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America ruled India for 200 years: Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat

In another gaffe within fortnight after assuming office, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat said the "United States ruled India for 200 years"

Ex-US President Trump planning social media return with his own platform

Former US President Donald Trump, who was permanently barred from Twitter after the Capitol riots incident, is set to make a return to social media with his own platform in two to three months

Lawsuit to revive Keystone XL pipeline has solid standing, consultants say

A lawsuit filed by 21 Republican-led US states seeking to revive the Keystone XL pipeline after it was blocked by Biden stands on solid legal grounds, US oil and gas consultants said

Top US lawmakers and experts support historic QUAD leadership summit

Top US lawmakers and experts applauded the first Quad summit of leaders from the US, India, Australia and Japan and supported the move of Biden to address the challenge posed by China in Indo-Pacific

Elon Musk says would be good for US, China to increase mutual trust

Tesla Inc chief executive Elon Musk said on Saturday it would be good for the United States and China to have more trust in each other

US pledges $9.2 mn to support climate resilient infrastructure under CDRI

The United States on Friday announced funds up to $9.2 million to support the global Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure, a fund that was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2019

US, China clash at United Nations meet on human rights violations, racism

The US accused China of committing genocide and crimes against humanity against Uyghurs and China accused the US of discrimination against people of African and Asian descent

Biden, Harris meet Asian American leaders in Atlanta after deadly shootings

US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday met Asian American leaders in Atlanta after the deadly shootings that claimed the lives of eight people, including six Asian women

NY Guv Cuomo's aide accuses him of sexual harassment amid allegations

Amid a series of sexual harassment allegations against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, his current aide on Friday accused him of misconduct.

China adopted more coercive approach to Indo-Pacific: Top Pentagon official

Observing that China has demonstrated increased military competence, a top Pentagon official said Beijing has adopted a more coercive and aggressive approach to the Indo-Pacific region

US House passes key bills providing citizenship to dreamers, immigrants

US House has passed key bills that would create a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants, some migrant farmworkers and children whose parents immigrated legally to the country

White House expects China dialogue to be frank, plans to raise many issues

The US wants its first face-to-face meeting with China under Biden to be frank and plans to cover difficult areas like Beijing's anti-democratic action in Hong Kong, its human rights violations

N Korea cuts diplomat ties with Malaysia over US extradition of a citizen

North Korea says it'll cut diplomatic ties with Malaysia to protest its recent court ruling that allows a North Korean citizen to be extradited to the United States to face money laundering charges.

US looks to Canada for minerals to build electric vehicles, documents show

The US government is working to help American miners and battery makers expand into Canada, part of a strategy to boost regional production of minerals used to make EVs and counter Chinese competitors

US to meet goal of injecting 100 mn Covid-19 vaccines on Friday: Joe Biden

With the US closing in on Biden's goal of injecting 100 million vaccinations weeks ahead of his target date, the White House announced the nation is now in position to help neighbours

US Senate confirms Katherine Tai as Biden's chief trade negotiator

The US Senate on Wednesday (local time) unanimously approved the nomination of Katherine Tai as President Joe Biden's chief trade negotiator.

Coinbase valuation pegged at $68 billion ahead of landmark US listing

Coinbase, the largest US cryptocurrency exchange, said on Wednesday recent private market transactions had valued the company at around $68 billion this year ahead of a planned stock market listing

US states sue President Biden in bid to revive Keystone XL pipeline

Attorneys general from 21 states sued to overturn President Joe Biden's cancellation of the contentious Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada. Led by Ken Paxton of Texas and Austin Knudsen of Montana, the states said Biden had overstepped his authority when he revoked the permit for the Keystone pipeline on his first day in office. Because the line would run through multiple US states, Congress should have the final say over whether it's built, according to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Texas on Wednesday. Construction on the 1,200-mile (1,930-kilometer) pipeline began last year when former President Donald Trump revived the long-delayed project after it had stalled under the Obama administration. It would move up to 830,000 barrels (35 million gallons) of crude daily from the oil sand fields of western Canada to Steele City, Nebraska, where it would connect to other pipelines that feed oil refineries on the US Gulf Coast. Biden cancelled its permit over longstanding

US Commerce Dept subpoenas Chinese companies over possible security risk

The US Department of Commerce on Wednesday served subpoenas on multiple Chinese companies that provide Information and Communications technology and services (ICTS) in the country

Violent extremists pose 'elevated threat' to US: Intelligence report

Violent extremists motivated by a range of political grievances and racial biases pose an elevated threat to the US, officials said in an unclassified intelligence report