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Biden urges Senators to declare stand on Democracy

In a speech designed to urge lawmakers to pass federal voting laws and convince skeptical Democrats of his commitment, Biden called many Republicans cowardly and committed to changing the U.S. Senate “filibuster”

January 12, 2022

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Weather disasters cost US $145bn in 2021

Winter storms followed their tropical counterparts, causing $24 billion in damage. Severe storms and wildfires cost the country $20.4 billion and $10.6 billion, respectively….reports Asian Lite News A total of 20 weather

January 12, 2022

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‘Fed could start to shrink balance sheet later this year’

Esther George, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, also believed that it will be appropriate to move earlier on the balance sheet relative to the last tightening cycle…reports Asian

January 12, 2022

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US on “threshold” of living with Covid

The top US scientist said eliminating Covid was unrealistic and that “Omicron, with its extraordinary, unprecedented degree of efficiency of transmissibility, will ultimately find just about everybody,” reports Asian Lite News Despite

January 11, 2022

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US democracy in peril?

Biden has repeatedly made a case that the like-minded allies and US need to show the world that democracies are a far better vehicle for societies than autocracies. It is a central

January 11, 2022

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US monitoring India-China border dispute: White House

The Indian side is expected to press for disengagement as soon as possible in all the remaining friction points including resolution of issues in Depsang Bulge and Demchok….reports Asian Lite News The

January 11, 2022

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Fed’s Richard Clarida announces resignation

Clarida’s resignation follows questions raised over financial transactions he conducted at the start of the pandemic….reports Asian Lite News US Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida has said that he would resign

January 11, 2022

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Jim Jordan refuses to cooperate on Capitol riot inquiry

The committee requested that the interview be arranged on either January 3 or 4, or that Jordan meet investigators during the week starting January 10….reports Asian Lite News Republican Congressman Jim Jordan

January 11, 2022

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Covid-19 caseload tops 60 million in US

The US’ Covid-19 fatalities, also the highest in the world, makies up for more than 15 per cent of the global death toll….reports Asian Lite News As the world is battling another

January 11, 2022

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Blinken slams Chinese sanctions on religious freedom officials

The Secretary of State reaffirmed that Washington remains undeterred by these actions, and stands in solidarity with USCIRF and its staff….reports Asian Lite News Expressing solidarity with US Commission on International Religious

January 11, 2022

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