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WASHINGTON: An exhausted Senate narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill Saturday as President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies notched a victory they called crucial for hoisting the country out of the pandemic and…

WASHINGTON: The chances of a deeper investigation on the origins of the coronavirus pandemic and holding Beijing accountable will depend a great deal on Joe Biden administration, said Jianli Yang, a Chinese dissident and son of a former…

WASHINGTON: Senate leaders and moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin struck a deal late Friday over emergency jobless benefits, breaking a nine-hour logjam that had stalled the party's showpiece $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill. The…

BEIJING: China will resolutely deter any separatist activity seeking Taiwan's independence but is committed to promoting the peaceful growth of relations across the Taiwan Strait and China's "reunification", Premier Li Keqiang said on…

MUMBAI: A pleasant surprise for the Indian diaspora is contained in the 'American Dream and Promise Act’ – the reintroduction of which was announced by Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard on Wednesday. The reason – it promises a pathway…

WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday said it is appalled and revulsed to see the horrific violence perpetrated against the people of Myanmar for their peaceful calls to restore civilian governance. In an escalation of their…

MOSCOW: The Kremlin said Wednesday that new Western sanctions against Russia were "absolutely unacceptable" and dismissed claims that Moscow was behind the poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny. The European Union and the United…

WASHINGTON: Vernon Jordan, who grew up in the segregated South to become an influential leader in the American civil rights movement, Washington politics and Wall Street, has died at age 85, a CNBC and New York Times journalist said on…

WASHINGTON: The total number of global Covid-19 cases has topped 113 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.52 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Sunday morning, the University's…

WASHINGTON: A man accused of a triple murder in the US state of Oklahoma sliced one victim's heart from her body and cooked it with potatoes to serve to other victims before attacking them, US media reported Wednesday. The suspect,…