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US interested in transferring its capital from China to India, says Gadkari

Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said that the US has shown its interest in transferring its capital from China to India.

US working on new Covid-19 rules for international visitors

Jeffrey Zients, the White House Covid response coordinator, said current travel restrictions will remain in place until the administration rolls out a new system for regulating international travel

Oil slips but holds to most gains after draw in US stocks

Brent crude oil fell 13 cents, or 0.2%, to $75.33 a barrel by 0128 GMT, after settling up 2.5% the previous day.

US Soccer says it has offered men, women identical contracts

The men's contract expired in December 2018. The women's agreement runs through this December.

From NYSE to Met Gala, Emma Raducanu enjoying her celebrity status

Teenage tennis ace Emma Raducanu of Great Britain is thoroughly enjoying her celebrity status while in New York after clinching the US Open women's singles title on Sunday

US: Democrats try delicate tax maneuvers for $3.5 trillion bill

House Democrats began the serious work of trying to implement President Joe Biden's expansive spending plan, but getting there will require remarkable legislative nimbleness

US pressuring India to restart Covid-19 vaccine exports: Report

The US is quietly pressuring India to restart COVID-19 vaccine exports, Axios reported citing sources.According to the report, the Biden administration is planning to offer a higher-profile role for Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the COVID-19 global summit in New York if he agrees to release vaccines soon.Early this year, India halted vaccine exports as coronavirus cases surged in the country.According to Axios, convincing PM Modi to resume vaccine supply, is an important part of the Biden administration's strategy to mitigate the international spread of the virus.An administration official acknowledged discussing vaccine exports but denied they are tied to Modi's upcoming participation."We have regularly been communicating with [the] government of India in bilateral and multilateral channels to discuss vaccine supply and inquire about the timeline for exports, and these conversations are not tied to a specific summit or engagement," the U.S. official said on the condition of ...

'Fortress USA': How 9/11 attacks produced a military industrial juggernaut

The American state has always relied on force combined with the de-personalisation of its victims, writes Clare Corbould.

Afghanistan crisis: Taliban 'conundrum' is forcing strange bedfellows

Now that unlikely group of geopolitical rivals find their interests aligned once more, only this time to see those same Taliban leaders restore order in a nation of 38 million

Japan, US, South Korea urge North Korea to return to arms talks

Senior diplomats urged North Korea to return to talks over its missile and nuclear development, a day after it announced it successfully tested new long-range cruise missiles

US consumer price growth cools in August, smallest gain in seven months

Treasuries pared declines following the data, while the dollar fell and S&P 500 futures rose.

PM Modi to attend Quad summit in Washington on September 24: MEA

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the Quad leaders' summit in Washington on September 24, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Tuesday. The prime minister is also scheduled to address the 'General Debate' of the high-level segment of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 25 in New York, it said. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be participating, along with Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan and President Joseph R Biden of USA, in the Leaders' Summit of the Quadrilateral Framework in Washington DC, USA, on September 24," the MEA said in a statement. It said the leaders will review progress made since their first virtual summit on March 12 and discuss regional issues of shared interest. "As part of their ongoing efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, they will review the Quad Vaccine initiative which was announced in March this year," the MEA said. It said the ..

US to reassess ties with Pakistan over Afghanistan future, says Blinken

The US is going to be looking at its ties with Pakistan in the coming weeks to formulate the role America wants Islamabad to play in the future of Afghanistan, Secretary of State informed Congress

Democrats may propose raising corporate tax rate to 26.5%: Report

Ways and Means Committee set to debate proposal on Tuesday

United States steps up effort to unite families separated under Trump

The Biden administration is expanding its effort to find and reunite migrant families who were separated at the US-Mexico border under President Donald Trump

Oil prices rise to one-week high as US supply concerns dominate

Brent crude rose 62 cents, or 0.9%, to $73.54 a barrel at 0858 GMT

Manchin nixes Biden's $3.5 trn budget plan, urges $1.5 trn instead

I cannot support USD 3.5 trillion, Manchin said Sunday, citing in particular his opposition to a proposed increase in the corporate tax rate from 21 per cent to 28 per cent

Joe Biden to survey wildfire damage, make case for spending plan

Biden will promote his administration's use of the Defence Production Act to aid in wildfire preparedness during a western swing in which he'll survey wildfire damage in Idaho and California.

After US exit from Afghanistan, top US commanders wrestle with mistakes

US commanders who led the war in Afghanistan are struggling to decipher how the country collapsed to the Taliban and cautioned a possible "civil war"

September 11 and the debacle of 'nation-building' in Iraq and Afghanistan

Nation-building in Afghanistan and Iraq was the resurrection of a doctrine that should have been buried after Vietnam.