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Biden signs executive orders on gender equity to...
Washington (US), March 9: Marking the International Women's Day, U.S. President Joe Biden signed two executive orders aimed to promote...

U.S. Republican party defends right to use Trump's...
Washington (US), March 9: The Republican National Committee (RNC) on Monday defended its right to use former President Donald Trump...

U.S. reaches consensus on new 'six-year' SMA with...
Washington (US), March 9: The new defense cost-sharing agreement between South Korea and the United States will be effective for...

Colombia reports 3,411 new COVID-19 cases
Bogota (Colombia), March 8: Colombia registered 3,411 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, taking its nationwide tally to...

Blinken pushes UN-led peace conference in letter to...
Washington (US), March 8: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken proposed a United Nations-led peace conference on the Afghan issue...

Maduro says feeling well after getting Sputnik V...
Buenos Aires (Argentina), March 8: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says he is feeling fine after getting a shot of the...

U.S. Senate passes 1.9-trln-USD relief bill after marathon...
Washington (US), March 7: The evenly split U.S. Senate on Saturday narrowly passed a 1.9-trillion-U.S.-dollar COVID-19 relief bill after a...

Venezuelan Armed Forces launch military drills to bolster...
Caracas (Venezuela), March 6: The Chief of Staff of the Strategic Operational Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB)...

Blinken Speaks to Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan About...
Washington (US), March 6: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan about the importance...

NASA's Perseverance rover performs first drive on Mars
Washington (US), March 6: NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover performed its first drive on Mars on Thursday, covering 6.5 meters...

Biden agrees war power authority to be updated:...
Washington (US), March 6: U.S. President Joe Biden agreed that authorizations for the use of military force (AUMF) that justify...

UN chief appoints U.S. diplomat as assistant secretary-general...
New York (USA) Mar 5: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday appointed Cherith Norman Chalet of the United States as...

UN receives new letter concerning position of Myanmar's...
New York (USA) Mar 5: The United Nations has received new communication from Myanmar's UN Mission concerning the position of...

U.S. adds Myanmar ministries, commercial entities to blacklist
Washington DC (USA) Mar 5: The U.S. Department of Commerce on Thursday added Myanmar's Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Home...

U.S. weekly jobless claims rise to 745,000
Washington DC (USA) Mar 5: Initial jobless claims last week in the United States rose to 745,000, indicating stalled recovery...

Cambodia further postpones 13th ASEM Summit to last...
Phnom Penh (Cambodia) Mar 5: Cambodia, the host of the 13th ASEM Summit (ASEM13), has decided to further postpone the...

U.S. Senate confirms Biden's pick Cecilia Rouse to...
Washington (US), March 3: U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to confirm Cecilia Rouse, a Princeton University economist, to lead...

Donald Trump received coronavirus vaccine before leaving White...
Washington (US), March 2: Both former U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump received coronavirus vaccine in private...

State Department says strong trilateral relationships among S....
Washington (US), March 2: "Strong, close" relationships among South Korea, the United States and Japan advance their shared goals of...

IMF chief calls for strong G20 policies to...
Washington (US), February 27: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Friday called for "strong and determined action"...

Argentine health minister tests positive for COVID-19
Buenos Aires (Argentina), February 27: Argentine Health Minister Carla Vizzotti on Friday said she had tested positive for COVID-19 and...

Biden warns Iran to "be careful" after U.S....
Washington (US), February 27: U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday warned Iran to "be careful" when asked what message he...

UN Security Council demands COVID-19 vaccine ceasefires
United Nations, February 27: The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously passed a resolution calling on all member states to...

Canada will Review US Khashoggi report, wants full...
Toronto (Canada), February 27: Canada will review the US intelligence report on the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the...

Russian Embassy in Canada denounces Ottawa's attempts to...
Toronto (Canada), February 27: The Russian Embassy in Canada denounced as "clear interference" in Russia's internal affairs the refusal by...

California tops 50,000 COVID-19 deaths
California (USA) Feb 26: The California authority reported Thursday that the United States' most populous state had 50,991 deaths from...

U.S. records nearly 2,000 coronavirus variants infections as...
Washington DC (USA) Feb 26: Nearly 2,000 infection cases of coronavirus variants have been reported in the United States, according...