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US targets 4 each of major metal firms, sales agents in new Iran-related s
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 26 (Sputnik/ANI): The United States has imposed a new round of sanctions against four Iranian metal companies and four sales agents outside of Iran, the Treasury Department said on Thursday (local time).
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US Senate passes bill to sanction China over Hong Kong security law
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Washington DC [USA], June 26 (ANI): The US Senate on Thursday (local time) passed a bill by unanimous consent that would impose sanctions on China for its decision to implement the controversial national security law on Hong Kong, which critics say will erode the city's democratic freedoms.
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China forcing citizens to work in 'horrendous conditions' on BRI projects:
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Washington DC [USA], June 26 (ANI): The United States on Thursday retained China in Tier-3 category (lowest ranking) of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report and said that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its state-owned enterprises often force citizens to work in "horrendous condi
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Pompeo releases Trafficking in Persons report, says US always stood in def
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Washington DC [USA], June 26 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Thursday (local time) released the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report and said that the United States has "always stood" in defence of human rights "like no other nation".
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Pompeo talks of China's provocative military actions, says US will posture
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Washington DC [USA], June 26 (ANI): US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Thursday said he spoke with EU Foreign Ministers earlier this month about the "provocative military actions" of People's Liberation Army (PLA), including "deadly border confrontations" with India and asserted that Wa
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Astronomers discover 'monster' quasar from early universe
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Washington DC [USA], June 25 (ANI): Astronomers have discovered the most massive quasar known in the early universe, containing a monster black hole with a mass equivalent to 1.5 billion Suns.
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NASA's telescope captures cosmic flapping 'Bat Shadow'
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Washington DC [USA], June 25 (ANI): NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured a striking image of a fledgling star's unseen, planet-forming disk casting a huge shadow across a more distant cloud in a star-forming region -- like a fly wandering into the beam of a flashlight shining on a wall.
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Original script of 'Gladiator' was just so bad', recalls Russell Crowe
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Washington DC [USA], June 25 (ANI): The 'Gladiator' star Russell Crowe during an interview revealed that he joined the historical epic based on what it could become, and not by what it was initially on paper.
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Mud downpours might have formed some of Mars's ancient highlands: Study
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Washington DC [USA], June 25 (ANI): Muddy rains produced by giant impacts into a primordial glaciated Mars may have played a crucial role in the emplacement of kilometers-thick mudstones on Mars, according to a new paper by a team led by Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Alexis Ro
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Demi Moore, Craig Robinson to star in pandemic thriller 'Songbird'
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Washington DC [USA], June 25 (ANI): Actors Demi Moore, Craig Robinson, Paul Walter Hauser, and Peter Stormare are set to take the lead in Michael Bay-produced 'Songbird' - a timely pandemic-centric thriller.
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'Gone With the Wind' back on HBO Max but with disclaimer
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Washington DC [USA], June 25 (ANI): The classic movie 'Gone With the Wind' has been restored to the libraries of HBO Max, however, with an introductory disclaimer that discusses the historical context of 1939 released epic, reported Variety.
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Special flight with 224 Indians takes off from Washington DC
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Washington DC [India], June 25 (ANI): A special Air India flight carrying 224 Indian nationals including infants departed from Washington DC to New Delhi on Wednesday under the Vande Bharat Mission, the initiative launched to repatriate Indians stranded abroad due to COVID-19 travel restrict
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