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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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