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US House Speaker Pelosi celebrates Diwali in Washington DC
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 4 (ANI): US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi celebrated Diwali on November 3 evening at the National Democratic Club, Washington DC.
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Legislation to make Diwali a federal holiday in US
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 4 (ANI): Congresswoman Carolyn B Mahoney announced introducing a bill in US Congress, legislation that would make Diwali a nationally recognized federal holiday.
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US lawmaker to introduce Bill to make Diwali federal holiday
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 2 (ANI): Congressman Carolyn Maloney will introduce a bill in US Congress, which aims to establish Diwali as a federal holiday in the United States.
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Whistleblower says Facebook values profits over fighting 'Hate Speech'
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 23 (ANI/Sputnik): A former Facebook employee has alleged in a legal affidavit that the company puts a higher priority on maximizing profits and growth over combating or banning so-called "hate speech," the Washington Post reported on Friday.
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US treasury secretary hopes Congress will approve global corporate tax dea
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 11 (ANI/Xinhua): US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said that she hoped US Congress would approve a key pillar of the global corporate tax deal agreed by some 136 countries and jurisdictions.
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Facebook launches mental health resources after criticism about platform's
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Facebook announced on Thursday that it is launching new mental health resources, tools and programming across all its apps, after being criticized by a former employee in the US Congress of the social media platform's negative effects on children.
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FATF will fail in its duty if it delays blacklisting Pakistan for its terr
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 1 (ANI): Pakistan, which is on the Financial Action Taken Force (FATF) grey list must be brought under the black list for state sponsoring terror.
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Camila Cabello, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lady Gaga urge entertainment industry t
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 24 (ANI): From Leonardo DiCaprio, Lady Gaga to Camila Cabello, over 60 musicians, actors and artists have urged entertainment industry executives to ask US Congress to pass climate change legislation.
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US Congressman introduces sanctions bill targeting China's military, surve
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 23 (ANI): A US Congressman unveiled legislation on Wednesday to "target sanctions against Chinese Communist Party (CCP) military or surveillance companies".
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China warns US against adding 'Taiwan' to name of Taipei's Washington offi
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 15 (ANI): China has warned the United States against recognising a change of the name of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Washington to the Taiwan Representative Office, urging America to abide by the one-China principle.
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US Congressman urges Facebook, Amazon to detail measures against vaccine d
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], September 9 (ANI/Sputnik): US House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff on Thursday sent letters to the heads of Facebook and Amazon asking them to provide detailed explanation of what they do to mitigate the spread of disinformation about coronavirus vaccines.
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Two members of US Congress secretly fly to Afghanistan on 'fact-finding tr
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 26 (ANI): Two members of US Congress secretly travelled to Kabul, Afghanistan, as the US evacuates tens of thousands of Americans and vulnerable Afghans after the country fell to the Taliban.
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