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A group of seven influential US lawmakers , including Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, has written to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, urging him to raise the issue of farmers' protest in India with his Indian counterpart. This is an issue of particular concern to Sikh Americans linked to Punjab, although it also heavily impacts the Indian- belonging to other Indian states, the lawmakers said in their letter to Pompeo dated December 23. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US Election 2020 news on Times of India https://ift.tt/2JhQHMu

But major changes are inevitable as Britain definitively quits the EU's single market and free movement with the bloc comes to an end after nearly half a century of integration. Standing in front of a Downing Street Christmas tree in a video message late Thursday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson vaunted the hundreds of pages of text as "a "good deal for the whole of Europe" and a "present" for Britain. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/38C662S

The Supreme Court on Wednesday had sent to the Constitutional Bench writ petitions against President Bidhya Devi Bhandari's decision to dissolve the Parliament. This comes after the bench of Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana heard writ petitions filed in the Supreme Court against the dissolution of the House of Representatives. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3aGvoj2

Pope Francis on Friday highlighted the plight of children caught up in war, singling out victims in Syria, Yemen and Iraq in his Christmas message. "On this day, when the word of God became a child, let us turn our gaze to the many, all too many, children worldwide, especially in Syria, Iraq and Yemen, who still pay the high price of war," he said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3mKgoDj

Hong Kong extended its compulsory quarantine to three weeks for almost all international travellers from Friday, saying the measure was needed to prevent new, more infectious, coronavirus variants from spreading. The government said expert advice suggested that the incubation period of the virus could be longer than 14 days in some people -- so passengers will now have to undergo compulsory quarantine in designated hotels for three weeks, rather than the previous two. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3aHPGbZ

The US Congress, which normally is adjourned the last week of December, will be preparing to return to work. On Monday, following the Christmas weekend, the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on overriding Trump's veto of a $740 billion bill authorizing the country's defense programs. If the House vote succeeds, the Senate could hold its vote as early as Tuesday. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US Election 2020 news on Times of India https://ift.tt/38wI4GI

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California has become the first state in the US to surpass 2 million coronavirus cases since the onset of the pandemic earlier this year. On Friday, the California Department of Public Health confirmed 39,070 new cases and 351 fatalities, which increased the overall tally to 2,003,146 and death toll to 23,635 in the most populous US state, reports Xinhua news agency. There are 18,875 people with Covid-19 currently hospitalised in the state, and 3,962 of them are in intensive care units (ICU). from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US Election 2020 news on Times of India https://ift.tt/38ATeKh

Russian authorities on Friday opened a criminal probe into an ally of opposition leader Alexei Navalny after raiding her flat, alleging she threatened a man Navalny claimed took part in his poisoning. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2KDIq6a

With rich countries snapping up supplies of Covid-19 vaccines, some parts of the world may have to rely on Chinese-developed shots to try to conquer the outbreak. The question: Will they work? There is no outward reason to believe they won't, but China has a history of vaccine scandals, and its drugmakers have revealed little about their final human trials and the more than 1 million emergency-use inoculations they say have been carried out inside the country already. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3hhrdeG

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There is not a definitive answer. No president has tried it before, so the courts have not weighed in. Many legal experts have said a self-pardon would be unconstitutional because it violates the principle that nobody should be the judge in his or her own case. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3rsq0pL

There is not a definitive answer. No president has tried it before, so the courts have not weighed in. Many legal experts have said a self-pardon would be unconstitutional because it violates the principle that nobody should be the judge in his or her own case. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US Election 2020 news on Times of India https://ift.tt/3rsq0pL

The US government will require all airline passengers arriving from the United Kingdom to test negative for Covid-19 within 72 hours of departure starting Monday amid concerns about a new coronavirus variant that may be more transmissible. United Airlines and Delta Air Lines said they were requiring all passengers on flights from the UK to the US to present a negative Covid-19 test report. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US Election 2020 news on Times of India https://ift.tt/3pmzwZB

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Surveillance footage at a waste-sorting plant in Ulyanovsk, near Moscow, on Monday, showed worker Mikhail Tukash scooping up a white plastic bag from a conveyor belt and slashing it open to discover a cat inside. The male cat became a local celebrity who now has been adopted by the environment ministry and unofficially given the position of deputy environment minister. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/37LPKp3

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To mark the holiday, the president and first lady Melania Trump tweeted out a pre-recorded video message in which they wished Americans a Merry Christmas and thanked first responders and members of the military. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3hfM3es

To mark the holiday, the president and first lady Melania Trump tweeted out a pre-recorded video message in which they wished Americans a Merry Christmas and thanked first responders and members of the military. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US Election 2020 news on Times of India https://ift.tt/3hfM3es

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