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Over 2,500 UN personnel in Myanmar amid coup
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 4 (ANI): The United Nations continues to closely monitor the situation in Myanmar and has over 2,500 personnel on the ground engaged in providing support to the population following the recent military coup in the country, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Wed
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Canada declares white nationalist group 'Proud Boys' as terrorists
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], February 4 (ANI): Canada has formally designated the Proud Boys -- an all-male, far-right, white nationalist group -- as a terrorist entity under its criminal law on Wednesday.
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Guterres to donate USD 500,000 prize from Human Fraternity Award to UN Ref
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 4 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that he will donate the prize of USD 500,000 he received upon acceptance of the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity to the United Nations Refugee Agency.
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US Justice Dept drops discrimination case against Yale
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 4 (ANI): The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday dropped an affirmative action lawsuit the Trump administration had filed against Yale University last year accusing the school of discriminating against Asian American and White applicants in its undergraduate
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Racially segregated counties in US have higher COVID-19 infections, deaths
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 3 (ANI): A study finds that residential racial segregation emerged as a factor in COVID-19 infection and mortality rates across the nine months of the pandemic in the United States.
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After RiRi, Greta Thunberg, others extend support to farmers' protest
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], February 3 (ANI): Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has extended her support to the farmers protesting on the borders of New Delhi against the three farm laws saying that she stands in solidarity with the farmers.
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World leaders call for Putin critic Navalny's release
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 3 (ANI): Politicians from across the world have condemned the Moscow Court's sentence of Russian President Vladimir Putin's biggest critic Alexey Navalny and called for his release.
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US demands China end pressure on Taiwan, engage in dialogue
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 3 (ANI): The United States has urged China to end its military, diplomatic, and economic pressure against Taiwan, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said.
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Buttigieg becomes first openly LGBTQ confirmed US Cabinet member
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 3 (ANI): The US Senate on Tuesday voted to confirm Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary, making him the first openly LGBTQ member of the White House Cabinet.
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US Intel agency warns of threats from China collecting Americans' health d
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 3 (ANI): As relations between Washington and Beijing continue its downward spiral, the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) has warned that the efforts made by the Chinese Communist Party to obtain US health data, particularly DNA, through hacking
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US Senate confirms Biden's pick for Homeland Security chief
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 3 (ANI): The Senate on Tuesday voted to confirm Alejandro Mayorkas after a Republican effort stalled confirmation of President Joe Biden's pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
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Biden signs orders to Undo Trump immigration policies; reunite migrant fam
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 3 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Joe Biden has signed three executive orders to address concerns over the Trump administration's immigration policies, including one to reunite migrant families separated at the southern border under the previous administration's zero-to
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