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Biden hopes anyone can get vaccine by spring

US President Joe Biden’s underpromise-overdeliver strategy on Covid-19 vaccine allocation landed its most optimistic message yet, pointing to vaccination for any American who wants a shot by “this Spring”…writes Nikhila Natarajan. Responding

26 January 2021

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Senate panel backs Blinken as Secretary of State

Three Republican Senators — Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and John Barrasso — voted against the nomination….reports Asian Lite News The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has voted to approve President Joe Biden’s

26 January 2021

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Yellen becomes the 1st female Secretary of Treasury Senate

The US Senate on Monday voted to approve President Joe Biden’s nomination of former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen to be the next US Treasury Secretary, making her the first woman to

26 January 2021

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Biden revokes Trump’s transgender military ban

The executive order “sets the policy that all Americans who are qualified to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States should be able to serve,” the White House said in

25 January 2021

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US confirms 1st case of Brazilian Covid variant

The case was detected in the state of Minnesota…reports Asian Lite News The US has detected the first case of a new coronavirus variants which was first discovered in Brazil, according to

25 January 2021

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US adds South Africa to travel ban list

Biden is also expected to reinstate broader restrictions that would affect non-US citizens travelling from the Schengen area of Europe, Britain, Ireland, which share a common visa process…reports Asian Lite News US

25 January 2021

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Johnson vows to ‘deepen ties’ with Biden

This was the first phone call between the two leaders since Biden’s inauguration as the 46th US President on January 20…reports Asian Lite News UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he “looks

24 January 2021

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Tehran denies direct contact with Biden admin

Former US President Donald Trump had unilaterally withdrawn the country from the JCPOA in May 2018….reports Asian Lite News A top Iranian official has said that the Islamic Republic has had no

24 January 2021

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Merkel wants talk with Biden Team on Nord Stream 2

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that she wants to speak to the administration of new US President Joe Biden about the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project that faces American sanctions. At

22 January 2021

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‘It’s what people need, what the country needs’

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that House committees will work on a new Covid-19 relief package from next week. “We’re getting ready for a Covid relief package. We’ll be

22 January 2021

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