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Senate confirms Vivek Murthy as US Surgeon General
On Tuesday, he became the first Indian American nominee of President Joe Biden to receive Senate approval. Seven Republicans joined the Democrats in the evenly split Senate to confirm him, despite the opposition from the bulk of Republican senators because he has called gun violence a "public health crisis" and called for restrictions on gun ownership.
Syrian immigrant charged with killing 10 in US mass shooting
Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold identified the shooter as Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, a 21-year-old man and said that he has been charged with ten murders. At a news conference on Tuesday, she said that one of those killed was Eric Talley, the police officer who was the first to respond to the shooting on Monday at a grocery shop.
Netanyahu claims victory in Israeli elections
The announcement came fewer than two hours after exit polls on Israel's main three TV channels indicated no immediate winner in the unprecedented elections amid a prolonged political deadlock. "A huge victory to the right-wing and the Likud (party) under my leadership," Netanyahu wrote on Twitter on Tuesday night, Xinhua news agency reported.
Joe Biden administration weighing corporate tax increase: Janet Yellen
"I think a package that consists of investment in people, investments in infrastructure, will help to create the jobs in the American economy and changes to the tax structure will help to pay for those programs," Yellen said at a hearing before the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported.
Considering executive actions on gun safety: White House
"We are certainly considering a range of levers, including working through legislation, including executive actions to address, obviously, you know, not just gun safety measures but violence in communities, so that has been under discussion and will continue to be under discussion," Psaki said in remarks addressing reporters aboard Air Force One on Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported.
10 killed in US mass shooting highlighting scourge of gun violence
Boulder Police chief Maris Herold identified the shooter in the Monday evening incident as Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, a 21-year-old man. The killings at a grocery shop followed another massacre last Tuesday in which eight people were killed in Atlanta.
Joe Biden nominates tech critic Lina Khan for FTC commissioner
If confirmed, Khan, 32, from Columbia Law School would be one of three FTC Democratic commissioners (and the youngest ever) overseeing privacy, data security and antitrust. That could include a decision on whether to bring an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon, which the FTC has been investigating. In 2017, Khan authored an article for the Yale Law Journal titled "Amazon's Antitrust Paradox," that went viral.
China sanctions European individuals, entities
In a joint Trans-Atlantic operation, the US, Canada, the UK and the EU on Monday imposed sanctions against Chinese officials they say are responsible for the human rights abuses against the Uighur people in Xinjiang province. Four Chinese officials and a Chinese company in the Xinjiang province were the targets of the sanctions.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres concerned over rising violence against Asians
The world has witnessed horrific deadly attacks, verbal and physical harassment, bullying in schools, workplace discrimination, incitement to hatred in the media and on social media platforms, and incendiary language by those in positions of power, Xinhua news agency quoted Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for Guterres, as saying in a statement on Monday.
Russia regrets US refusal to hold Putin-Biden discussion
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that he would like to invite his US counterpart, Joe Biden, to a live-broadcast meeting on Friday or Monday to discuss problems in bilateral relations and strategic stability. "One more opportunity has been missed to find a way out of the deadlock in Russian-US relations created through the fault of Washington," the ministry said in a statement on Monday, Xinhua news agency reported.
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