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Putin congratulates Biden on US election victory
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 15 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory message to Joe Biden after the US Electoral College confirmed the latter as the winner of the US presidential election; the Russian leader noted that bilateral cooperation would serve the inter
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Senior Russian lawmaker says US-Russia rivalry will continue under Biden
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 15 (ANI/Sputnik): There will be no breakthroughs in the US-Russia relations under President-Elect Joe Biden as Washington's military and political rivalry with Moscow will continue, Konstantin Kosachev, the chairman of the Russian upper house's foreign affairs commi
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Earthquake of 5.1-magnitude hits Tonga: USGS
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 15 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 116 km ENE of Hihifo, Tonga, at 05:06:31 GMT on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
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Pompeo urges countries to join US to hold China accountable for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 15 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Monday (local time) lambasted Beijing for covering up the Coronavirus outbreak in China saying that the US and the world is beginning to" build up its efforts to push back" and hold China accountable.
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Pompeo hits out at CCP for poisoning US higher education
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 15 (ANI): As US-China tensions continue to worsen with each passing day, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Monday (local time), said that Americans must know how the Chinese Communist Party "is poisoning the well" of the US' higher education for its own ends.<
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Biden lambasts Trump for defying Constitution, says US Supreme Court deliv
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Wilmington (Delaware) [US], December 15 (ANI): After the US Electoral College certified President-elect Joe Biden as the winner of the Presidential Election, Biden on Monday (local time) said that President Donald Trump refused to respect and accept the will of the people by not conceding.
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China's nuclear arsenal grows in capability
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 15 (ANI): China's nuclear forces, under the aegis of the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF), are nowhere as large as those of the USA or Russia, but the inventory is significantly growing and modernizing.
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US upgrades COVID-19 travel health warnings for Georgia, Kosovo
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Washington [US], December 15 (ANI)/Sputnik): The US government has upgraded its COVID-19 travel warnings for US citizens and advises them not to visit Georgia and Kosovo, the Department of State said in a media note.
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US sanctions Turkey over purchase of S-400 missile system from Russia
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Washington [US], December 15 (ANI): The United States on Monday (local time) imposed sanctions on Turkey for purchase of S-400 surface-to-air missile system from Russia and urged Ankara to resolve the problem "immediately in coordination with the US".
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Nearly 2 mn Chinese Communist Party members working for global companies i
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], December 14 (ANI): A recent investigation has revealed that global companies across the world, which hold billions of dollars worth of sensitive defense contracts in Australia and the US, have almost 2 million members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in their employ
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Will US and EU sanctions make Erdogan toe the line or make him more defian
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], December 14 (ANI): The past week must have been one of the worst for Turkey's arrogant President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as both the US and the EU, showing their frustration with his numerous unsavoury actions, decided to impose sanctions on Turkey.
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US signs notification to officially remove Sudan from State sponsor of ter
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Khartoum [Sudan], December 14 (ANI): The US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo has signed a notification, removing Sudan from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list, said the US embassy in Khartoum on Monday.
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