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US lawmakers urges Biden to recognize 1971 Genocide of Bangladesh committe
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 19 (ANI): On October 15th, a couple of United States Congressmen placed a proposed resolution in the House of Representatives urging US President Joe Biden to consider recognising the atrocities committed by the Armed Forces of Pakistan in the Bangladesh Liberation W
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US Congress members to visit flood-hit Pakistan tomorrow
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 3 (ANI): Members of the United States Congress Sheila Jackson and Tom Suozzi have left for a two-day visit to the flood-affected Pakistan on Saturday, in a bid to show solidarity with the victims and the Pakistani government.
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Russia puts 398 members of US Congress in travel ban list
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], April 14 (ANI): Russia has added 398 members of the United States Congress to its travel ban list, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
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Afghanistan asks US Congress to release funds amid financial crisis
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 17 (ANI): Afghanistan has asked the United States Congress for the release of Afghanistan's central bank assets frozen by the US government, as the Taliban-led country witnessing a financial crisis, according to local media on Wednesday.
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US congressmen reintroduce Taiwan Defense Act
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 17 (ANI): Members of the United States Congress have reintroduced a bill known as the Taiwan Defense Act in both the Senate and House of Representatives in a bid to prevent a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan.
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US lawmakers introduce resolution to scrap 'one-China policy'
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 3 (ANI): Deeming one-China policy as outdated and counter-productive, two United States congressmen have introduced a resolution calling for the US government to resume formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
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China possibly committed 'genocide' against Uyghurs, says US report
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 15 (ANI): China possibly carried out "genocide" against Uyghurs and other minority Muslims in its western region of Xinjiang, said a commission of the United States Congress in a new report.
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Won't agree to reconvene Senate early for Trump's impeachment trial, says
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 14 (ANI): Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has made it clear that he will not reconvene the upper house of the United States Congress before January 19, which indicates that the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump will likely continue into President-elect
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Only 27 out of 249 congressional Republicans acknowledge Biden's election
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 6 (ANI): Just 27 out of 249 US congressional Republicans acknowledge President-elect Joe Biden's election victory over incumbent President Donald Trump, a month after Biden was projected the winner of the presidential elections with a convincing electoral-vote margi
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US passes Bill requiring firms to disclose connection with forced labour i
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], October 1 (ANI): Lawmakers from the Lower House of the United States Congress have passed legislation that would require US-listed companies to disclose if their supply chains are connected to forced labour in China's Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region.
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Experts call for urgent new measures as coronavirus cases continue to surg
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 2 (ANI): As coronavirus cases in the United States continue to surge and its fall out on economy turns out to be equally dreadful, public health experts have called for urgent new measures to halt the spread of the virus.
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US House set to vote on reversing Trump's 'Muslim ban'
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [United States], July 22 (ANI): The lower house of the United States Congress, the House of Representatives is set to vote today (July 22) on a piece of legislation which reverses President Donald Trump's controversial order banning entry to immigrants from mostly Muslim-majority
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