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A group of Indian-American frontline healthcare workers languishing in the Green Card backlog held a demonstration in front of the US Capitol urging lawmakers and the Biden administration to end the per capita country-specific quota. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US Election 2020 news on Times of India https://ift.tt/30QTqBO

Changing the filibuster rules is an idea backed by some Senate Democrats eager to advance Biden's agenda in the evenly split 50-50 Senate. But Republicans are warning Democrats off any changes. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US Election 2020 news on Times of India https://ift.tt/3bUSKlk

In a statement, it said that four crew members of the MI-17 helicopter along with five security personnel were killed in the crash, in the Behsud district of Maidan Wradak province. It gave no further detail except to say that investigations were ongoing. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/399P5hR

A turf war has erupted over a 180-acre (73-hectare) avocado farm near Amboseli, one of Kenya's premier national parks, where elephants and other wildlife graze against the striking backdrop of Africa's highest peak. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3eSzHtx

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said on Thursday that the talks concern "voice software that have yet to undergo safety assessment procedures", as well as the application of "deep fake" technology. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/38S52bY

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Relations between Beijing and Ottawa have plunged since China detained former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor in 2018 -- days after the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver on fraud charges. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OIHOym

Russia called its US ambassador back to Moscow for consultations on Wednesday after Joe Biden described Vladimir Putin as a "killer" who would "pay a price" for election meddling, prompting the first major diplomatic crisis for the new American president. Biden was asked about a US intelligence report that the Russian leader tried to harm his candidacy in the November 2020 election. "He will pay a price," Biden said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3lsiWHd

The development of the vaccine with scientists at Oxford University -- and their decision to make it available at cost -- has made the Anglo-Swedish firm a household name. Since announcing successful clinical trials and having the vaccine passed by regulators, the company has faced a spate of challenges. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OIT7qg

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Since Sunday night, 15 men and women are living in the vast Lombrives cave in the Pyrenees mountains south of Toulouse for an experiment dubbed "Deep Time," led by the French-Swiss explorer Christian Clot. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3vF5swb

The Australian Bureau of Statistics said the population grew by less than one percent in the year to September 2020, and actually declined in the last recorded quarter. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/30S9lzE

Russia called its US ambassador back to Moscow for consultations on Wednesday after Joe Biden described Vladimir Putin as a "killer" who would "pay a price" for election meddling, prompting the first major diplomatic crisis for the new American president. Biden was asked about a US intelligence report that the Russian leader tried to harm his candidacy in the November 2020 election. "He will pay a price," Biden said. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US Election 2020 news on Times of India https://ift.tt/3lsiWHd

A study published by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, a nonpartisan research center, showed that reported hate crimes against Asian Americans in 16 major US cities rose by 149% from 2019 to 2020, while overall hate crimes dropped 7% in the same time period. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US Election 2020 news on Times of India https://ift.tt/3bWnwdu

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has long portrayed the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) -- parliament's third-largest -- as the political front of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3vBjHCm

The "new regime" in the US, vice foreign minister Choe Son Hui said, had only put forward a "lunatic theory of 'threat from north Korea' and groundless rhetoric about 'complete denuclearisation'". Choe said that for talks to take place, Pyongyang and Washington would have to meet as equals. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2OYyOF3

Police in several major cities saw a sharp uptick in Asian-targeted hate crimes between 2019 and 2020, according to data collected by the Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3bWRJZR

Police in several major cities saw a sharp uptick in Asian-targeted hate crimes between 2019 and 2020, according to data collected by the Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US Election 2020 news on Times of India https://ift.tt/3bWRJZR

A group of lawmakers in the US have urged President Joe Biden to support the move by India and South Africa before the World Trade Organization for emergency temporary waiver of some Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) rules to enable greater production and supply of Covid-19 vaccines, treatments, and diagnostic tests. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US Election 2020 news on Times of India https://ift.tt/3c1zyT7

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With a nod to Women's History Month, the Democratic-led House passed two measures Wednesday, one designed to protect women from domestic violence, the other to remove the deadline for states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3bYKD7n

With a nod to Women's History Month, the Democratic-led House passed two measures Wednesday, one designed to protect women from domestic violence, the other to remove the deadline for states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US Election 2020 news on Times of India https://ift.tt/3bYKD7n