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US concerned by reports of local UN staff detained in Ethiopia
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States is concerned by the reports of the detention of United Nations staff in Ethiopia based on ethnicity, US Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price said in a press briefing.
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Chinese village in Arunachal constructed over years on land occupied by PL
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 9 (ANI): The "large 100-home civilian village" mentioned in a Pentagon report was built over the years in the area in Arunanchal Pradesh that was occupied by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) after overrunning an Assam Rifles post in 1959, clarified sources in th
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US orders most of its civil servants, their families to leave Ethiopia ami
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Washington issued an order to its non-essential officials residing in Ethiopia to leave the country with their families due to the ongoing armed conflict.
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At height of border standoff with India, China installed fibre-optic netwo
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 4 (ANI): Chinese military installed a fibre optic network in remote areas of the western Himalayas region, during the height of the border standoff with India in 2020, for increased protection from foreign interception, a Pentagon report said on Wednesday.
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China intends to have at least 1,000 nuclear warheads by 2030, warns Penta
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 3 (ANI): A new Pentagon report has revealed that China is rapidly expanding the number of its nuclear delivery platforms, and constructing the infrastructure necessary to support its nuclear expansion over the next decade.
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US, international partners arrest 150 people for darknet opioid traffickin
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Department of Justice issued a release on Tuesday saying it partnered with international law enforcement agencies in an operation that resulted in the arrest of 150 people alleged to have been engaged in opioid trafficking through the Darknet
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China misinterpreting resolution 2758, says US official
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 23 (ANI): China has misinterpreted a United Nations resolution adopted in 1971 to exclude Taiwan from the international organization and its affiliates, said a US Department of State official.
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Pentagon confirms failed test for hypersonic weapons development, initiate
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Department of Defence had an unsuccessful test related to its hypersonic weapons' development after a missile booster failed to work, a Pentagon spokesperson told Sputnik.
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Biden orders establishing commission on advancing educational opportunitie
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Washington [US], October 19 (ANI/Sputnik): President Joe Biden on Tuesday issued an executive order to establish an initiative and a commission within the US Department of Education to advance educational and economic opportunities for Black Americans.
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US to grant USD 105 million for small businesses to develop clean Energy T
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Department of Energy announced on Monday that it will grant $105 million to small businesses throughout the United States so they can develop clean energy technologies.
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Biden administration to issue new memo to terminate Trump-era 'Remain in M
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Washington [US], September 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said it will issue a new memorandum to terminate the Trump-era Migrant Protection Protocols program after a Texas judge ordered the federal government to reinstate the rule, which required asylum-seekin
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US condemns Taliban for amputation, execution of criminals
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 26 (ANI): US Department of State spokesperson Ned Price strongly reacted to the recent statement of the Taliban over implementing the Sharia laws, which includes amputation and execution of criminals.
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