Harry M. Reid, a power in the US Senate, dies at 82

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Harry Reid had been treated for pancreatic cancer, which was diagnosed in 2018, but lived to see the Las Vegas airport renamed for him earlier...

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US authorises some transactions with Taliban to keep aid flowing to Afghanistan

December 22, 2021December 23, 2021

The US Treasury Department declined to say whether the new license would exempt the proposed UN payments from US sanctions on the Taliban. The United...

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US Supreme Court to take up Biden vaccine mandate cases

December 22, 2021December 23, 2021

WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court agreed yesterday to take up disputes over the Biden administration's nationwide vaccine-or-testing Covid-19 mandate for large businesses and a separate...

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Biden says a Trump candidacy would motivate second term run

December 22, 2021December 23, 2021

WASHINGTON: Though he isn't even a year into his first term, US President Joe Biden says one factor could help convince him to run again...

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N.Korea’s Kim praises ‘fresh heyday’ in China relations as longtime envoy departs

December 22, 2021December 23, 2021

Kim's comments were conveyed to Li by Choe Ryong Hae, a top official in the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, state news agency KCNA said....

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Britain seeks G7 ‘show of unity’ against Russia over Ukraine crisis

December 11, 2021

LIVERPOOL, England : The world's wealthiest democracies will on Saturday (Dec 11) seek to present a united front against Russian aggression toward Ukraine when Britain...

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China brands US democracy ‘weapon of mass destruction’

December 10, 2021

BEIJING: China branded US democracy a “weapon of mass destruction” today, following the US-organised Summit for Democracy which aimed to shore up like-minded allies in...

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US Supreme Court leaves Texas abortion curbs intact but allows suit

December 10, 2021

The Texas law enables private citizens to sue anyone who performs or assists a woman in getting an abortion after embryo cardiac activity is detected....

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Biden sends warning as ‘difficult’ Iran talks resume

December 10, 2021

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden warned Thursday that the United States was preparing “additional measures” against Iran as expectations grow that talks on halting Tehran’s nuclear...

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Nicaragua breaks ties with Taiwan, switches allegiance to Beijing

December 10, 2021

MANAGUA: Nicaragua on Thursday broke its longstanding diplomatic ties with Taiwan, switching allegiance to Beijing in a recognition of the Chinese Communist party’s One China...