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US Secy Blinken meets Chinese counterpart, says 'no substitute for face-to
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Bali [Indonesia], July 9 (ANI): US State Secretary Antony Blinken met with his Chinese Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on Saturday on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Indonesia's Bali in a bid to reinforce guardrails on the relationship between Washington and Beijing that h
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'A man of peace & judgement': Biden visits Japanese Embassy, condoles
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Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Friday (local time) visited Japanese Ambassador to the US, Koji Tomita at his residence and offered his condolences over the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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Quad mourns death of Shinzo Abe, ex-Japanese PM who played key role in fou
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Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): The leaders of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) have expressed shock at the tragic assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the White House said on Friday.
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Twitter to sue Musk over termination of company's takeover bid
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Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): Twitter will file a lawsuit against American billionaire and entrepreneur Elon Musk to force him to buy the social media company on the agreed terms, Bret Taylor, Twitter's board chair, said on Saturday.
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Biden allowing emergency oil reserves to go to China: Republican lawmakers
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Washington [US], July 9 (ANI): Several top Republicans have severely slammed US President Joe Biden following reports of emergency US oil being sent to China and other nations, thereby compromising the country's energy security and national security.
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Biden announces new steps aimed at safeguarding abortion rights
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Washington [US], July 8 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Friday (local time) announced new steps aimed at protecting abortion rights in response to the landmark decision by the Supreme Court overturning Roe vs Wade, a decades-old decision that had established a constitutional right to abo
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Stunned, outraged, and deeply saddened: US President Biden on Shinzo Abe's
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Washington [US], July 8 (ANI): US President Joe Biden condoled the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and said that he was "stunned, outraged, and deeply saddened" by the news.
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Govt launches bidding for 10 blocks of hydrocarbon under open acreage prog
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New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has launched the 'Open Acreage Licensing Programme Bid Round-VIII', offering 10 blocks for international competitive bidding in order to accelerate the exploration and production of hydrocarbons.
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China offers women perks for having babies amid 'severe' demographic crisi
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Beijing [China], July 8 (ANI): In a bid to increase its population and further help the country's labour force, China is giving incentives such as tax and housing credits, educational benefits and even cash to encourage women to have more children.
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Biden to rescind Afghanistan's designation as major non-NATO ally
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Washington [US], July 7 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Wednesday notified Congress of his intent to rescind the designation of Afghanistan as a major non-NATO ally.
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Turkey renews extradition requests with Sweden, Finland after NATO members
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Ankara [Turkey], July 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Wednesday renewed its extradition requests for "terror suspects" with Finland and Sweden, following a deal it made with the Nordic countries for their NATO bid.
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Biden's communications director to quit White House
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Washington [US], July 7 (ANI): White House communications director Kate Bedingfield will leave her role in late July, the Biden administration said in a statement.
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