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Colonial Pipeline returns to 'normal operations' after cyber attack
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 15 (ANI): The Colonial Pipeline on Saturday (local time) announced that it has returned its systems to "normal operations" after a cyberattack forced the company to shut down last week, leading to gas shortages in the United States.
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US congratulates Penpa Tsering for being elected as President of Tibetan G
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 15 (ANI): The United States has congratulated Penpa Tsering on his election as the next Sikyong/President of Dharamshala-based Central Tibetan Administration (CTA).
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COVID-19: US Surgeon General urges parents to get their kids vaccinated
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 15 (ANI): US Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy has made an appeal to the people of the United States to get their children vaccinated against COVID-19, a move that is aimed at addressing vaccine hesitancy among some parents in the country.
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US to spend billions of dollars in technology for basic research to counte
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Washington [US], May 15 (ANI): The United States Senate has cleared an effort by legislators to set up USD 110 billion in technology funding for basic research as a measure to counter China amid strained ties and fierce competition between the two countries.
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US, Czech Republic included in Russia's "unfriendly countries" list
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Russia has included the United States and the Czech Republic in a list of countries that have been classified as "unfriendly," according to a document published Friday on the country's official legal information portal.
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US, Japan, Taiwan likely to hold dialogue to address growing pressure from
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Tokyo [Japan], May 14 (ANI): Japan is aiming to hold a "strategic dialogue" with the United States and Taiwan later this month to address growing pressure from China, Japanese media reported.
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US considering sanctions on China solar over forced labour in Xinjiang, sa
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], May 14 (ANI): The Biden administration is considering sanctions over China's use of forced labour in the production of solar panels, said United States Special Envoy on Climate, John Kerry.
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Will not hesitate to call out China's coercive trade practices: US Trade R
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 14 (ANI): United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Thursday said that Washington will not hesitate to call out China's coercive trade practices and added that Washington welcomes the trade competition but the competition must be fair.
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US blocks UN meeting on Israel-Palestine conflict, says it won't support d
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Washington [US], May 14 (ANI): The United States on Wednesday (local time) blocked a public virtual meeting of the UN Security Council to address the escalating conflict between Israel and Palestine, informed diplomats.
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China's aggression in Ladakh driving India closer to US, says expert
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New Delhi [India] May 13, (ANI): China's aggression in Ladakh is driving New Delhi closer to the United States, says geostrategist and author Brahma Chellaney in an opinion piece in Asia Nikkei.
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Japan military drills with US, France are 'waste of fuel': China
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], May 13 (ANI): China has described the military exercises in southern Japan involving troops and hardware from France, Japan, the United States and Australia as a waste of fuel, adding that the drill had "no impact" on the country.
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Terrorists continued to target religious groups in Afghanistan in 2020: Re
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 13 (ANI): The 2020 International Religious Freedom Report released by the United States on Wednesday revealed that terrorist groups in Afghanistan continued to target specific religious and ethnoreligious groups.
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