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Reversing another Trump withdrawal, US moves to rejoin UN Human Rights Cou
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 8 (ANI): Three years after former US President Donald Trump's administration withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council, his successor Joe Biden has moved to rejoin the human rights body, marking it as another reversal by Biden of Trump's policies.
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Does Erdogan truly want to mend ties with US?
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Nicosia [Cyprus], February 8 (ANI): While Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is supposed to be trying to mend ties with the United States, his Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu last week told Hurriyet newspaper that "it is blatantly clear that the US is behind the (failed coup of) July
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Amanda Gorman honours COVID-19 heroes during 2021 Super Bowl
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Washington [US], February 8 (ANI): American poet-activist Amanda Gorman, who grabbed many eyeballs when she recited her poem 'The Hill We Climb' at US President Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony, honoured the COVID-19 heroes in a moving performance at Super Bowl LV in Tampa, Florida.
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House Democrats to introduce USD 3,000 child benefit legislation as part o
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Washington [US], February 8 (ANI): Democratic leaders from the US House of Representatives will unveil legislation on Monday that would provide millions of families at least USD 3,000 per child, advancing a key provision in President Joe Biden's USD 1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package.
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Biden refuses to lift sanctions to get Iran back to negotiating table over
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Washington [US], February 8 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Sunday (local time) said that he will not lift sanctions on Iran to re-engage Tehran in negotiations over the 2015 nuclear deal.
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Afghan Foreign Minister, US Charge d'Affaires discuss ongoing peace proces
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Kabul [Afghanistan], February 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar on Sunday met with Charge d' Affaires of the US Embassy in Kabul Ross Wilson to discuss the peace process going on in Doha and future cooperation between the Afghan government and the United States u
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Republican senator urges Biden to confirm US will keep embassy in Jerusale
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Washington [US], February 7 (ANI): Republican Senator from Tennessee, Bill Hagerty on Saturday wrote to US President Joe Biden urging him to publicly confirm that he will keep the US Embassy in Jerusalem after the upper chamber overwhelmingly signalled support for the location last week.
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Biden administration moves to reverse Trump's migration agreements with 3
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Washington [US], February 7 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday (local time) announced that President Joe Biden's administration has begun the process to terminate migration agreements from former President Donald Trump's administration with El Salvador, Guatemala and
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New York Fed's Daleep Singh to join Biden administration as Deputy NSA
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Washington [US], February 7 (ANI): The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has said that Daleep Singh, the Head of the Markets Group at the bank is set to join US President Joe Biden's administration as deputy national security adviser.
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'Biden administration should work to solidify India's position as a balanc
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Washington [US], February 7 (ANI): While former President Donald Trump's administration was proactive in expanding the scope of US-India partnership through economic initiatives, US President Joe Biden's administration needs to build on this to solidify India's role as the primary regiona
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Biden administration doesn't have much time to rejoin nuclear deal, says I
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Tehran [Iran], February 7 (ANI): US President Joe Biden's new administration does not have much time for taking positive steps towards re-joining the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known as the Iran nuclear deal, said Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Saturday, Sp
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Trump should not receive classified intelligence briefings: Biden
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Washington [US], February 6 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Friday (local time) said that he does not believe that former President Donald Trump should receive classified intelligence briefings, as is the tradition for past presidents, citing his 'erratic behaviour unrelated to the insurrec
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