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'Yes we can, yes we did': Teary eyed Obama radiates optimism in
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.], Jan. 11 (ANI): United States President Barack Obama said goodbye to his nation today in an emotional address enriched with wisdom and optimism, asserting that he would never give up on his vision for change and reminding Ameri
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Intl agencies to brief Trump on Russian hack today
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Jan. 6 (ANI): U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to receive a briefing related to the Russian hack by intelligence agencies on Friday as the classified intelligence report was presented to President Barack Obama on Thursday.
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Obama to deliver farewell address from Chicago
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Honolulu [Hawaii], Jan. 02 (ANI): U.S. President Barack Obama will deliver his farewell address to the nation on January 10 from his home city of Chicago.
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Putin congratulates Trump, not Obama, in New Year's greetings for sta
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Dec. 31 (ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated U.S. President-elect Donald Trump rather than President Barack Obama, in his annual New Year's greetings statement to foreign heads of state.
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Reject asylum for Afghanistan's first female pilot, Afghan activists
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec. 30 (ANI): A group of Afghan activists has requested U.S. President Barack Obama to reject the asylum application of Captain Niloofar Rahmani, the first female fixed-wing pilot in Afghanistan's air force, and deport her insisting that the she does not face any k
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U.S. slaps sanctions on Russia, expels 35 diplomats
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [United States], Dec.30 (ANI): United States President Barack Obama has imposed sanctions on Russian officials and intelligence services in retaliation for Russia's alleged interference in the November 2016 U.S. presidential election by hacking American political sites and em
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U.S. anti-propaganda law risks revival of Cold War: Chinese media
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], Dec. 29 (ANI): Days after U.S. President Barack Obama signed a counter-propaganda bill into law, Chinese media has warned that with such a move China and the U.S. might be heading towards or more accurately slipping back into an ideological war.
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Trump accuses Obama of making inflammatory statements ahead of transfer of
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [United States], Dec.29 (ANI): United States President-elect Donald Trump has accused President Barack Obama of making "inflammatory" statements and complicating the process of transfer of power next month.
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Obama, Abe make symbolic joint visit to Pearl Harbor
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [United States], Dec.28 (ANI): United States President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a symbolic joint visit to Pearl Harbor on Tuesday.
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Hurdle for Trump, Obama takes new action to ban Arctic drilling
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], Dec. 21 (ANI): Relying on a 63-year-old law to make his move, which will prevent future leasing of certain offshore areas for oil rights, U.S. President President Barack Obama took new action barring offshore drilling in areas of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans indefinitely,
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Chance the Rapper pays 'SNL' tribute to President Obama's l
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 19 (ANI): In the latest sketch of 'Saturday Night Live', host Chance the Rapper and Kenan Thompson channeled hip hop group 'Run-DMC' to celebrate President Barack Obama's last Christmas in the oval office.
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Warned Russia to 'cut it out' over election hacking: Obama
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], Dec. 17 (ANI): President Barack Obama on Friday all but named Russian President Vladimir Putin over Moscow's alleged attempts to nose into the US election, adding that he personally warned the latter to "cut it out".
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