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'USTR's investigation against India's digital services tax isn't intimatio
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): Any investigation initiated by the United States Trade Representative (USTR), the digital services tax adopted or are being considered by a number of countries, including India, against American tech companies is not an intimation of tariffs or other punitive
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HK leader Carrie Lam slams Trump administration for 'double standards' ove
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 3 (ANI): Chief Executive Carrie Lam has slammed the United States for applying "double standards" regarding national security flagging the current unrest in America and contrasting it with how the US had sharply criticised police crackdowns on anti-government protests i
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I stand with you: Emma Watson talks of social injustice, racism
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): Actor Emma Watson on Wednesday expressed support in fight against social injustice and racism, after the death of an African-American -- George Floyd -- in the United States.
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Trump says NYPD can't fight violent protesters alone as 'radical left' has
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 3 (ANI): Chiming in about ongoing protests in New York City over the death of black American man George Floyd, US President Donald Trump in a late-night tweet just after midnight on Wednesday (local time) said that the New York Police Department won't be able to c
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Minnesota files civil rights charge against Minneapolis Police Dept over F
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Minnesota [USA], June 3 (ANI): The Minnesota Department of Human Rights has filed a civil rights charge against the Minneapolis Police Department in light of the death of George Floyd in police custody, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announced on Tuesday.
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Did more work for black community than any President since Abraham Lincoln
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 3 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that his administration has done more for the African American community than any President since former United States President Abraham Lincoln. Trump also said that he helped in criminal justice reforms in the cou
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Iran slams US' response to George Floyd protests
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], June 2 (ANI): Iran on Tuesday criticised the reactions of the US administration and police to the protests that had spurred after the death of African-American man George Floyd and "asked American leaders to stand trial before international courts".
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Activism in America against systemic racism a lesson for everyone: Sangakk
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Former Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara on Tuesday said that the activism happening in America right now against systemic racism is a lesson for everyone worldwide and added that a state cannot determine the sensibilities of any citizen.
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Violence against journalists covering George Floyd protests in US cities i
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 2 (ANI): Dozens of journalists covering the protests in US cities over the death of African American man George Floyd have claimed that they have been beaten, chased and even shot at.
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Madison Beer says she was tear-gassed while protesting George Floyd's deat
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 2 (ANI): American singer Madison Beer said she was tear-gassed while protesting the death of George Floyd in Santa Monica, California, over the weekend.
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Majority of Americans in favour of controlling pandemic outbreak rather th
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 2 (ANI): Despite the coronavirus ripping through US economy and upending everything- from junk bonds to prices for orange juice- a majority of Americans are still in favour of controlling the pandemic outbreak first, rather than restarting economy, a survey found.
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Trump says peaceful protests derailed by 'acts of domestic terrorism'
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 2 (ANI): US President Donald Trump said that peaceful protests following the death of African-American man George Floyd in police custody were derailed by acts of domestic terrorism.
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