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Plurality of US voters want Republicans to regain control of Congress: Pol
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 19 (ANI/Sputnik): A 46 per cent plurality of registered US voters eyeing the 2022 elections at the midpoint of the Biden presidency would prefer that Republicans regain control of both the US House of Representatives and Senate, a Quinnipiac University poll said on
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US House Speaker urges COP26 to advance gender equality in climate action
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
London [UK], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday urged the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, to quickly address gender inequality in climate action as she noted that 80 per cent of people displaced worldwide by global
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Japan's ruling LDP expected to keep lower house majority: exit polls
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan] October 31 (ANI): Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition Komeito is expected to retain a majority in the House of Representatives following Sunday's general election, Japanese media informed citing exit polls.
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269 meatpacking workers die of COVID-19, US House report shows
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 29 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 59,000 meatpacking workers were infected with COVID-19 and 269 of them lost their lives, according to a report published by a US House of Representatives panel earlier this week.
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US lawmaker introduces articles of impeachment on Biden for abusing power
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 22 (ANI/Sputnik): US Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene on Friday introduced articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden to the House of Representatives for allegedly abusing his power to aid his son Hunter Biden.
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Meeting to dissolve Japan's House of Representatives begins
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], October 14 (ANI/Xinhua): A meeting to dissolve Japan's current House of Representatives began on Thursday afternoon, and the lower house will be formally dissolved after the reading out the rescript of dissolution.
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Trump gave 'misleading' information on financial state of his hotel in Was
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Former President Donald Trump provided misleading information about the financial situation of his Trump International Hotel in downtown Washington, the US House of Representatives Oversight Committee said in a letter on Friday.
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Om Birla congratulates Puan Maharani on being elected as Indonesia's first
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], October 8 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday met Indonesian Speaker of the House of Representatives, Puan Maharani and congratulated her for being elected the first woman Speaker of the House.
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Nepal Opposition continues to obstruct House proceedings
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], September 27 (ANI): Nepal's main Opposition party, the Communist Party of Nepal - Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) continued to obstruct the proceedings of the House of Representatives (HoR) raising dissatisfaction over allowing expelled lawmakers to take part in the mee
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UN calls on Libyan parliament to focus on preparations for elections
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], September 22 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Tuesday called on the Libyan House of Representatives (parliament) to focus on preparations for the upcoming elections.
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Pakistan resisting International commitments on blasphemy laws
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 22 (ANI): The increasing cases of blasphemy registered in Pakistan continues to be a cause of concern for human rights activists who have repeatedly highlighted the practice and urged world bodies, including the EU to take note of the issue, which has worsened
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Nepal: HoR Speaker calls for dialogue to end house deadlock
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], September 12 (ANI): Nepal's House speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota has called for a dialogue to end the deadlock in the House of Representatives, which has continued for the second consecutive week, leaving dozens of bills pending.
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