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US restores tariff waivers for certain Chinese products

Former President Donald Trump launched a trade war with China, and levied additional tariffs on over $300 billion worth of Chinese imports, citing the so-called Section 301 of the Trade Act of

March 24, 2022

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Lanka, US vow to ensure maritime safety in Indian Ocean

The US Representative also stressed on conducting the Provincial Council (PC) election, which had been delayed since 2018….reports Asian Lite News During the visit of the US Under Secretary of State for

March 24, 2022

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US Senate nod for bill making lynching a hate crime

US President Joe Biden promised to sign the bill, which was approved earlier by the House…reports Asian Lite News Nearly 6,500 people — mostly Black men, women and children — were brutally

March 24, 2022

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Omicron BA.2 gaining ground in US

The BA.2 variant accounted for about 34.9 per cent of new Covid-19 infections in the country in the week ending March 19…reports Asian Lite News The BA.2 sub-lineage of the Omicron variant

March 24, 2022

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Russia hits back at US, ousts diplomats

The Ministry did not disclose how many US diplomats are targeted and the deadline of their departure….reports Asian Lite News Russia has said it is expelling US diplomats in response to Washington’s

March 24, 2022

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US govt monitoring China over supply of weapons to Russia

This comes in the backdrop of talks held between Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday…reports Asian Lite News National security adviser Jake Sullivan on Tuesday said that the US is

March 23, 2022

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‘Iran has hard decisions to make’: US on n-deal

Earlier, Price said that the US was prepared to make difficult decisions to return Iran’s nuclear program to its JCPOA limits….reports Asian Lite News Washington said it is now up to Iran

March 23, 2022

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Biden’s SC pick defends judicial record at Senate hearing

The US Senate Judiciary Committee started a series of hearings for the confirmation of Judge Jackson to the Supreme Court…reports Asian Lite News President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson

March 23, 2022

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US expert pins blame for Ukraine crisis on West

In John J. Mearsheimer’s view, the Ukraine crisis “is the most dangerous international conflict since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.”…reports Asian Lite News “The West and especially America, is principally responsible” for

March 23, 2022

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West using Ukraine conflict to forge new world order: Lavrov

Lavrov added that the West “in a narrow circle” writes rules that “pass out as the ultimate truth and require everyone to comply with these rules.”…reports Asian Lite News Russian Foreign Minister

March 23, 2022

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