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US President Trump issues first veto over rejection of border wall emergen
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 16 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Friday issued his first veto rejecting as "dangerous" and "reckless" congressional resolution of his emergency declaration and asserted that Americans would be "put at risk" at the southern border with Mexico if the measure beca
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Passenger caught smoking on IndiGo flight, tries to bribe crew to avoid ac
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Mar 15 (ANI): A male passenger was caught smoking in the lavatory of an IndiGo flight while it was on its way from Goa to Delhi on Thursday.
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S Korea, US hold talks on N Korea's denuclearisation progress
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 15 (ANI): Officials from South Korea and the United States met here on Thursday and discussed ways to dismantle North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, amid a layer of sanctions imposed on the communist country.
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All US diplomats have left Venezuela: Pompeo
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 15 (ANI): All American diplomats have temporarily left Venezuela, amid a mounting political and economic turmoil in the South American nation, US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said on Thursday.
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Resolution to make Mueller's Russia probe public passed
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 15 (ANI): The US House of Representatives on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution directing the Justice Department to release special counsel Robert Mueller's highly anticipated inquiry report in the alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.<
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Trump tweets 'VETO!' after Senate rejects his border emergency declaration
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 15 (ANI): The US Senate on Thursday voted to reject President Donald Trump's declaration of an emergency on the US Mexico border, prompting a swift response from the 72-year-old leader who tweeted 'veto', an indication that he would reject the resolution.
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Beto O'Rourke to run for White House in 2020
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], March 14 (ANI): Former Texas Congressman Beto O'Rourke On Thursday (local time) announced that he will be running for the White House in the upcoming presidential elections.
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India, US ask Pakistan to take tangible action against terror groups
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 14 (ANI): India and the United States have asked Pakistan to take “tangible and irreversible” action against the terrorist groups emanating from its soil.
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India, US agree to build six nuclear power plants
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 14 (ANI): Giving a boost to bilateral security and civil nuclear cooperation, India and the United States on Wednesday agreed to establish six American nuclear power plants in India.
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Resolution passed to end US role in Saudi war in Yemen
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 14 (ANI): The Senate on Wednesday voted a resolution to stop US military support in the Saudi Arabia-led war in Yemen, in a vote widely seen as an unprecedented rebuke of President Donald Trump's policy on the Middle East.
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Manafort's sentence extended to another 43 months, to serve 7.5 yrs jail t
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 14 (ANI): A federal judge on Wednesday added another 43 months to the jail term of US President Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign chairman Paul Manafort, which means the 69-year-old will now serve an overall seven-and-half-year of prison term.
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US Senate confirms Indian-American Neomi Rao as judge of appeals court
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Mar 14 (ANI): Indian American Neomi Rao, who was under scrutiny for her previous writings on sexual assault will now be judge on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, US Senate confirmed on Wednesday.
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