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San Francisco International Airport to ban plastic water bottles
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 6 (Sputnik/ANI): The San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is set to ban the use of plastic bottled water at its terminals.
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US designates China as 'currency manipulator'
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 6 (Sputnik/ANI): The United States on Monday designated China as a currency manipulator and will work with the International Monetary Fund to address the issue, the Treasury Department said as the trade war between two countries escalated further.
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US 'closely following' events in J-K, raises concern over reports of deten
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 6 (ANI): The United States on Tuesday said it was "closely following" the events in Jammu and Kashmir following the abrogation of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution that gave special status to the state.
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'Trump owes us more than condolences sent via Twitter': Former FBI Directo
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 5 (ANI): President Donald Trump owes the people of United States more than mere condolences sent via twitter, former FBI Director James Comey said on Sunday following the three incidents of mass shooting within a span of 24 hours in the country.
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El Paso shooting to be handled as case of "domestic terrorism": US authori
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 5 (ANI): The mass shooting in the US city of El Paso that claimed the lives of at least 20 people will be handled as a case of "domestic terrorism," US authorities said on Sunday.
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USA: Protest rally outside White House to demand gun-control reforms
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 5 (ANI): Hundreds of protestors representing the United States gun control group 'Moms Demand Action' on Sunday (local time) gathered in front of the White House here to demand gun-control reforms in the wake of the mass shooting in El Paso.
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CPEC structured as a resource extraction exercise, says expert
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 4 (ANI): China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is not an investment into Pakistan, but is structured as a resource extraction exercise, a US-based frontier and emerging market analyst has said.
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Trump pledges "total support" after El Paso Mass Shooting
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 4 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Saturday pledged total support of the Federal Government to the governor of Texas Greg Abbott in the wake of the shooting incident at a shopping mall.
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Top Indian-American Congressional Staffer Saikat Chakrabarti to leave offi
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 4 (ANI): A top Indian-American Congressional staffer has decided to resign from the post following a firestorm of controversy in the last few months.
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India, US assess progress made in bilateral defence cooperation
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 3 (ANI): India and the United States on Friday assessed the progress made in the various aspects of defence cooperation between the two countries, including defence trade, technology, procurement, industry, Research and Development, and mil-to-mil engagement.
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US, North Korea in regular communication for resumption of denuclearisatio
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 3 (ANI): The United States and North Korea are in regular communication for the resumption of working-level talks to revive denuclearisation negotiations, and are working on establishing a time and location for the meet, a senior US State Department official said on
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NASA discovers potentially habitable planet 31 light-years away
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Aug 2 (ANI): In what could be one of the biggest developments in the search for habitable planets, NASA has discovered a "Super-Earth" estimated to be about six times the size of our planet and located a mere 31 light-years away.
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