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Pompeo threatens actions against China over visa restrictions of US offici
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 30 (ANI): The United States on Monday (local time) threatened to take action against China after Beijing announced to restrict visas of American officials who have "behaved extremely badly" on the issue of Hong Kong.
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Mutations may be making coronavirus more contagious: Researchers
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 30 (ANI): About 70 per cent of the 50,000 genomes of the coronavirus that was uploaded by researchers have undergone mutations. Researchers from Northwest University's medical school in Chicago believe that mutation in the coronavirus has made it considerably mor
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AMC delays theatre openings to July-end following rise in COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 30 (ANI): The world's largest exhibitor -- AMC Theatres -- has decided to delay reopening its cinemas until the end of July due to the spike in COVID-19 cases.
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Scientists demonstrate speed, precision of in situ planetary dating device
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 30 (ANI): The Southwest Research Institute scientists have increased the speed and accuracy of a laboratory-scale instrument for determining the age of planetary specimens onsite.
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US ends defence exports to Hong Kong as China pushes for national security
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 30 (ANI): As China moves forward with bringing national security legislation in Hong Kong, the US has announced the ending of the US-origin defense equipment exports to Hong Kong.
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US lashes out at China over forced population controls against Uyghurs
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 30 (ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday (local time) condemned coercive family planning against Uyghurs and said that continuous repression of minorities in Xinjiang reflects that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has no respect for human life and ba
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Vande Bharat flight with 195 Indians departs from Washington DC
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 29 (ANI): A special flight under Vande Bharat Mission departed from Washington DC with 195 stranded Indians for Delhi on Sunday.
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Sikh community hosts drive-thru food distribution for 2,100 families
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Silver Spring [USA], June 29 (ANI): Outside a place of worship in a parking lot, a group of not more than 25 volunteers has made and distributed more than 2,100 food packages in just seven weeks. The Guru Nanak Foundation of America Gurudwara in Silver Spring, in the Washington DC metro area
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Trump's reaction to reports of conspiracy between Russia, Taliban 'remarka
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 29 (Sputnik/ANI): US President Donald Trump's denial of media reports that he was briefed by intelligence officials of an alleged conspiracy between Russia and the Taliban over the killing of US troops in Afghanistan is "remarkable", former National Security Advisor
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US special envoy Khalilzad travels to Pak to forge remaining commitments o
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Washington DC [USA], June 28 (ANI): United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad departed for Doha, Islamabad and Tashkent on Sunday to garner support to meet the remaining commitments ahead of intra-Afghan negotiations, specifically reduced violence a
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'Trump campaigners ordered removal of social distancing stickers during Tu
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], June 28 (ANI): Despite US topping the list of coronavirus infected countries, thousands of ""Do Not Sit Here, Pease!" stickers were ordered removed from the seats at the President Donald Trump's rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, reported The Washington Post.
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'The Office' creators cut short blackface scene to avoid racist depictions
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 28 (ANI): A scene from the hit American sitcom 'The Office' that features a character showing up in blackface has been edited out to avoid any kind of racist depiction.
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