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$US President Donald Trump delivers an update on \Operation Warp Speed\ in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC. (AFP)$ World

Trump says he was right about 'China Virus coming from Wuhan Lab'...

He also called for imposing fine on China for the death and destruction they have caused due to this 'lab leak

4 Jun 2021 9:37 AM IST

Authorities believe the shooting was targeted. (Photo: Representational/AP)

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Two dead, over 20 injured in banquet hall shooting in South Florida:...

The banquet hall had been rented out for a concert

30 May 2021 5:14 PM IST

Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne. (Photo: AFP)

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Antigua PM accuses Opposition UPP of supporting Choksi to secure...

The Opposition reminded Prime Minister Gaston Browne that every citizen is entitled to constitutional protection and due...

30 May 2021 1:59 PM IST

Emergency responders gather at the scene of a shooting where a mass shooting was reported. (Photo: AFP)

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Eight killed by employee in California rail yard mass shooting

Multiple victims were also wounded in the attack

27 May 2021 9:15 AM IST

$\Weve sent seven air shipments, including health supplies, oxygen, oxygen supplies, and 95 masks, rapid diagnostic tests and medicine\, said White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. (AP/Evan Vucci)$ World

US has provided over USD 500 million in COVID relief to India, says...

The Biden administration, she said, is now working to extend that assistance to other South Asian countries that have...

20 May 2021 10:22 AM IST

US President Joe Biden dialled up Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday.

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US President Joe Biden tells Netanyahu he backs 'ceasefire' in Israel:...

Biden has so far resisted joining other world leaders and much of his own Democratic party in calling for an immediate...

18 May 2021 12:28 PM IST

Medical supplies from the United Kingdom reach Delhi Airport, in New Delhi on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. (PTI file photo)

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US to send COVID-19 supplies worth $100 million to India

The first shipment includes 960,000 rapid tests, which can detect Covid in 15 minutes, and 100,000 N95 masks for...

29 April 2021 9:44 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi(L) and US President Joe Biden(R). Biden promised emergency assistance to Covid-ravaged India in a telephone call on April 26, 2021 with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the two countries said. (AFP)

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Biden promises supplies to help India beat COVID-19

Prime Minister Modi thanks Japan PM for providing assistance to India for combating the pandemic in 'summit phone talk'

27 April 2021 6:59 AM IST

Mobile Emergency Care Service (SAMU) workers Gabrielle Carlos, center, and Joao Vericimo enter the COVID-19 area of a hospital as they prepare to move a patient in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. (AP)

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Brazil sees record-high ICU occupancydue to COVID-19 surge

The South American country has the world's second-largest COVID-19 outbreak after the US, with 340,776 deaths and...

8 April 2021 2:55 PM IST

Biden had promised to lift the suspension on H-1B visas, saying Trumps immigration policies were cruel. (AP/PTI)

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Indian IT professionals to benefit as Biden lets Trump era H-1B visa...

No new proclamation was issued by Biden till Wednesday mid-night, resulting in the automatic end to the ban on issuing...

1 April 2021 11:05 AM IST

$The democratic world waits with bated breath to see if American lawmakers have the gumption to condemn Mr Trump for a rule that has left the USA fractured and disunited, angry and confused. (Photo:AP)$ World

Trump plans social media return with his own platform

Twitter last week said it would seek public input on when and how it should ban world leaders, saying it was reviewing...

24 March 2021 2:29 PM IST

The second India-US Homeland Security Dialogue was held in Washington DC in 2013, between Napolitano and the then Home Minister Sushil Kumar. (Representational image: AFP file photo)

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India, US agree to re-establish Homeland Security Dialogue

An initiative of the Obama administration, the first India-US Homeland Security Dialogue was held in May 2011

24 March 2021 11:48 AM IST