SMARTPHONE BRAND XIAOMI BLACKLISTED BY THE U.S.

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• US Department of Defense in a new list has targeted Xiaomi and now the American investors are refrained from placing their bets on the company

• The US had already blacklisted several companies including likes of Huawei and ZTE

• The compa...

LISA MONTGOMERY: FIRST WOMAN TO GET EXECUTED IN THE U.S. SINCE 1953

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• Montgomery, a native from Kansas aged 52 was pronounced dead at 1.31 a.m. after she was given a shot of a lethal injection at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Indiana

• According to the reports, Montgomery seemed momentarily bewildered while sh...

PRESIDENT TRUMP ORDERS US FLAG TO BE FLOWN HALF-STAFF TO HONOUR FALLEN CAPITOL OFFICERS

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• Both the officers were on duty when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol Complex last Wednesday

• Trump ordered that the US flag be flown half-mast at the White House and all federal buildings, grounds, and embassies

In order to honour...

FBI AGENTS SEARCH OFFICES & HOMES OF TENNESSEE LAWMAKERS

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• The searched properties included the homes of former GOP House Speaker Glen Casada and state Rep. Robin Smith

• Talking to the reporters, Republican Governor Bill Lee said he had a word with the current House Speaker Cameron Sexton

• Repor...

PRESIDENT TRUMP CONDEMNS VIOLENT SUPPORTERS THAT STORMED US CAPITOL

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• Trump said they don’t represent America and have vowed to ensure a peaceful and smooth transition of power to Democratic President-elect Joe Biden

• The US President added the infiltrators have defiled the seat of American democracy

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U.S. CAPITOL COMPLEX NOW SECURE: OFFICIALS

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• The lawmakers had applauded the announcement saying the Capitol is secure on Wednesday evening inside a secure location for the House officials

• The lawmakers have said that they are likely to resume the constitutionally mandated count as early as possi...

TWITTER STARTS LIMITING THE REACH OF TWEETS STOKING US CAPITOL VIOLENCE

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• The Twitter support team said “We have been significantly restricting engagement with tweets labeled under our Civic Integrity Policy due to the risk of violence.”

• As Congress was all set to certify the presidential election victory by the ...

U.S. DIDN’T IMPORT ANY SAUDI CRUDE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 35 YEARS

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• Recently Saudi Arabia had threatened to change the American energy industry by unleashing a tsunami of exports in the pandemic-affected market

• According to the weekly available data through June 2010 from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, thi...

WikiLeaks FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE WON’T BE EXTRADITED TO THE U.S.: UK COURT

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• Julian Assange will be not be extradited to the United States in order to face espionage charges over the publication of secret American documents a decade ago

• The 49 year old founder of WikiLeaks was indicted by the US prosecutors on 17 espionage char...

DANIEL PEARL CASE: LAWYERS OF SHEIKH & HIS AIDES FILE PLEA AGAINST REFUSAL OF PAK AUTHORITIES

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• The Sindh High Court in Pakistan had overturned a government detention order that Ahmed Omar Saeed Shaikh, who was convicted in the murder case should remain in custody

• The lawyers for Sheikh and his three aides have filed an appeal in the Sindh High C...

U.S. NEEDS TO DEPLOY MORE RESOURCES TO VACCINATE AMERICANS: DR. ANTHONY FAUCI

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• Dr. Fauci said “We would have liked to see it run smoothly and have 20 million doses into people today, by the end of 2020, which was the projection.”

• This statement from Fauci comes at a time when country missed its goal to get 20 million ...

U.S. SHOWING OFF FORCE BY SAILING WARSHIPS THROUGH TAIWAN STRAIT: CHINA

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• The ministry in a statement on its official microblog said “We firmly oppose this and we monitored the ships passage from the sea and air”

• The US Navy in a statement said their Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers USS John S. McCai...

FORMER SPY JONATHAN POLLARD ARRIVES IN ISRAEL, MEETS PM NETANYAHU AT THE AIRPORT

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• Jonathan Pollard and his wife Esther were greeted at the airport by the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who had recited a Jewish blessing with them

• Jonathan Pollard was taken in the custody in the year 1985 and was sentenced for life after pleading ...

AT LEAST 70 PERCENT OF CHINESE COMPANIES WITH MILITARY TIES INCLUDED IN MAJOR STOCK INDICES: U.S.

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• The State Department said these Chinese companies are involved in civilian and military production with money from the American investors

• The State Department had said that “The Chinese Communist Party’s threat to American national security...

U.S. FACES A CENTURY OF STRATEGIC COMPETITION FROM ECONOMIES LIKE CHINA: SNAPCHAT CEO

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• Evan Spiegel said the US faces a century of strategic competition from economies that are growing at a rapid pace like China

• Spiegel launched this photo sharing app while studying at Stanford University and became one of the world’s youngest bill...

LUKE LETLOW: FIRST MEMBER OF THE U.S. CONGRESS TO DIE FROM CORONAVIRUS

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• The news of Luke Letlow’s demise was announced by the Governor of Louisiana John Bel Edwards on microblogging site Twitter

• The Louisiana governor said he had ordered flags to be flown at half-staff on the day of late Congressman’s funeral

US DEFENCE DEPARTMENT NOT COOPERATING IN TRANSITION SAYS JOE BIDEN

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• Biden said his transition team had encountered obstruction from the political leadership and the agencies critical to US security suffered enormous damage under Trump

• Despite getting elected, Biden was blocked from receiving important intelligence brie...

BOEING 737 MAX WILL MAKE COMEBACK TO US SKIES ON TUESDAY

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• The aircraft maker worked with regulators in order to address technical issues and improve pilot training on the MAX

• The American Airlines said the first flight of Boeing 737 MAX, American flight 718 will take nearly 100 passengers from Miami to La Gua...

MONROE, CARNATION RATTLED BY TWO SMALL EARTHQUAKES

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• The epicentre of 2.9 magnitude earthquake which struck at around 2.40 a.m. on Monday was nearly three miles south of Monroe

• The magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded near the Lake Marcel-Stillwater area at around noon on Monday, which is few miles towa...

PHASE 3 TRIALS OF CORONAVIRUS VACCINE DEVELOPED BY NOVAVAX START IN U.S.

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• In the U.S. and Mexico, the new trials will be conducted on nearly 30,000 volunteers ageing more than 18

• As per the statement the goal is that minimum of 25 percent of the participants in the U.S. and Mexico trials should be aged 65 and over

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