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Relationship with India not impacted by tensions with Russia: US

We have a relationship with India that stands on its own merits, State Department spokesperson Ned Price told reporters at his daily news conference on Thursday

America stands with India against Chinese aggression: US senators

Beijing is hosting the Winter Olympics amidst a diplomatic boycott by the US, European Union and several western countries over their allegations of human rights violations in Xinjiang

FBI confirms it bought spyware Pegasus from Israel's NSO Group

The agency added in a statement Thursday that it obtained a limited license from the Israeli firm for product testing and evaluation only

'US athletes entitled to express themselves freely at Beijing Olympics'

Human rights activists have made claims that Beijing is silencing critics domestically ahead of the Winter Olympics

US to deploy additional 3,000 troops to Europe amid Ukraine tensions

The US has already put some 8,500 troops on "heightened alert," in preparation for what it claimed to be an "imminent" Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Zuckerberg's plan to overcome Washington's aversion to metaverse

Mark Zuckerberg has a problem money can't fix: convincing Capitol Hill that the metaverse - whatever that is - isn't evil

Ukraine crisis: US will send 2,000 troops; Germany allots 1,000 soldiers

President Joe Biden is sending about 2,000 troops from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to Poland and Germany this week and shifting roughly 1,000 Germany-based soldiers to Romania

US asks UN to meet on North Korea missile that can reach US

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned Sunday's launch, saying it broke the North's announced moratorium on such launches

Winter storm to bring snow and ice across wide swath of US

The forecast comes nearly a year after a catastrophic winter storm devastated Texas' power grid, causing hundreds of deaths

Multiple US colleges, universities receive bomb threats: Reports

Nothing was found on any of the campuses that received threats, university officials said

Democrats decried dark money, then won with it in 2020 elections

The left warned of the threat of corruption posed by corporations and billionaires spending unlimited sums through loosely regulated nonprofits

Ukraine crisis: Britain preps big troop deployment in Europe

Boris Johnson said the deployment would send a clear message to Kremlin

NSO says criticisms 'hypocritical', blacklisting by US will be rescinded

Israel's embattled cyber tech company NSO Group has denied wrongdoing as it called criticism of its sale of Pegasus spyware programme to non-democratic countries "hypocritical"

North Korea tests longest-range missile since 2017; US condemns

North Korea on Sunday fired what appeared to be the most powerful missile it has tested since President Joe Biden took office

US embassy in Kiev recommends citizens to leave Ukraine again

The US Embassy in Kiev urged its citizens to leave Ukraine due to the "unpredictable" security situation and recommended them a number of possible destinations.This comes as the US has accused Russia of aggression against Ukraine. Moscow continues to say that it is not going to attack anyone and that claims about Russian aggression are used as a pretext to deploy NATO military equipment near Russian borders."The security situation in Ukraine continues to be unpredictable due to the increased threats of Russian military action and can deteriorate with little notice. US citizens in Ukraine should consider departing now using commercial or other privately available transportation options," the US Embassy said in a statement on Saturday.The embassy suggested that citizens go to countries near Ukraine, for example, to Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Moldova. However, it is not recommended to enter Moldova "through the breakaway region of Transnistria," as in this case, the ...

Explained: Why US sanctions may target individual Russians over Ukraine

The US has threatened Russia with financial sanctions carrying severe consequences if it invades Ukraine, but so far plenty of people have been prime targets for Western pain.

Registration for H1-B visas for FY23 to begin in March, says US

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that the initial registration period for the coveted H1-B visas for FY2023 will run through March 1-18.

FAA clears Verizon and AT&T to power up more towers for new 5G service

Federal safety regulators say they have cleared the way for Verizon and AT&T to power up more towers for new 5G service without causing radio interference with airplanes. The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday that it took the steps after receiving details from the telecommunications companies about the location of wireless transmitters. The FAA said the data helped it to better map areas around airports where new new high-speed 5G service won't hinder the ability of planes to land during poor weather. Verizon and AT&T declined to comment. Nick Ludlum, a spokesman for the telecommunications trade group CTIA, called it a positive development that highlights the considerable progress the wireless industry, aviation industry, FAA and FCC are making to ensure robust 5G service and safe flights. Aviation groups and the FAA had warned that the companies' 5G service, which uses part of the radio spectrum called C-Band, was too close to the spectrum range used by instruments .

Russia says it won't start a war amid Ukraine tension

Biden, EU pledge cooperation on energy security amid the standoff

Biden heads to Pennsylvania to talk infrastructure as bridge collapses

Joe Biden was headed to Pittsburgh to promote the benefits of his infrastructure package set to appear just two miles from the site of an early-morning bridge collapse