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US Senate approves new military commander in Afghanistan
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 29 (ANI): The United States Senators have approved the appointment of a new commander for the US and NATO's Resolute Support Forces in Afghanistan.
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Senate passes bill to legalise recreational cannabis in Canada
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], June 20 (ANI): Senators have voted to lift almost a century-old prohibition on cannabis, making it convenient for Canadians to legally purchase and consume recreational marijuana by mid September.
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Any deal with N Korea must include denuclearisation: US Senators
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [United States], June 5 (ANI): United States (US) Senate Democrats have written a letter to US President Donald Trump saying that any agreement with North Korea must include the dismantlement and removal of its nuclear weapon.
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Nawaz Sharif faces backlash over '26/11' remark
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has faced backlash from the country's senators for his recent statement about the Mumbai attacks.
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Facebook has a dedicated counter-terrorism team: Zuckerberg
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 12 (ANI): Testifying before the US senators for the second day in the wake of the data breach scandal and alleged foreign interference in elections, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday said that his company had a 200-member counter-terrorism team to deal with
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Facebook systems do not see messages sent over WhatsApp: Zuckerberg
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [U.S.A.], Apr. 11 (ANI): Facebook systems do not see the content of messages being transmitted over WhatsApp, Mark Zuckerberg has told the senators, while testifying before them in connection with Facebook's data breach scandal and foreign interference in election.
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Will ensure fair elections take place in India: Zuckerberg at senate heari
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [U.S.A.], Apr. 11 (ANI): Testifying before US senators in the wake of Facebook's data breach scandal and foreign interference in election, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has told them that his company will do everything to ensure fair polling takes place in India and other countries
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Pak poll body to hold Senate elections on March 3
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb.19 (ANI): Senate elections in Pakistan's four provinces -- Punjab, Sindh, North West Frontier Province and Balochistan, and Islamabad and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), will be held on March 3, as 52 out of 104 senators will retire on March 11.
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White House instructs agencies to prepare for possible shutdown
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [United States], Feb 9 (ANI): The White House has instructed the federal agencies to prepare for a possible government shutdown as Congress moved closer to the midnight Thursday deadline without passing a funding bill.
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Canada makes national anthem gender neutral
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Ottawa [Canada] Feb 3 (ANI): The Senate has passed a bill to make the national anthem gender neutral despite some Conservative senators' opposition.
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US govt faces shutdown after Senate rejects funding bill
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [United States], Jan 20 (ANI): The United States is on the brink of its first government shutdown in nearly five years after senators voted to reject a House-passed bill that would have funded the government until February 16.
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Blatant racism from xenophobic bigot: Twitter calls out Trump for his rema
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Jan 12 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump's comment on the immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries has drawn criticism and condemnation from across the world with senators, artists and the twitterati calling him out for blatant racism. Read More
