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International cooperation key to deal with ransomware ecosystem: US
International cooperation is key to deal with the challenge of ransomware, a top US official said on Wednesday
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US consumer prices outpace forecast as inflation dogs economy
A combination of unprecedented shipping challenges, materials shortages, high commodities prices and rising wages have sharply driven up costs for producers
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United States asks Tesla why it didn't recall Autopilot driving system
The latest clash provides more evidence of escalating tensions between Tesla and the agency that regulates partially automated driving systems.
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China exports up 28% in September; surplus with United States grows
China's global trade surplus rose to $68 billion in September from $52 billion in August
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FM highlights significant reforms in meeting with institutional investors
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday highlighted "significant reforms" undertaken by the government including NMP and NIP as she met institutional investors here.
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US delegation holds talks with Taliban for first time since Aug withdrawal
The discussions in Doha, Qatar, covered the need for safe passage of US citizens, other foreign nationals and Afghan partners, State Department spokesman Ned Price said
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McConnell seizes on debt standoff to undermine Biden agenda
McConnell is no longer the majority leader, but he is exerting his minority status in convoluted and uncharted ways
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Taliban say they won't work with US to contain Islamic State
Senior Taliban officials and U.S. representatives are to meet Saturday and Sunday in Doha, the capital of the Persian Gulf state of Qatar.
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US, Taliban to hold first talks since Afghanistan withdrawal
Senior Taliban officials and U.S. representatives are to hold talks Saturday and Sunday about containing extremist groups in Afghanistan and easing the evacuation of foreign citizens
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Suicide bomber attack in Afghan mosque 'enormous tragedy': US
The US has condemned the suicide bomber attack on a mosque in northern Afghanistan that killed at least 46 people, saying it is an "enormous tragedy" and people of that country deserve better. "Obviously, any loss is an enormous tragedy, and our heart goes out to the families who lost loved ones," White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters at her daily news conference on Friday. "We, of course, will continue to work in partnership with leaders in the region to work to get partners who stood by our side out of Afghanistan, who want to depart. That's something that there's ongoing work on, as we speak," Psaki said. In a separate statement, State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said that the US condemns in the strongest terms the Friday's attack on worshippers at a mosque in northern Afghanistan. "We offer our deepest condolences to the victims and their families. The Afghan people deserve a future free of terror," Price said. An Islamic State suicide bomber struck at a .
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White House backs release of Trump records to January 6 committee
The White House said on Friday that it will not assert executive privilege to hold former President Donald Trump-era documents from a House committee probing the January 6 Capitol riot
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Biden wants to address delays in Green Card processing system: White House
US President Joe Biden wants to address the delays in the Green Card processing system, the White House has said. The inordinate delay in the procession of hundreds and thousands of talented Indian technology professionals, at times running into several decades, is one of the major issues of concern among the Indian-Americans and their dependent children living here. "The president absolutely wants to address the delays in the green card processing system as well," White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters at her daily news conference on Friday. She was responding to a question on the waste of some 80,000 unused employment-based Green Card numbers, which is officially called Legal Permanent Residency on October 1, as the US Citizenship and Immigration Services are unable to allocate them to several millions waiting in line for green card. Indian technology professionals, for thousands of whom the wait is running into decades, had urged the Biden Administration and the US
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US appeals court lets Texas temporarily resume abortion law
A federal appeals courts has allowed Texas to temporarily resume banning most abortions, just one day after clinics across the state began rushing to serve patients again
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India, US discussed developments in Afghan, cross-border terrorism: MEA
The recent developments in Afghanistan, the need to counter cross-border terrorism figured prominently in US deputy secretary of state's talks with her Indian interlocutors
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US cannot stop issuing visas during travel bans, federal judge rules
A US federal judge has declared it unlawful for the State Department to use travel bans issued to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as a reason to stop processing visas for otherwise eligible travellers
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Oil prices ease as US mulls strategic reserve sales
Oil prices extended losses from the previous session on Thursday, as the United States said it was considering selling oil from its strategic reserves
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Oil drops for second session on unexpected rise in US inventories
Oil prices dropped for a second session Thursday, under pressure from an unexpected rise in U.S. crude stocks that raised concerns over demand after prices rallied to multi-year highs.
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US federal judge temporarily blocks Texas' near-total abortion ban
A federal judge in the south-central U.S. state of Texas temporarily blocked the state's highly controversial near-total abortion ban.District Judge Robert Pitman issued an order on Wednesday to suspend the country's most restrictive abortion state law, which has since Sept. 1 banned abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, typically occurring roughly six weeks into pregnancy."The State has forfeited the right to any such accommodation by pursuing an unprecedented and aggressive scheme to deprive its citizens of a significant and well-established constitutional right," Pitman wrote in his ruling.Abortion services in Texas may not instantly resume even with the law on hold, an ABC News report said, because doctors still fear they could be sued without a more permanent legal decision.Local officials swiftly appealed the order to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which previously allowed the restrictions to take effect.The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments in ...
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Afghanistan needs immediate support, physical cash. Inaction is untenable
The Taliban's cruelties are horrendous, but withholding international support and maintaining blanket sanctions will only hurt the long-suffering Afghan people.
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US reveals number of nuclear warheads; down by 55 from a year ago
The US published on Tuesday the number of nuclear warheads the country stockpiles for the first time in four years
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