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US sends 400m Covid vaccine doses to 112 nations – Pakistan gets 4.7m
The United States has shipped 400 million Covid-19 vaccine doses as part of its earlier pledge to donate about 1.2 billion doses to low-income countries, the White House...
US legislature responds to lawmaker’s racist remarks by approving Islamophobia bill
When Republican Representative Lauren Boebert cracked a racist, Islamophobic joke about Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar in the US House of Representatives, it...
US authorizes Covid boosters for all over 18s
The United States on Friday authorized Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccine boosters to all people aged 18 and older, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said. Boosters...
Turkey agrees to protect Kabul airport as US forces leave Afghanistan
President Joe Biden and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan agreed in a meeting this week that Turkey would take a lead role in securing Kabul airport as the United...
Politicising COVID-19 origins hampers investigations: Chinese embassy in US
Story by Reuters Politicising the origins of COVID-19 will hamper investigations, said China’s embassy in the United States on Thursday. The development comes...
US authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for 12-15 year olds
Story by AFP The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday authorized the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 12 to 15 years old....
‘Tough’ US-China talks signal rocky start to relations under Biden
Story by Reuters U.S. and Chinese officials concluded on Friday (March 20) what Washington called “tough and direct” talks in Alaska, which laid bare the depth of...
US, Japan warn China on ‘coercion, destabilising behaviour’
Story by AFP The United States and Japan warned Beijing against “coercion and destabilising behaviour” on Tuesday after top-level diplomatic and defence...
US report says China caused electricity breakdown in Mumbai
Computer networks of at least 12 Indian state-run organisations, primarily power utilities and load dispatch centres, have been targeted by Chinese state-sponsored...
China, United States advised to refresh relations
Officials and experts have urged China and the United States to reshape their damaged relationship and called on the new US administration to employ positive policies to...