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US to give Taiwan 750,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], June 6 (ANI): The United States has announced a donation of 750,000 COVID-19 vaccines to Taiwan during a three-hour visit by a bipartisan group of US Senators to Taipei on Sunday.
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US draws plan to monitor post-withdrawal situation in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 22 (ANI): As the United States continues to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan, US officials are divided over plans for monitoring the worn-torn country from beyond its borders, and some are even saying that a complete retreat from the country will make it difficult
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Canada MPs urge Trudeau to back Palestinians via measures used to pressure
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], May 21 (ANI/Sputnik): A group of Canadian parliamentarians and senators is urging the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to employ the diplomatic tools used in pressure campaigns against Russia and China, in support of Palestinian civilians caught up in the conflic
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Philippine Senators sign resolution against Beijing's 'creeping hegemony'
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], April 30 (ANI): Philippine opposition senators signed a resolution accusing Beijing of "creeping hegemony" in the South China Sea, citing the illegal presence of Chinese ships in the Manila's exclusive economic zone.
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US Senators urge Biden to impose more sanctions on Myanmar junta
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 28 (ANI): A bipartisan group of US Senators urged the Biden to impose additional sanctions on Myanmar's military junta over its February takeover of the government.
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10 US Senators ask Biden to back India's proposal to get TRIPS waiver to C
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 17 (ANI): Amid the unrelenting coronavirus pandemic, ten Senators have urged US President Joe Biden to support India and South Africa's proposal to the WTO to temporarily lift certain intellectual property barriers and allow countries to locally manufacture COVID-19
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US lawmakers introduce bill to prioritise refugee status to Uyghurs
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 14 (ANI): US Senators Marco Rubio and Chris Coons on Tuesday introduced bipartisan legislation wherein people of China's Uyghur minority community facing government repression would become eligible for prioritised US refugee status.
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France passes security law allowing off-duty police to carry weapons
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Paris [France], March 21 (ANI): Amid opposition from across the political spectrum, the French Senate on Thursday passed Article 25 of a security law that allows off-duty police officers to carry their firearms into public establishments such as theatres and shopping centers, and forbids the
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US Senators call Farm laws 'internal Indian Policy', urge Biden administra
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 19 (ANI): Two Democratic Senators -- Charles Schumer and Bob Menendez have called on US President Joe Biden's administration to engage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government over the farmers' protests in India.
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US Senators introduce legislation for partnership development with democra
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 16 (ANI): A bipartisan group of US Senators led by Mark Warner and Bob Menendez have launched legislation to develop a partnership and technique amongst democratic nations to compete towards the rising technological power of China and the threat it possesses.
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'Spy camera' in polling booths in Pakistan Senate, Twitter flooded with me
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 12 (ANI): The Senate Chairman election in Pakistan, which has already been marred with controversies, became murkier on Friday when the opposition senators claimed that the government had installed spy cameras near and inside the polling booths.
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Senate votes Trump's impeachment trial as constitutional
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 10 (ANI): A majority of Senators on Tuesday said the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is constitutional, despite calls from some Republicans to dismiss proceedings, reported CNN.
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