speaking at the House Chambers while the partial government shutdown…
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Cohen postpones testimony citing threats from Trump
Washington: US President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen has postponed his public testimony in front of the US Congress, citing “ongoing threats against his family” from Trump and his lawyer Rudy…
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Trump’s transgender military ban given go-ahead
Washington: The Supreme Court allowed US President Donald Trump’s transgender military ban to go into effect on Tuesday, dealing a blow to LGBT activists who call the ban cruel and irrational. The…
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Trump takes a jibe at Pelosi – again
Washington: US President Donald Trump has slammed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for calling the wall on US’ southern border with Mexico “immoral”. “If Nancy Pelosi thinks that Walls are “immoral,” why isn’t…
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