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Democrats seek negotiations on COVID-19 relief

The Democratic leaders noted that they agreed to compromise on a relief package and lowered their request by US $1.2 trillion during negotiations with White House earlier this year….reports Asian Lite News

November 18, 2020

-Top News·COVID-19·USA

Vaccine is side effect free: Pfizer

Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech released a second batch of interim results on Wednesday, saying their two-dose coronavirus vaccine candidate is 95 per cent effective and also protects the most vulnerable

November 18, 2020

-Top News·USA

Biden Team Seeks Better Ties With India

Joe Biden, who will take over as United States President in January, has told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that alongside Kamala Harris he wants to strengthen and expand relations between their

November 18, 2020

-Top News·India News·USA

Trump fires election official as retaliation

Krebs is the latest official to be dismissed by the US president following his defeat, with Defence Secretary Mark Esper also shown the door amid reports Trump doubted the Pentagon chief’s loyalty…reports

November 18, 2020

-Top News·POLITICS·USA

Pentagon chief declares troop cut back in Afghanistan

Miller said on Tuesday that he was announcing the implementation of Trump’s “orders to continue our repositioning of forces from those two countries,”…reports Asian Lite News US acting Defence Secretary Chirstopher Miller

November 18, 2020

Asia News·USA

Why Trump will not go away?

The question is whether Trump’s performance suggests that he has constructed a coalition that he could use in 2024 to win back power or propel another Republican to the White House. Politicians

November 17, 2020

-Top News·POLITICS·USA

UAE, US consider ways to boost ties

Talks tackled the outstanding bilateral relations between the United Arab Emirates and the United States, as well as cooperation between the two countries….reports Asian Lite News Dr. Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash, Minister

November 17, 2020

UAE News·USA

Facebook removes racist posts about US Vice-President-Elect

One media monitoring body described the pages as “dedicated to propagating racist and misogynistic smears”…reports Asian Lite News Facebook has taken down a string of racist and misogynistic posts, memes and comments

November 17, 2020

POLITICS·USA

Pompeo in Turkey with no official talks

Ties between Washington and its strategic NATO ally have remained tense despite a personal friendship between US President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan…reports Asian Lite News US Secretary

November 17, 2020

-Top News·Arab News·Asia News·USA

Francisco Sagasti elected as new interim leader in Peru

Amid a political turmoil in Peru which was triggered by the impeachment of former President Martin Vizcarra last week and followed by the resignation of his successor Manuel Merino, the country’s Congress

November 17, 2020

USA·World News

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