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'India is very committed' on climate action, says Macron
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 19 (ANI): Stressing on the need for innovation on the issue of climate change, French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday lauded actions taken by India to tackle the climate crisis, saying that New Delhi is "very committed" to the cause.
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US: Sindhi American activists highlight rights violation in Pakistan with
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 18 (ANI): Several US-based Sindhi activists are on an almost month-long arduous journey from New York, outside the United Nations headquarters, to Washington DC to highlight human rights violations in Sindh province in Pakistan.
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US, China agree to work together to tackle climate crisis
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 18 (ANI): China and the United States have agreed to cooperate on the issue of climate change, US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry and China Special Envoy for Climate Change Xie Zhenhua said in a joint statement.
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NASA to attempt first controlled flight on Mars as soon as Monday
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 18 (ANI): NASA is targeting no earlier than Monday, April 19, for the first flight of its Ingenuity Mars Helicopter at approximately 03:30 am Eastern Time Zone (EDT).
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Biden says situation with Alexey Navalny 'totally unfair'
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 18 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Joe Biden on Saturday said the situation with Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, who is currently serving a two-and-a-half prison term, is "totally unfair."
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US nurse charged for threatening to kill Kamala Harris
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 18 (ANI): A 39-year-old nurse from Miami, Florida has been arrested for threatening to kill US Vice President Kamala Harris, the local media reports said on Saturday.
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Biden to nominate former space shuttle commander for NASA's number 2 spot
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 17 (ANI): US President Joe Biden is set to nominate eight leaders to key administration posts, including former space shuttle commander Pamela Melroy for the post of Deputy Administrator in NASA, the White House statement said on Friday.
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Japan Prime Minister Suga says ready to meet with Kim Jong Un
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said that he is ready to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un without preconditions to establish a fruitful relationship between the two countries and seek a solution to the issue of abductees.
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US condemns sentencing of seven Hong Kong pro-democracy activists: Blinken
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 17 (ANI): The United States condemned the sentencing of seven pro-democracy activists who took part in a peaceful assembly of 1.7 million people in Hong Kong, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday.
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Had serious talks with Biden about China's influence in Indo-Pacific, worl
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 17 (ANI): Japan and the United States had serious talks about China's influence in the Indo-Pacific region, and both countries agreed to oppose any attempt to change the status quo by force in the East and the South China Seas, said Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide
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US, Japan to work together to handle 'challenges' posed by China, says Bid
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 17 (ANI): Affirming his "ironclad" support for the US-Japanese alliance, President Joe Biden on Friday said that both the countries are committed to work together to take on the challenges posed by China to ensure the future of free and open Indo-Pacific.
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10 US Senators ask Biden to back India's proposal to get TRIPS waiver to C
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 17 (ANI): Amid the unrelenting coronavirus pandemic, ten Senators have urged US President Joe Biden to support India and South Africa's proposal to the WTO to temporarily lift certain intellectual property barriers and allow countries to locally manufacture COVID-19
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