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Tokyo Olympics 2020: Lydia Jacoby wins swimming gold for the US

Alaska has an Olympic swimming champion. Seventeen-year-old high schooler Lydia Jacoby gave the United States a victory in the women's 100-meter breaststroke, knocking off teammate and defending Olympic champion Lilly King. Jacoby was the first swimmer from the state ever to make the U.S. Olympic swimming team. Now, she's heading back to Anchorage with a gold medal, rallying to win in 1 minute, 4.95 seconds. South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker claimed the silver in 1:05.22, while King gave the Americans another medal by taking the bronze in 1:05.54. The American men have lost a backstroke race at the Olympic pool for the first time 1992. Russian athletes swept the top two spots in the 100-meter back, with Evgeny Rylov claiming the gold medal in 51.98 seconds and teammate Kliment Kolesnikov taking the silver in 52.00. The defending Olympic champion, American Ryan Murphy, settled for the bronze in 52.19. It was the first backstroke defeat for the U.S. men at the Olympics since the

Joe Biden, Kadhimi seal agreement to end US combat mission in Iraq

The agreement comes at a politically delicate time for the Iraqi government and could be a boost for Baghdad

Asia equities tick up, as investors look to the US; Nikkei rises 0.58%

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian equity markets rose cautiously Tuesday, after touching year to date lows the day before, with traders keeping at least half an eye on the United States where major companies report earnings and the Federal Reserve meets on policy this week.

Xi Jinping visiting Tibet is a threat to India, says senior US Congressman

President Xi Jinping visiting Tibet last week is a threat to India, an influential US lawmaker has said, accusing the Joe Biden-led administration of not doing enough to stop the Chinese "march".

US to end combat mission in Iraq by end of year: President Joe Biden

US President Joe Biden said on Monday that American forces in Iraq will end the combat mission by the end of the year while continuing to train and assist Iraqi forces.

PayPal to research transactions that fund hate groups, extremists

PayPal is partnering with non-profit organisation Anti-Defamation League to investigate how extremist and hate movements in US take advantage of financial platforms to fund their criminal activities

US will not lift travel restrictions, citing Delta variant: White House

The United States will not lift any existing travel restrictions "at this point" due to concerns over the highly transmissible Covid-19 Delta variant and the rising number of U.S. coronavirus cases

China attacks US at bilateral talks; hands over list of demands

Striking an aggressive stance at the face-to-face talks with the US, China on Monday for the first time handed down to Washington a list of demands and remedial actions to be taken by the Biden administration to end the "stalemate" in bilateral ties. Talks between Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng and US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman to improve the relations got off on a rough note at the northeastern Chinese port city of Tianjin, with Xie launching a blistering attack on Washington, accusing it of being the "owner of coercive diplomacy". Sherman, the No. 2 diplomat of the US, is the highest-ranking American official to visit China since President Joe Biden took office six months ago. She started her meetings with Xie, who is in-charge of the US-China relations, and is due to hold talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at a resort hotel in Tianjin. Besides launching a well-publicised scathing attack on the US, accusing it of "bullying" other countries with "migh

US President Biden, Iraqi PM to announce end of US combat mission in Iraq

The US troop presence has stood at about 2,500 since late last year when former President Donald Trump ordered a reduction from 3,000.

Decision to train in US before Olympics helped me win medal: Mirabai Chanu

With this monumental silver medal, Chanu has become the second Indian weightlifter to win an Olympic medal after Karnam Malleswari bagged bronze in the 69kg category at the 2000 Sydney Games

2020 Tokyo Olympics: Russian men beat US in volleyball match

The men's volleyball team from Russia has beaten the United States in pool-play action. The Russians took control when they held off two match points before taking the second set 27-25 to go up 2-0. The Americans rallied to win the third set before falling 25-23 in the final set for their first loss of the tournament. The U.S. had swept France in its opening pool play match. The ROC team is now 2-0 after beating Argentina in their first match. In an earlier pool play match Monday, Iran beat Venezuela 3-0 for its second straight win.

China blames US for 'stalemate' in relations, as talks begin

China blamed the US for what it called a stalemate in bilateral relations as high-level face-to-face talks began Monday in the Chinese city of Tianjin. Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng urged the US to change its highly misguided mindset and dangerous policy, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. The China-US relationship is in a stalemate because some Americans portray China as an imagined enemy, Xinhua quoted Xie as telling US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman. America's No. 2 diplomat is discussing the fraught relationship between the countries in separate meetings with Xie, who is in charge of US-China relations, and Foreign Minister Wang Yi at a closed-off resort hotel in the city of Tianjin. Sherman is the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit China since President Joe Biden took office six months ago. Relations between the countries deteriorated sharply under his predecessor, Donald Trump, and the two sides remain at odds over a host of issues including technology, .

Dressel wins US Olympic swimming gold; Aussie beats Ledecky

Caeleb Dressel got started on his quest for six gold medals in swimming Monday, while Katie Ledecky found herself in a very unusual position

Senior US diplomat Wendy Sherman in China for talks on fraught ties

America's No. 2 diplomat has arrived in China to discuss the fraught relationship between the countries on Monday with two top Foreign Ministry officials.

Sparked by Covid pandemic fallout, homeschooling surges across the US

The surge has been confirmed by the US Census Bureau

Delta variant forces Silicon Valley giants to rethink office-return plans

Some companies said the recent spike in cases had not yet affected their return-to-office planning. Facebook still intends to reopen at 50 percent capacity by early September

Blinken to raise human rights with Indian officials during India visit

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will raise issues of human rights and democracy with Indian officials during his first visit to New Delhi

China imposes sanctions on US officials, entities under anti-foreign law

China on Friday imposed sanctions on seven US individuals and entity, under Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, in response to the US penalties imposed on the Hong Kong officials

Tech use against civil society, regime critics, journalists concerning: US

United States has said it is against the use of spying technology on civil society, regime critics, and journalists, even as it maintained that the US has no particular insight into the Pegasus issue

India and Pakistan need to work together to resolve bilateral issues: US

India and Pakistan need to work with each other to resolve their bilateral issues, United States has said, observing that it had always encouraged two neighbours to build a more stable relationship