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China continues to undermine Hong Kong's democratic institutions, says Bli
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 27 (ANI): The Chinese government continues to undermine the democratic institutions of Hong Kong and denies the residents the rights that China itself has guaranteed, said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday after the city's Legislative Council approved t
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US will 'carefully review' Iran sanctions if Tehran returns to nuclear dea
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States will review carefully its sanctions regime against Iranian oil exports if Tehran returns to the 2015 nuclear agreement that aimed at preventing the Islamic Republic from acquiring nuclear weapons, said US Treasury Secretary Janet Ye
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US Congressman looks forward to meeting Jaishankar to discuss global vacci
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 27 (ANI): US Congressman Brad Sherman is looking forward to meeting External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar to discuss various issues, including global vaccine production, and security issues in the Indo-Pacific.
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Jaishankar to meet US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 27 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who is currently on a visit to United States, is scheduled to meet US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon on Friday, the Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said on Wednesday (local time).
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US will remain engaged with Afghanistan govt as US troops depart from coun
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 27 (ANI): The United States will remain deeply engaged with the government of Afghanistan and the Afghan people, as US troops depart from the country, the White House said on Wednesday (local time).
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WHO scientists likely to reconsider China lab origin theory of Covid-19
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 26 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) is expected to restudy the "dominant theory" that the SARS-CoV-2 probably originated and spread across the world from China's Wuhan lab, according to reports.
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'Need transparent process from China' on virus origin, says White House CO
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 26 (ANI): A senior White House coronavirus adviser has said the world needs to "get to the bottom" of the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic while adding that the WHO and China need to do more to reach the definitive answers in the matter.
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US looks to counter China with sweeping new bill 'EAGLE Act'
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 26 (ANI): A top US Congressman has introduced new legislation named the "Ensuring American Global Leadership and Engagement" or EAGLE Act, that aims to counter the policy challenges posed by China.
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Biden says 'we have to act' on police reform on first death anniversary of
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Washington DC [US], May 26 (ANI): On the first death anniversary of George Floyd, US President Joe Biden has asked the country's legislators to expedite the "George Floyd Justice in Policing Act", a police reform bill brought in to raise the accountability of law enforcement officers.
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US, European allies denounce Syria's upcoming election as neither free nor
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Washington DC [US], May 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The upcoming presidential election in Syria is neither free nor fair, the top diplomats of the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy said in a joint statement on Tuesday.
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Blinken says US opposes Israeli, Palestinian steps undermining two-state s
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US] May 26 (ANI): The United States will be opposed to any steps that either of the sides of the Israeli-Palestine conflict takes to undermine prospects of the two-state solution, said Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday after a meeting with Palestinian President Mahm
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DEA, CIA agents grill Pak gold trader on whereabouts of India's most wante
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 25 (ANI): US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents had questioned Lahore-born gold trader Muhammad Asif Hafeez and asked about the whereabouts of one of India's most wanted fugitive and UN-proscribed terrorist Dawood Ib
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