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US to reopen land borders for fully vaccinated in November
The US will reopen its land borders to non-essential travel next month, ending a 19-month...
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Under-pressure Taliban meet EU-US delegation in push for support
The Taliban held their first face-to-face talks with a joint US-EU delegation on Tuesday (Oct...
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U.S. Congress averts default with stop-gap debt limit hike
U.S. lawmakers rubber-stamped a short-term bill to lift the nation's borrowing authority Tuesday, averting the...
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No. 2 House Republican refuses to say 2020 election wasn’t stolen
The House's second-ranking Republican, Rep Steve Scalise, repeatedly refused to say on Sunday that the...
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US says Taliban talks in Doha were 'candid and professional'
The United States said on Sunday (Oct 10) the first face-to-face meeting between senior US...
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Texas abortion ban law reinstated by US appeals court
A US appeals court has quickly allowed Texas to resume banning most abortions just a...
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More than 130 countries reach deal on corporate minimum tax
More than 130 countries have agreed on sweeping changes to how big global companies are...
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US to hold first in-person talks with Taliban since Afghan withdrawal
The United States and the Taliban will hold their first in-person talks since the US...
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As COVID summer surge in U.S. wanes, more mandates in the works
COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are coming down again, hospitalizations are dropping, and new cases...
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US watchdog will look into allegations Afghan's Ghani took money from country
John Sopko, the US special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, said on Wednesday his office...
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Biden administration vows ‘other options’ if Iran nuclear diplomacy fails
The White House on Tuesday pledged that US President Joe Biden is ready to “turn...
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U.S. reveals nuclear bomb numbers after Trump blackout
The U.S. State Department published on Tuesday the number of nuclear warheads the country stockpiles...
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Joe Biden, China's Xi Jinping agree to abide by Taiwan agreement
US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday (Oct 5) that he has spoken to Chinese...
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Volvo recalls older cars in U.S.; Takata air bag inflators can explode
Volvo is recalling nearly 260,000 older cars in the U.S. because the front driver’s air...
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US resumes Afghan refugee flights after containing measles outbreak
Afghan refugees will soon be arriving in the US after a campaign to vaccinate them...
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New US China trade plan leaves industry hungry for specifics
Having waited eight months for U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai's promised "top-to-bottom" policy review of...
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Blast kills at least two civilians near Kabul mosque
Taliban supporters and senior figures held their first mass rally near Kabul on Sunday (Oct...
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Bond investors prepare for worst year in decades on hawkish Fed
Global bond investors are facing their worst year at this point in more than two...
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US reportedly considers regulating stablecoin issuers as banks
The US is considering enforcing bank-like regulations on cryptocurrency companies issuing so-called stablecoins that are...
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Bezos's Blue Origin employees allege sexism and unsafe flight standards
The US Federal Aviation Administration said it will probe billionaire Jeff Bezos’s space firm Blue...
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US records more than 700,000 deaths to Covid-19
The US surpassed 700,000 known fatalities to Covid-19 on Friday evening, according to data compiled...
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Congress moves to avert partial government shutdown
Congress is moving to avert one crisis while putting off another with the Senate poised...
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Take Southeast Asia seriously on its own merits, says Vivian Balakrishnan in US visit
Southeast Asia wants to be taken seriously based on its own merits, instead of becoming...
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US will not 'normalise or upgrade' ties with Syria's Assad
The United States has no plans to “normalise or upgrade” diplomatic relations with the government...
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Joint Chiefs chairman calls Afghan war a 'strategic failure'
The top U.S. military officer called the 20-year war in Afghanistan a “strategic failure” and...