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‘Tell me how this ends’

Now that Vladimir Putin is well into his much-feared full-scale assault on Ukraine, Western analysts are consumed by...

Published 28 Feb, 2022 08:06am

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Federal oil lease sales delayed as Interior Dept navigates court decisions

WASHINGTON: Upcoming federal oil and gas lease sales will be delayed as the Interior Department figures out how to...

Published 20 Feb, 2022 12:21pm

Markets

New China tariff probe among options considered by Biden

WASHINGTON: The Biden administration is considering a range of options if talks over China's unmet "Phase 1"...

Published 09 Feb, 2022 10:38pm

World

US weighs Chevron request to take Venezuela oil for debt payments

WASHINGTON: The Biden administration is considering a Chevron Corp proposal to allow the US oil major to accept and...

Published 08 Feb, 2022 06:10am

World

US faces snags in bid to speed up at-risk Afghan evacuations

WASHINGTON: A lack of flights and the search for a new US reception center are among the hurdles facing the White...

Published 04 Feb, 2022 10:19am

World

Biden says administration mulling re-designating Yemen's Houthis a terrorist group

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday his administration is considering re-designating Yemen's Houthi...

Published 20 Jan, 2022 12:47pm

World

Biden administration: Report on press freedom finds mix of problems and progress

NEW YORK: One year into office, President Joe Biden’s administration has emphasized the importance of global press...

Published 14 Jan, 2022 07:45am

World

Blinken calls North Korea missile tests 'profoundly destabilizing'

WASHINGTON: North Korea's missile tests are profoundly destabilizing and dangerous, US Secretary of State Antony...

Published 13 Jan, 2022 08:58pm

World

Biden administration: CPJ to publish report and host press briefing on press freedom

NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists will release “‘Night and day’: The Biden administration and the...

Published 13 Jan, 2022 07:17am

World

US to give additional $308mn in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan

WASHINGTON: The Biden administration plans to donate an extra $308 million in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan,...

Published 11 Jan, 2022 06:52pm

World

US, Russia set for Jan 10 security talks amid Ukraine tensions

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW: US and Russian officials will hold security talks on Jan. 10 to discuss concerns about their...

Published 29 Dec, 2021 06:57am

World

US to lift travel curbs on eight African countries

NEW YORK: The Biden administration will lift travel restrictions on eight southern African countries imposed last...

Published 25 Dec, 2021 05:02am

World

90% of US federal employees have received at least one COVID-19 dose

WASHINGTON: The White House is set to announce Monday that more than 90% of 3.5 million federal employees covered by...

Published 22 Nov, 2021 05:32pm

World

US House passes Biden's $1.75-trillion social spending bill, sending to Senate

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden's $1.75 trillion bill to bolster the social safety net and fight climate change...

Updated 19 Nov, 2021 09:25pm

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No understanding in place with US on use of airspace: FO

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office on Saturday stated that there was no understanding in place with United States for the use...

Published 24 Oct, 2021 04:53am

World

White House lays out plan to vaccinate kids ages 5 to 11

WASHINGTON: The Biden administration on Wednesday outlined its plan to vaccinate millions of kids ages 5 to 11 as...

Published 20 Oct, 2021 06:17pm

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No more tax havens?

For a better part of last decade, leading Western scholars have been trying to understand the root-cause behind the...

Published 13 Oct, 2021 07:35am

World

Biden sanctions cryptocurrency exchange over ransomware attacks

WASHINGTON: The Biden administration on Tuesday will unveil sanctions against a cryptocurrency exchange over its...

Published 21 Sep, 2021 08:14pm

World

US has no plans to release billions in Afghan assets, Treasury says

Much of the Afghan central bank's $10 billion in assets are parked overseas

Updated 03 Sep, 2021 08:13pm

World

At the Pentagon, US military officials bitter as they watch chaos in Kabul

Videos posted on social networks showed scenes of panic and fear in Kabul, including crowds running next to a US military transport plane as it taxies to take off, with some trying to desperately cling to its sides

Updated 17 Aug, 2021 10:37pm

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Big Tech rolls on as investors shrug off regulatory pressure

WASHINGTON: Pressure is rising on Big Tech firms, signaling tougher regulation in Washington and elsewhere that ...

Published 16 Aug, 2021 07:02am

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Towards economic security

While the realization that economic imperatives should drive foreign policy and internal security has been present...

Published 13 Jul, 2021 08:10am

World

One million US vaccine doses due in Malaysia on Monday

The doses are from an initial batch of 80 million US-made vaccines the Biden administration pledged last month to share globally amid concern about the disparity in vaccination rates between advanced and developing countries.

Updated 03 Jul, 2021 05:38pm

World

US targets five Chinese companies over alleged forced labour in Xinjiang

The US Department of Labor separately added polysilicon produced with forced labor in China to its "List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor".

Updated 24 Jun, 2021 05:29pm

World

Trump to visit 'lawless' Texas-Mexico border

Texas "will do what Biden REFUSES to do - protect our citizens along the southern border," Abbott tweeted Tuesday.

Published 16 Jun, 2021 12:22pm

World

Biden administration sets up 'strike force' to go after China on trade

"Semiconductors are the building blocks that underpin so much of our economy, and are essential to our national security, our economic competitiveness, and our daily lives."

Published 08 Jun, 2021 08:06pm

World

Biden's defense budget seeks greater China deterrence and nuclear funding

There will also be money to further develop and test of hypersonic weapons and other "next-generation" weapons systems as the military aims to build capabilities to counter Russia and China

Published 28 May, 2021 10:25am

World

U.S. to complete Afghan withdrawal by mid-July ahead of Biden’s September deadline, reports NYT

The United States and their NATO allies have accelerated their withdrawal from Afghanistan, intending to be out of the war-torn country as early as mid-July, which is significantly earlier to their original September 11 deadline.
The Pentagon has yet to determine how terrorist threats like an Al Qaeda resurgence could be contained in the absence of American military presence.

Updated 26 May, 2021 12:56pm

World

Blinken says US to provide $75mn in assistance to Palestinians

Speaking after his meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Blinken said the United States would also provide $5.5 million in immediate disaster assistance for Gaza and $32 million to United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).

Published 25 May, 2021 08:21pm

World

US to waive sanctions on firm, CEO behind Russia's Nord Stream 2 pipeline

The department's review, required by Congress, concludes that Nord Stream 2 AG and CEO Matthias Warnig, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, engaged in sanctionable activity but that it was in the US national interests to waive the sanctions, the source said.
Russian officials on Wednesday signaled that the move could help mend Washington's fraught ties with Moscow.

Published 19 May, 2021 06:48pm