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Alejandro Mayorkas, nominee to be Secretary of Homeland Security (Photo credit: Reuters)

US Senate confirms Biden's pick for Homeland Security chief

Feb 03, 2021

Washington [US], February 3 : The Senate on Tuesday voted to confirm Alejandro Mayorkas after a Republican effort stalled confirmation of President Joe Biden's pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

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US Intel agency warns of threats from China collecting Americans' health data

Feb 03, 2021

Washington [US], February 3 : As relations between Washington and Beijing continue its downward spiral, the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) has warned that the efforts made by the Chinese Communist Party to obtain US health data, particularly DNA, through hacking had stepped up during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Former Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg endorsed Joe Biden's campaign in Dallas

Buttigieg becomes first openly LGBTQ confirmed US Cabinet member

Feb 03, 2021
State Department Spokseperson Ned Price

US demands China end pressure on Taiwan, engage in dialogue

Feb 03, 2021

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Alexey Navalny

World leaders call for Putin critic Navalny's release

Feb 03, 2021

Washington [US], February 3 : Politicians from across the world have condemned the Moscow Court's sentence of Russian...
Swedish Climate activist Greta Thunberg

After RiRi, Greta Thunberg, others extend support to farmers' protest

Feb 03, 2021

Stockholm [Sweden], February 3 : Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has extended her support to the farmers protesting...
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Racially segregated counties in US have higher COVID-19 infections, deaths

Feb 03, 2021

Washington [US], February 3 : A study finds that residential racial segregation emerged as a factor in COVID-19...
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England tests door-to-door in hunt for new COVID-19 variant

Feb 02, 2021
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SpaceX Mars prototype rocket explodes upon landing

Feb 02, 2021
Russian Opposition Leader Alexey Navalny

Moscow court hands Putin critic Alexey Navalny over 2.5 year jail term

Feb 02, 2021
US President Joe Biden

US working with 'like-minded allies' India, Japan on Myanmar coup

Feb 02, 2021
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2 FBI agents shot dead while serving warrant in Florida

Feb 02, 2021
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India key production partner for Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, says RDIF CEO

Feb 02, 2021
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Protestors block minister's vehicle as demonstrations against Parliament dissolution continue to rage in Nepal

Feb 02, 2021
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UK researchers suggest 1 dose of Pfizer vaccine not enough to kill S African COVID strain

Feb 02, 2021
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Sangeeta Bahadur appointed as High Commissioner of India to Malta

Feb 02, 2021
He was admitted to hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, Hannah Ingram-Moore, said on Twitter on January 31. (Photo: Twitter @captaintommoore)

UK's lockdown hero 'Captain Tom' dies of COVID-19

Feb 02, 2021
Nepal Ambassador Nilamber Acharya

Confident to get more COVID-19 vaccine doses from India, says Nepal envoy

Feb 02, 2021
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At least 50 rockets fired from Pakistan landed in Afghanistan's Kunar

Feb 02, 2021