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US, China take opposing stands on fresh probe into COVID-19 origins
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 26 (ANI): The United States and China have taken sharply opposing positions over how to trace the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, as Washington calls for a new round of studies to be conducted with independent international experts.
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COVID-19: Half of American adults fully vaccinated
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 26 (ANI): United States President Joe Biden on Tuesday (local time) informed that half of the country's adults are completely vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Pakistan FM Qureshi rules out providing military bases to US in future
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 26 (ANI): Foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday said in the Senate that Pakistan would not provide its military bases to the United States for future counter-terrorism operations in Afghanistan and also not allow drone attacks inside Pakistan.
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US should come out of hangover of past, says Pak FM Qureshi
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 26 (ANI): Asserting that Pakistan’s priorities have changed, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday asked the United States to come out of its hangover and quit seeing Islamabad from the “Afghanistan prism”, adding that Washington should focu
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US, European allies denounce Syria's upcoming election as neither free nor
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The upcoming presidential election in Syria is neither free nor fair, the top diplomats of the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy said in a joint statement on Tuesday.
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Blinken says US opposes Israeli, Palestinian steps undermining two-state s
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [US] May 26 (ANI): The United States will be opposed to any steps that either of the sides of the Israeli-Palestine conflict takes to undermine prospects of the two-state solution, said Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday after a meeting with Palestinian President Mahm
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Gorbachev says Russia-US ties very bad now, 'but I am ineradicable optimis
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev said that relations between Russia and the United States were now in a very bad state, but in this regard he called himself an "ineradicable optimist" and recalled that their meetings with US President Ronald Re
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US not 'walking away' from Afghanistan, says Pentagon
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 26 (ANI): As the US and its allies continue to pull out troops from Afghanistan, Pentagon has said that United States' commitment to the region is not wavering.
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China's rising assertiveness made it impossible for Philippines' Duterte t
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Manila [Philippines], May 25 (ANI): China's rising assertiveness in the South China Sea and challenges to the Philippines' internationally recognized maritime claims have made it practically impossible for President Rodrigo Duterte to advance his Beijing-leaning foreign policy agenda, Asia T
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Amid rising tensions in Taiwan Strait, US says will continue to assist Tai
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Washington [US], May 25 (ANI): Amid escalating tensions in Taiwan Strait, the United States on Tuesday said it will continue to assist Taiwan in its self-defence.
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Advisory won't affect travel to Tokyo Games, says US body
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 25 (ANI): The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee on Monday said that the US' elevated travel warning to Japan due to the country's Covid-19 situation will not affect the visit of its delegation to the Tokyo Games.
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Evidence suggests leak of coronavirus from Wuhan lab, CCP must be held acc
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 25 (ANI): Every piece of evidence points to a leak of coronavirus from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), said US former state secretary Mike Pompeo, adding that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) must be held "accountable".
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