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US to become participant in COVAX high-level council
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 9 (ANI): The United States will switch from observer to participant in the Facilitation Council of the COVAX vaccine distribution tool, said Colin McIff, a senior official at the US Department of Health and Human Services, on Tuesday.
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US charges member of Proud Boys for role in January 6 Capitol riot
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 4 (ANI/Sputnik): A member of the nationalist organization Proud Boys has been charged in federal court for allegedly participating in the riot at the US Capitol on January 6, the Justice Department said.
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US Justice Dept drops discrimination case against Yale
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 4 (ANI): The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday dropped an affirmative action lawsuit the Trump administration had filed against Yale University last year accusing the school of discriminating against Asian American and White applicants in its undergraduate
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US working with 'like-minded allies' India, Japan on Myanmar coup
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 3 (ANI): Assessing the recent developments in Myanmar, United States senior State Department officials on Tuesday said they are frequently in contact with "like-minded allies and partners" in the region including India and Japan.
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Pentagon pauses plan to offer COVID-19 vaccine to Guantanamo Bay prisoners
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 31 (ANI): The Pentagon (the US Department of Justice Headquarters) on Saturday announced that it is pausing the vaccination of Guantanamo Bay detainees against COVID-19.
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Chinese national charged with conspiring to export US power technology
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [US], January 30 (ANI): A Chinese national faces federal charges that he plotted over a three year period to evade US laws and export power amplifier technology to China, the US Department of Justice said on Friday.
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US Department of Homeland Security issues terrorism alert
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [US], January 28 (ANI): The Acting Secretary of Homeland Security issued a National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin on Wednesday after consultation with the intelligence community and law enforcement partners.
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Biden's commerce secretary nominee promises very aggressive stance on Chin
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 27 (ANI): Former US President Donald Trump's aggressive stance on China is set to continue as President Joe Biden's nominee who will head the US Department of Commerce Gina Raimondo told the Senate on Tuesday that she will be very aggressive against China's unfair tr
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Senkaku Islands protected by US-Japan Security Treaty, says Pentagon
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [US], January 24 (ANI): US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin held a telephone conversation with his Japanese counterpart Nobuo Kishi and discussed the security situation in the Indo-Pacific region, particularly the East China Sea territorial disputes, the US Department of Defen
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US re-designates LJ, LeT as foreign terrorist outfits
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 16 (ANI): Ahead of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting in February, the United States has re-designated Pakistani terrorist groups as Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LJ) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) as foreign terrorist organisations.
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MIT professor charged for failing to disclose ties with Chinese government
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 15 (ANI): A professor and researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been charged for failing to disclose contracts, appointments and awards from entities in China to the US Department of Energy.
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US blacklists 9 more corporations with ties to Chinese military
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 15 (ANI): The US Department of Defence on Thursday blacklisted nine more Chinese corporations, including phone maker Xiaomi for allegedly being owned or controlled by China's military.
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