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US state department deputy assistant secretary makes important visa announcements at Silicon Valley meet with Indian American leaders

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Meager progress made by Pakistan in dismantling terrorist organisations: US Bureau of Counterterrorism

Pakistan has made meager progress in its pledge to dismantle all terrorist organisations without delay or discrimination. The country experienced significant terrorist activity in 2021. The number of attacks and casualties was higher than in 2020, according to the US Bureau of Counterterrorism's 'Country Reports on Terrorism 2021: Pakistan'. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/nQyzrlF

Meager progress made by Pakistan in dismantling terrorist organisations: US Bureau of Counterterrorism

Pakistan has made meager progress in its pledge to dismantle all terrorist organisations without delay or discrimination. The country experienced significant terrorist activity in 2021. The number of attacks and casualties was higher than in 2020, according to the US Bureau of Counterterrorism's 'Country Reports on Terrorism 2021: Pakistan'. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/nQyzrlF

Covid likely came from Chinese lab, cut US aid: Nikki Haley

US Republican Party Presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Tuesday said that Covid likely came from a Chinese lab and asked to cut US aid to China. "Covid-19 likely came from a Chinese lab. Cut US aid. Not a cent to Communist China," Haley tweeted on Tuesday. Haley recently said that if voted to power, she will cut every cent in foreign aid for countries that hate the US. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/2D4zlyh

US sending Ukraine another $1 billion, Janet Yellen says in Kyiv

The United States is transferring an additional $1 billion to Ukraine as it fights to resist Russia's invasion, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Monday. This would be the first tranche of about $10 billion the US will provide in the coming months, she said in a speech in Kyiv. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/K1nsYNf

US calls on Russia to stay with nuclear weapons treaty

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CIA chief says US 'confident' China mulling arms for Russia

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59 dead in Italian migrant shipwreck, including 12 children

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CIA chief: China has some doubt on ability to invade Taiwan

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'Probably half of my social circle is Indian': Scott 'Dilbert' Adams, accused of racism, said in 2003

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Jill Biden talks safe sex, condoms with Kenya's young adults

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Dilbert creator Scott Adams, who introduced Asok the IIT-ian to America, is canned after a racist tirade

California-based Adams, who at one time talked up Indians and introduced Asok, an IIT graduate, into his comic strip, has gradually taken to extreme right wing views. On Wednesday, he crossed an unspoken red line drawn by the liberal media by virtually calling for segregation, saying nearly half the Black population in the US are not okay with Whites. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/BrV3LZN

North Korea food shortage worsens amid Covid, but no famine yet

There's little doubt that North Korea's chronic food shortages worsened due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and speculation about the country's chronic food insecurity has flared as its top leaders prepare to discuss the "very important and urgent task" of formulating a correct agricultural policy. Unconfirmed reports say an unspecified number of North Koreans have been dying of hunger. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/uYbP3th

US to do everything to support India to make its G20 presidency a success: Official

Blinken will also attend a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Quad grouping and will hold bilateral talks with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar in Delhi. India assumed the Presidency of the G20 on December 1 last year. The top American diplomat is travelling to New Delhi on a three-day official visit from March 1 to 3. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/wENvjZd

US to do everything to support India to make its G20 presidency a success: Official

Blinken will also attend a meeting of the foreign ministers of the Quad grouping and will hold bilateral talks with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar in Delhi. India assumed the Presidency of the G20 on December 1 last year. The top American diplomat is travelling to New Delhi on a three-day official visit from March 1 to 3. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/190lDEg

Snow, rain slam California as Michigan suffers without power

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Deeply concerned that Chinese loans in India's neighbourhood may be used for coercive leverage: US

The US is deeply concerned that the loans being given by China to India's immediate neighbourhood - Pakistan and Sri Lanka - may be used for coercive leverage, a senior State Department official said. "We are talking to India, talking to countries of the region about how we help countries to make their own decisions and not decisions that might be compelled by any outside partner, including China," he said. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/W4q0YQy

The Russia-Ukraine war’s many twists & turns

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Russia's war in Ukraine drags into second year with no end in sight

The war in Ukraine dragged into its second year, with no end in sight to a conflict launched by Russia that has killed tens of thousands of people, flattened cities and towns, forced millions to flee and brought a Cold War chill to global ties. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/russias-war-in-ukraine-drags-into-second-year-with-no-end-in-sight/articleshow/98197488.cms

Techie stuck on green card queue creates unique wish list by Indian H-1B visa holders

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10 most notable gifts Joe Biden received as US President in 2021

In his first year in office, President Joe Biden received 22 gifts from foreign leaders worth more than $100. The majority of these gifts were pens, and the most thoughtful gift was a pen drawing of Biden's childhood home from then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/PYtGM1s

10 most notable gifts Joe Biden received as US President in 2021

In his first year in office, President Joe Biden received 22 gifts from foreign leaders worth more than $100. The majority of these gifts were pens, and the most thoughtful gift was a pen drawing of Biden's childhood home from then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/PYtGM1s

Banga's India perspective can help fix developing world's woes: Biden

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Fly economy: Pakistan’s belt-tightening begins in high places

Pakistan is trying to reduce its budget deficit and debt levels in order to avoid a debt default. The government has announced a series of austerity measures, including a ban on luxury items and flights in business class. The measures will cost the government $764 million. The government is also raising taxes and energy prices. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/NnxOBTQ

Biden doesn’t see Putin using nukes despite halting arms treaty

President Joe Biden said that Vladimir Putin made the world less safe by suspending participation in the New START nuclear treaty. However, Biden added that he does not believe it signals the Russian leader will use nuclear weapons. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/45xE2kX

