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Ajay Banga to visit Cote D'Ivoire, Kenya next week

During the global listening tour, he will travel to Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe in the coming weeks and engage with key World Bank shareholders.

2023-03-03T23:23:10.171180+00:00 IST

Nikki Haley pledges to stop foreign aid to anti-American nations

In her remarks at CPAC, Haley said that she will stop paying money to nations that hate America if she is voted to power.

2023-03-03T21:04:41.977372+00:00 IST

"Quad engaged in helping countries with humanitarian situations"

Quad is not a military grouping, said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday, adding it is now engaged in working together to help countries to deal with humanitarian situations in natural disasters.

2023-03-03T05:23:02.391866+00:00 IST

At Quad meeting in Delhi, Blinken takes on Russia

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday said allowing Russia to do what it is doing in Ukraine will be a message to aggressors everywhere.

2023-03-03T04:38:57.233695+00:00 IST

"We condemn any form of violence": US on attack on temples

Ned Price said that religious pluralism is one the core value of the US and stressed that Washington condemns any movement that seeks to carry out acts with a different vision.

2023-03-03T01:49:10.682395+00:00 IST

India off to very promising start with stewardship of G20: US

Price further said that US' partnership with India is one of the most "consequential relationships" and they can work closely with India on everything that is a priority for both nations.

2023-03-02T22:18:39.584476+00:00 IST

We hope to work closely with India to bring an end to war: US

Ned Price said that India has the ability to speak with moral clarity and referenced PM Modi's statement "today's era is not of war."

2023-03-02T21:56:50.087046+00:00 IST

Blinken, Jaishankar discussion on Russia-Ukraine war

United States Department of State spokesperson Edward Ned Price said that Blinken met with Jaishankar to discuss how India and the US can expand technology and defence cooperation and increase food energy, and health security.

2023-03-02T17:23:52.608366+00:00 IST

NASA launches 6th SpaceX mission to International Space Station

The crew - including two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut, and an astronaut from the United Arab Emirates- are expected to reach the ISS outpost early Friday to begin a six-month stay,

2023-03-02T13:46:31.928068+00:00 IST

TikTok a "potential national security risk," says White House

While responding to a question on whether US President Joe Biden believes TikTok is a threat to national security, the White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, "Well, we have said that we have concerns. We have concerns about the app. And that's why we have called on Congress to act and -- including -- and I mentioned earlier, just moments ago -- including what China -- how China is trying to collect the privacy of Americans in a way that it would have -- it would -- can present national security risks", in a press briefing.

2023-03-02T02:19:57.123602+00:00 IST

India worried over increasing terrorism in Africa, Asia

Concerned over the spread of terrorism, particularly in the regions of Africa and Asia, India on Wednesday said that the threat of terrorism can only be tackled through consistent and unified multilateral action.

2023-03-01T14:40:55.552944+00:00 IST

FBI chief confirms Covid-19 originated from lab incident in Wuhan

"FBI Director Christopher Wray confirmed that the Bureau has assessed that the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic likely originated from a lab incident in Wuhan, China," tweeted FBI.

2023-03-01T03:19:03.890119+00:00 IST

2 Indian Americans to be members of US President's Export Council

The president on Tuesday announced a list of members he intends to appoint to the Export Council, according to a White House press release.

2023-02-28T22:09:51.055631+00:00 IST

White House gives federal agencies 30 days to enforce TikTok ban

The memo adds that within 90 days, agencies must address any use of the app by IT vendors through contracts and within 120 days agencies will include a new prohibition on TikTok in all new solicitations.

2023-02-28T04:59:53.191856+00:00 IST

US slams China for not offering "condemnation" of Ukraine war

At the US Department of State press briefing, spokesperson Ned Price said, "When it comes to the Peoples' Republic China (PRC), that's a question for the PRC - a country that purports to believe in the principle of sovereignty, that purports to believe in the principle of territorial integrity and independence. Why it is not living up to those principles in this context, that's a question only the PRC can answer."

2023-02-28T04:41:50.485510+00:00 IST

"Efforts made by India to disrupt terrorist organisations"

"The Indian government made significant efforts to detect, disrupt, and degrade operations of terrorist organizations," the US Bureau of Counterterrorism's report read.

2023-02-28T01:03:53.815768+00:00 IST

"Pak makes meager progress to dismantle terrorist organisation"

Major terrorist groups that focused on conducting attacks in Pakistan included Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), and ISIS-K.

2023-02-28T00:28:32.997651+00:00 IST

"COVID likely came from Chinese lab, cut US aid"

"COVID-19 likely came from a Chinese lab. Cut US aid. Not a cent to Communist China," Haley tweeted on Tuesday.

2023-02-27T20:29:43.987795+00:00 IST

Protests outside Chinese 'police station' in NY on alleged spying

Protesters gathered outside 107 East Broadway where the ChangLe Association Inc, a non-profit, that operates a "service station," was accused of spying on dissidents in the Chinese community in New York.

2023-02-27T17:30:17.108800+00:00 IST

China's military balloons pose geopolitical sovereignty threat

In the month of January, what looked like the moon during daylight turned out to be a massive, unidentified, high-altitude white balloon, flying over U.S. territory and allegedly carrying surveillance equipment. The U.S. shot down the massive Chinese alleged surveillance high-altitude balloon (HAB) over the Atlantic Ocean off South Carolina after it spent days travelling across the country, the Indo-Pacific Centre for Strategic Communications (IPCSC) reported.

2023-02-27T16:50:55.431833+00:00 IST

Chinese warplane intercepts US Navy plane over South China Sea

A Chinese J-11 fighter jet armed with air-to-air missiles intercepted the US Navy reconnaissance jet over the South China Sea, the Wall Street Journal reported.

2023-02-27T15:54:01.620625+00:00 IST