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Two House Democrats ask FBI to open 'immediate criminal investigation' int
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 5 (ANI): Two Democratic House of Representatives called on FBI Director Christopher Wray to open a criminal probe into President Donald Trump's conversation with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger where he asked him to "find" additional votes for him.
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Kamala Harris slams Trump's phone call with Georgia official, calls it 'vo
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 4 (ANI): US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Sunday said President Donald Trump's phone call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger showed a 'voice of desperation' from the incumbent president, reported The Hill.
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Trump threatens Georgia official to overturn Presidential election result
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 4 (ANI): With the US Congress set to verify the Electoral College votes of the Presidential elections on January 6 in a joint session, President Donald Trump in his final bid pressured Georgia Secretary of State to recalculate the vote in his favour.
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US lambasts China over poor treatment of 'Hong Kong 12', demands immediate
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 1 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, on Thursday, while lambasting the Chinese Communist Party for the treatment to a group of 12 pro-democracy protestors who tried to flee Taiwan in wake of Beijing's imposition of the draconian National Security Law, ca
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US calls for release of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 30 (ANI): Condemning China for "sham prosecution and conviction", US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday called for the release of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan who was detained in May for her live stream reporting from Wuhan over Covid-19 and later sentenc
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UK Secretary of State for Housing says clearing UK-France border backlog w
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London [UK], December 23 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Secretary of State for Housing Robert Jenrick said on Wednesday that it will take days to clear the backlog of freight trucks stuck in the UK after France agreed to reopen the English Channel route it had temporarily closed over the fear of the new
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Andhra govt appoints Aditya Das as Chief Secretary of State
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Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], December 22 (ANI): The Andhra Pradesh government on Tuesday appointed Aditya Das as the Chief Secretary of the state, replacing present chief secretary Nilam Sawhney, who is scheduled to retire from service on December 31.
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Pompeo says 'Iran-Backed' forces behind Baghdad Green Zone Attack
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Washington [US], December 21 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Sunday accused "Iran-backed militias" of carrying out the Sunday rocket attack on the Green Zone in Iraq's capital, Baghdad.
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Hong Kong lambasts Pompeo over calling for release of 12 Hong Kongers
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Hong Kong, December 20 (ANI): Hong Kong has slammed the United States Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo and accused him of "totally disregarding the facts" while backing the case of 12 Hong Kongers arrested while they were trying to flee to Taiwan.
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Russia 'pretty clearly' behind massive cyberattack on US, says Pompeo
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 19 (ANI): Russia was "pretty clearly" behind the massive cyberattack against multiple United States federal agencies and thousands of individual, federal and private entities, said US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Friday, who became the first member of the Tr
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CCP turning Hong Kong into East Berlin of yesteryear: Pompeo
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 19 (ANI): The United States has called for the release of 12 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists who were detained in China for fleeing to Taiwan in order to escape Beijing's exercise of the draconian National Security Law, the US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo sai
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CCP spreading disinformation on Covid-19, obstructing WHO investigation: P
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 19 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday slammed the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for continuing to spread disinformation regarding Covid-19, and obstructing the investigation of the World Health Organization (WHO) in finding out the origin and spre
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