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Biden to curb gun violence

The US reported 20,794 gun violence deaths in 2021, up from 19,490 deaths in 2020 and 15,474 fatalities in pre-pandemic 2019, according to the Gun Violence Archive….reports Asian Lite News US President

February 3, 2022

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Melinda French Gates plans to pivot her wealth away from foundation

Since their divorce in 2021, French Gates and Gates have each penned individual letters detailing varying philanthropic commitments….reports Asian Lite News Melinda French Gates, co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation,

February 3, 2022

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Biden relaunches cancer ‘moonshot’ initiative

Biden said the goal is to cut today’s age-adjusted death rate from cancer by 50 percent over the next 25 years….reports Asian Lite News US President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced the

February 3, 2022

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FBI ‘tested’ Pegasus spyware’s capabilities

Pegasus is capable of silently infecting phones and accessing camera and microphone feeds, contacts, texts, and more….reports Asian Lite News The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has reportedly confirmed that it

February 3, 2022

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CNN chief Jeff Zucker quits

Zucker spoke with some of CNN’s top executives on Wednesday morning, shortly before he announced his departure….reports Asian Lite News CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker, the influential news executive who reshaped the

February 3, 2022

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US special ops raid in Northwestern Syria kills 13

The operation was thought to be the biggest of its kind by US forces in the jihadist-controlled Idlib region since the 2019 raid that killed Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,

February 3, 2022

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China’s new stealth bomber unlikely to breach US island defences

The first island chain — a part of the three-island chain strategy — was activated after World War-II to keep China boxed in, and prevent Beijing from using military force far beyond

February 3, 2022

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Partnership ‘wrong term’ for Pak-China ties: US

US State Department spokesperson Ned Price made the remarks in answer to a question from a reporter if Pakistan was feeling “abandoned by the US” in opting to work closely with China…writes

February 3, 2022

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Moscow slams Washington’s sanctions policy

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov explained that Moscow’s concerns were justified by “Washington’s unpredictable sanctions behavior,” which continues in the international arena…reports Asian Lite News Moscow was strongly concerned about the “unpredictability” of

February 3, 2022

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US beefs up European presence

The US has already put some 8,500 troops on “heightened alert,” in preparation for what it claimed to be an “imminent” Russian invasion of Ukraine….reports Asian Lite News The US will deploy

February 3, 2022

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