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Warrant issued for Donald Trump over death of Iraqi paramilitary commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis
On January 3, 2020, a US drone strike struck a convoy near Baghdad International Airport that killed al-Muhandis, as well as Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps.
Jack Ma might take another hit as US plans to ban Chinese tech companies: Report
Ant's Alipay and Tencent's WeChat Pay were banned from their operations by the US, citing concerns that Beijing will have access to the data collected by the platform. Meanwhile, companies like Alibaba and Tencent splashed out billions of dollars after the Chinese regulators had started to crack down on their manoeuvres last year. This led to overseas acquisitions of major companies which could’ve challenged its Western rivals.
Senior-level Biden nominee Vanita Gupta recalls experience of racial bigotry
Speaking on Thursday after Biden introduced her as "one of the most respected civil rights lawyers in America", Gupta spoke of her parents as "proud immigrants from India", and the family's experience of bias, "an early memorybut one that is seared in my mind".
H-1B visa process to prefer skill over lottery system after amends by US office
The amendment is focused to protect the economic interests of the US workers while ensuring the most highly skilled foreign workers benefit from the temporary employment programme. The final rule for the visa selection is set to be established in the federal register on January 8.
Capitol Hill Riots: Indian flag seen at pro-Trump rally which some Indian-Americans joined
An Indian-American Republican political activist, Vincent Xavier, tweeted on Thursday pictures of the flags India, South Korea and Iran at the protest. The Iranian flag was from the pre-Islamic revolution era.
US Justice Department fines Boeing $2.5 billion for coverup over 737 Max crashes
Boeing, a US-based multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells commercial airplanes to airlines worldwide, entered into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) in connection with a criminal information filed in the Northern District of Texas, the Justice Department said in a statement.
Capitol Hill Riots: US homeland security official urges Donald Trump to 'strongly condemn' violence
Protesters in support of Trump's futile efforts to reject the 2020 presidential election results breached the Capitol on Wednesday afternoon when the US Congress met to affirm Biden's Electoral College victory. Chaos and violence forced an hours-long lockdown on the Capitol grounds, which also left four people dead, with multiple injuries and dozens of arrests.
US Capitol Breach: Donald Trump agrees for smooth transition, talks of 'healing and reconciliation' | Watch
Trump was seen addressing the citizens of the US via video message where he said that his only goal was to ‘ensure the integrity of the vote’ and by doing that he was ‘fighting for American democracy.’ He further went on to condemn the barbaric behaviour of his supporters who stormed the Capitol building in order to stop the Congress from certifying President-elect Joe Biden election victory on Wednesday.
Pelosi, Schumer, Republican Congressman join calls to oust Trump from office
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Party leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday said that he could pose a danger to the country in the 13 days left for him to be in office and Pence and the cabinet should invoke the constitution to declare him unfit to function as president and oust him. A Republican member of the House of Representatives, Adam Kinzinger also called for Trump's removal from office.
How did the pro Trump mob waltz into US Capitol?
In the two decades since the 9/11 attacks, the US Congress campus has been encircled by consecutive rings of security. Protests are routine in the US Capitol but January 6 was something else. At around noon, a crowd waving flags and wearing red baseball hats crashed into police barricades, ran up the steps to the heavy iron doors of the US Capitol and were soon marching inside the building and posing in their outlandish costumes.
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