Dubai housing boom buoys buyers, burdens tenants

In upscale Dubai neighbourhoods, where properties sell for more than $10 million, the 219 sales recorded in 2022 were "more than the total recorded between 2010 and 2020", said real estate consultancy Knight Frank. Property prices in these prime locations jumped by 44 per cent in 2022 compared with the year before, it said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/rljpfAF

Turkey bans layoffs, offers salary support in earthquake zone

Turkey launched a temporary wage support scheme and banned layoffs in 10 cities on Wednesday to protect workers and businesses from the financial impact of the massive earthquakes that hit the south of the country earlier this month. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/4PH0byE

Syria family takes in 'miracle baby' born under quake rubble

Born an orphan under the rubble in north Syria after a devastating earthquake, Afraa al-Suwadi has been given a new lease on life when relatives took her in. The baby, wrapped in a blanket and wearing a red hat with a little bow, was given her mother's name, Afraa - one of more than 45,000 people killed across war-ravaged Syria and neighbouring Turkey in the 7.8-magnitude quake. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/cdmSEJO

Vivek Ramaswamy, anti-ESG crusader, takes on Trump, Haley for 2024 Republican nomination

Ohio biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who has railed against "woke" investing based on environmental, social and governance principles, has announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/b9LrENx

Why China's military support for Russia would be a 'game changer'

Chinese "munitions would make life very difficult for the Ukrainians, whether it's artillery ammunition, whether it's precision munitions or longer-range strike weapons which Russia is running out of". Chinese military commentator Song Zhongping insisted China would not send arms, but said political, trade and military cooperation between Moscow and Beijing had deepened before the Ukraine war and would continue. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/ZVvcKfj

Addressing visa issue top priority, people-to-people ties bedrock of India-US relationship: Officials

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China says it's seeking role in Ukraine peace settlement

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Russian pranksters call Angela Merkel posing as Ukraine's ex-leader

Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexei Stolyarov, known as Vovan and Lexus, posted on their Telegram channel what they said were excerpts from the call. The pair have previously embarrassed European politicians including French President Emmanuel Macron, Polish President Andrzej Duda and then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, with similar hoax calls. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/AsD7QSc

IMF to Pakistan: Function like a country, make the rich pay taxes & poor get subsidies

In an interview with Deutsche Welle on Friday, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said Pakistan needs to take strong measures to avoid getting into a "dangerous place" where its debt needs to be restructured. She said IMF was clear it wanted the poor people of Pakistan to be protected, Dawn reported, "It shouldn't be that the wealthy benefit from subsidies. It should be the poor (who) benefit from them." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/IfgdjYw

Darkened plane, silent overnight train: How Joe Biden's surprise trip to Kyiv was kept secret

This 10-hour trip into Ukraine, though, was unlike any taken by a modern US president -- journeying into an active war zone where, unlike presidential visits to Afghanistan or Iraq, US troops are not the ones providing security. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/0473aGz

Imran Khan appears in court for first time after assassination bid on him

A large number of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers and supporters had gathered outside the court to welcome Imran after he arrived at the court amid tight security. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2oD5WhB

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes Turkey-Syria border region

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake at a depth of two km (1.2 miles) struck the Turkey-Syria border region on Monday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The report came hours after US secretary of state Antony Blinken told Turkey that Washington would help "for as long as it takes" after devastating, deadly earthquakes in the same region two weeks ago. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/hKec8js

US believes China considering giving Russia weapons: Blinken

The top diplomats of the two superpowers met at an undisclosed location on the sidelines of a global security conference in Munich, just hours after Wang scolded Washington as “hysterical” in a running dispute over the US downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3qJSMf7

US believes China considering giving Russia weapons: Blinken

The top diplomats of the two superpowers met at an undisclosed location on the sidelines of a global security conference in Munich, just hours after Wang scolded Washington as “hysterical” in a running dispute over the US downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/3qJSMf7

North Korea fires unspecified ballistic missile: South Korea military

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India, US set to take forward civil N-sector cooperation

Ways for possible cooperation in nuclear commerce under the framework of the India-US nuclear agreement of 2008 figured prominently in the talks US assistant secretary of state for energy resources Geoffrey R Pyatt had with his Indian interlocutors in Delhi on February 16 and 17. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/GKSCzoY

Three teenage girls and gunman dead in Texas shooting

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Three teenage girls and gunman dead in Texas shooting

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Jimmy Carter, 39th US president, in hospice care

Carter was a little-known Georgia governor when he began his bid for the presidency ahead of the 1976 election. He went on to defeat then-President Gerald R. Ford, capitalizing as a Washington outsider in the wake of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal that drove Richard Nixon from office in 1974. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/A46wbcd

Jimmy Carter, 39th US president, in hospice care

Carter was a little-known Georgia governor when he began his bid for the presidency ahead of the 1976 election. He went on to defeat then-President Gerald R. Ford, capitalizing as a Washington outsider in the wake of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal that drove Richard Nixon from office in 1974. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/A46wbcd

Blinken meets China's top diplomat amid balloon spat

The US has been in a state of alarm since a huge white balloon from China was spotted over a series of secret nuclear weapons sites, before being shot down just off the east coast on February 4. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/hSmbizV

Blinken meets China's top diplomat amid balloon spat

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Time to ramp up support for Iranian people, former Shah's son says

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‘No trace of carcinogenic gas’: US officials reassure public after Ohio train derailment

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6 shot dead in small Mississippi town, suspect in custody

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