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US utilities lobby White House to let Russian uranium imports to continue

US nuclear power industry is pushing White House to allow uranium imports from Russia to continue despite the war in Ukraine, with cheap supplies of fuel seen as key to keeping electricity prices low

Hawaii to lift Covid-19 travel quarantine requirements this month

Hawaii has one of the lowest coronavirus infection rates in the United States

Russia seeks to pause investor stampede as sanctions hammer economy

Russia seeks to place temporary restrictions on foreigners seeking to exit Russia assets, as it tried to stem an investor retreat driven by crippling Western sanctions imposed over Ukraine invasion

US says it's keeping an eye on China as it backs Ukraine against Russia

Russia, China seek to expand their military influence both regionally and globally, with Moscow invading Ukraine and Beijing seeking to wrest control of Taiwan, US Department of Defence said

Russia's invasion of Ukraine boosts US cable news network viewership

Cable news viewership jumped during Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with Fox News Channel leading the way and CNN showing the most dramatic increases. CNN, Fox and MSNBC collectively averaged 6.4 million viewers in prime time between the start of the war last Wednesday and Sunday night. That's up from their January average of 4 million, the Nielsen company said. For the full day between Wednesday and Sunday, Fox averaged 2.32 million viewers, up 64% from the quieter news month of January. CNN's audience soared from 633,000 in January to 1.75 million last week, up 178%. MSNBC had 980,000 for its war coverage, up 51% over January. Those numbers match a trend: CNN tends to have the most dramatic increases during big news events while its rivals, more focused on political talk, are steadier in the quiet periods. In entertainment, the venerable series Law & Order returned last week, with 5.8 million people watching the debut of its revival last Thursday. That along with the Chicago Fir

Ukraine crisis: US expels Russian 'intelligence operative' working at UN

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric confirmed that the UN was informed Monday that the US was taking action to expel a staff member working for the UN Secretariat

As Ukraine conflict rages, Biden seeks to unite Americans in annual speech

Biden intends to use the annual speech to stress the importance of countering Putin and push his domestic economic agenda

China warns US of 'heavy price' for backing Taiwan's independence

China on Tuesday warned the US that it will pay a "heavy price" for its attempts to show support to Taiwan's independence as a delegation of ex-American defence officials landed in Taipei

Real danger of Ukraine acquiring nuclear weapons required response: Russia

Ukraine accuses Russia of 'war crimes' at UN session, Kyiv seeks meeting on Russian aggression, WMD; diplomats boycott Lavrov speeches at UN forums

Pfizer Covid vaccine less effective kids aged 5-11 against Omicron: Study

The study examined Pfizer vaccine effectiveness from December 13, 2021 to January 30, 2022, among 852,384 fully-vaccinated children 12-17 years and 365,502 children 5-11 years

United States recieves 65,000 petitions for H-1B visa cap for 2022: USCIS

The US has received enough petitions needed to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa cap for the fiscal year 2022, a federal agency has announced.

US expels 12 diplomats from Russia's mission to UN, Moscow says hostile act

US has expelled 12 diplomats from Russia's mission to the UN, saying they engaged in espionage activities, a move which Moscow described as hostile action and gross violation of commitments by the US

Experts call for caution as US CDC allows people to stay mask-free indoors

Health experts have urged the people not to let down mask entirely as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated guideline allowing most Americans to unmask indoors.

Ukraine's ambassador to US says Kyiv needs weapons to fight Russia

Senators emerged from a Monday evening meeting with Ambassador Oksana Markarova at the Capitol as Congress is preparing supplemental funding to help Ukraine during the crisis.

GM, other automakers suspend some business in Russia following invasion

Russian forces invaded Ukraine last week, marking the biggest attack by one state against another in Europe since World War Two.

Russian UN envoy regrets US decision to expel 12 members of his mission

Russia's permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia, on Monday regretted the US decision to expel 12 staff members of the Russian UN mission.

US to provide nearly $54 mn in additional humanitarian aid to Ukraine

Marking that not everyone can or will choose to flee Ukraine, US Deputy Permanent Representative to UN Richard Mills said that those who remain in Ukraine must be ensured unobstructed safety and aid

US targets Russia's central bank in latest sanctions action

The United States on Monday blocked Americans from engaging in any transactions involving Russia's central bank

US halts operations at embassy in Belarus, approves evacuation from Moscow

The State Department has closed the U.S. Embassy in Belarus and is allowing non-essential staff at the U.S. Embassy in Russia to leave the country due to the war in Ukraine.

Russia's Central Bank raises rate to help ruble amid Western sanctions

The bank's action follows the Western decision Sunday to freeze its hard currency reserves in an unprecedented move that could have devastating consequences for the country's financial stability