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    Former Obama aide Malley to be named Biden’s envoy on Iran

    29 Jan 2021

    Biden’s top diplomat on Wednesday stuck to the new administration’s stance that Tehran must resume complying with the Iran nuclear deal before Washington would do so.

    Pioneering US actress Cicely Tyson passes away at 96

    29 Jan 2021

    Tyson’s most-lauded performances came in historical works such as the 1972 movie “Sounder” in which she played a Louisiana sharecropper’s wife. That film earned Tyson her only Academy Award nomination, but she received an honorary Oscar in November 2018.

    Trump extends visa ban; court clears health insurance rule

    01 Jan 2021

    The twin developments on the final day of 2020 encapsulated how Trump has made US immigration policy more restrictive without support from Congress. President-elect Joe Biden has promised to undo many of Trump’s actions but it is unclear how quickly and even to what extent.

    Trump impeachment goes to Senate, triggering trial

    26 Jan 2021

    In a solemn procession, the nine House impeachment managers silently walked the article through the same ornate halls of Congress overrun by Trump supporters on Jan.6 and delivered it to the Senate.

    Biden vows to replace US government fleet with electric vehicles

    26 Jan 2021

    The White House did not immediately answer questions about over what period Biden planned to replace current vehicles. It could cost the US $20 billion or more to replace the fleet.

    China to conduct military drills in S.China Sea amid tensions with US

    26 Jan 2021

    A US carrier group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt entered the South China Sea on Saturday to promote “freedom of the seas,” the US military said, days after Joe Biden began his term as president.

    Don’t treat China as ‘strategic rival,’ says China’s ambassador to US

    28 Jan 2021

    In the first major speech by a Chinese official on relations between the world’s two biggest economies since Biden took office, Ambassador Cui Tiankai reasserted China’s long-standing position of seeking peaceful coexistence with the United States,

    Washington, Moscow need to start strategic dialogue: Russia envoy

    28 Jan 2021

    Despite former president Donald Trump being enamored of Putin and frequently undercutting his own administration’s tough stance on Russia, relations between Moscow and Washington were at a low point when the Biden presidency began on Jan.20.

    Global coronavirus cases surpass 100 million

    27 Jan 2021

    The daily number of new coronavirus infections in France stayed above 20,000 on average for the fourth straight day on Tuesday, while hospitalisations reached an eight-week high of 27,041.

    ‘Crazy and evil’: Bill Gates surprised by pandemic conspiracies

    27 Jan 2021

    Gates, a billionaire who stepped down as chairman of Microsoft Corp in 2014, has through his philanthropic Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation committed at least $1.75 billion to the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. That includes support for some makers of vaccines,

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