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US will narrowly avoid recession: IMF chief

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva highlighted “significant downside risks” this year and especially in 2023, reports Asian Lite News International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said that there is “a narrowing

June 25, 2022

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Top US delegation due in crisis-hit Sri Lanka

The delegation includes Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Asia Robert Kaproth and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Kelly Keiderling, reports Susitha Fernando In an effort to

June 25, 2022

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Trump fumes over McCarthy’s handling of Jan. 6 panel

Trump, in an apparent knee-jerk reaction, has made it clear that he has not yet endorsed McCarthy to be the next Speaker….reports Asian Lite News House (of Representatives) Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s

June 24, 2022

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Great Salt Lake on verge of drying, contaminating air

The lake’s surface area, which covered about 8,546.9 sq.km in the late 1980s, has since shrunk to less than 2,589.9 sq.km…reports Asian Lite News The most iconic landmark of the US state

June 24, 2022

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US Supreme Court strikes down NY state gun laws

The immediate fall out of the court’s ruling is that the opinion changes the framework that lower courts will use going forward as they analyse other gun restrictions…reports Asian Lite News In

June 24, 2022

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US announces $450 million security aid to Ukraine

The US has now committed approximately $6.8 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden administration…reports Asian Lite News US President Joe Biden has authorised a drawdown of

June 24, 2022

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US Senate passes historic bipartisan gun control bill

Thursday’s development is also of significance as Democrats and Republicans have both equally supported proposed gun control for the first time in decades…reports Asian Lite News Amid raging incidents of gun violence

June 24, 2022

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US Fed chair admits recession ‘certainly a possibility’

With inflation well above the Fed’s longer-run goal of 2 per cent and an extremely tight labour market, the Fed raised the target range for the federal funds rate at each of

June 23, 2022

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Possibility of Biden raising human rights issues with Modi?

Repeatedly pressed by the reporter, spokesperson said that “I’m just saying the President a is a straight shooter a and speaks very frankly, and when it comes to humanitarian rights, has no

June 23, 2022

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Pro-Pak lawmaker moves anti-India resolution in Congress

Omar has been a strident critic of the Narendra Modi-led government and has targeted its decisions earlier to revoke the special constitutional status of Kashmir….writes Yashwant Raj A pro-Pakistan US lawmaker has

June 23, 2022

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