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Kamala Harris lists her ‘biggest failure’ since taking office

Harris is currently spending the holidays in Los Angeles and was tested for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) following her close contact earlier this week with an aide who later tested positive…reports Asian

December 26, 2021

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Biden commends Americans’ ‘resilience, resolve’ in Christmas message

In his first Christmas address as president, Biden praised “the enormous courage, character, resilience, and resolve in all of you who heal, comfort, teach, and protect and serve in ways big and

December 26, 2021

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Cancelled flights put damper on holiday travel in US

According to FlightAware, a flight-tracking site, 880 flights within, in or out of the US were cancelled on December 25, reports Asian Lite News The holiday season travel stress has only escalated

December 26, 2021

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Erdogan Resumes Crackdown

The list included 454 members of the Gulen Movement, whom the Turkish government accused of being behind the failed coup on July 15, 2016, reports Asian Lite News Turkey has frozen the

December 25, 2021

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Biden signs bill to ban imports from China’s Xinjiang into law

The legislation targets goods, wares, articles, and merchandise imported directly from Xinjiang or made by Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Tibetans, or members of other persecuted groups in China….reports Asian Lite News President Joe

December 24, 2021

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Second Covid pill cleared by US Govt

The decision to grant an emergency use authorization came a day after the agency gave a green light to a similar but more effective pill developed by Pfizer….reports Asian lite News The

December 24, 2021

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In-person interviews for H-1B, L-1 visas dropped

The State Department is temporarily dropping an in-person interview requirement for some work-visa categories in 2022 to ease visa issuances, as the Covid-19 pandemic stretches into the third year, the department announced,

December 24, 2021

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US inflation hits 39-yr high in November

The so-called core PCE price index that strips out volatile food and energy prices, rose 4.7 per cent from a year ago, well above the Fed’s inflation target of 2 per cent….reports

December 23, 2021

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China bans entry of 4 US officials in retaliation to Xinjiang sanctions

Their assets in China would also be frozen and Chinese institutions and citizens would be forbidden from dealing with them, Zhao said at a regular briefing in Beijing…reports Asian Lite News Four

December 23, 2021

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Nearly $100 bn stolen from US Covid-19 relief funds

The labor department reported about $87 billion in unemployment benefits could have been paid improperly, with a significant portion attributable to fraud, reports Asian Lite News Nearly $100 billion at minimum has

December 23, 2021

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