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US announces sanctions against Myanmar's military leaders
Joe Biden called on the Myanmar military to immediately release detainees, including President U Win Myint and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi. A one-year state of emergency was declared in Myanmar after U Win Myint and Aung San Suu Kyi were detained by the military on February 1.
If world manages to conquer Covid, it will be because of India: Justin Trudeau
Trudeau informed PM Modi about Canada's requirement for Covid-19 vaccines from India. Modi on his part assured the Canadian PM that India would do its best to support Canada's vaccination efforts, just as it had done for many other countries already.
Joe Biden to visit Wisconsin in 1st official domestic trip: Report
Although the administration has offered no other details of Biden's trip, CNN said that the President will attend a town hall organised by the news network in Milwaukee on February 16. According to a CNN spokesperson, the town hall will air live from the Pabst Theater and moderated by anchor Anderson Cooper.
Afghanistan: 2 killed in Kabul explosions
An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attached to a vehicle exploded at 8.55 a.m. in Kart-e-Parwan, Police District 4, along a four-line road connecting the Kabul airport to the Intercontinental Hotel. This blast killed two people inside the vehicle and one other person was injured, he said. Earlier in the day, another IED explosion took place in Kart-e-Ariana in Police District 2, wounding four people, Faramarz added.
Iraq vows to recover all artefacts stolen after US-led invasion
According to the official, the Iraqi authorities have great difficulty in protecting archaeological sites in Iraq as the country is "like a museum", where "thousands of archaeological sites spread widely across its land from north to south".
Indian-American cabinet nominee sorry for tweets about Republicans
Tanden has a record of vicious tweets and she admitted that she had deleted more than 1,000 of them in November 2020 around the time Biden had named her to be the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), a cabinet post.
Democrats appear short of votes to convict Trump in 2nd trial
For all the drama on Tuesday, with more to come in the next two days as the Democratic prosecutors continue presenting their case, it still seemed likely that they will not have the 67 votes to convict Trump on the charge of inciting an insurrection making the trial a spectacle rather than a vehicle of punishment.
2 massive blasts hit Yemen's Marib amid escalating violence
The two Houthi-fired ballistic missiles landed on an empty area near a government facility in Marib, he added. For the third consecutive day, the southern and western areas of Marib are witnessing non-stop battles, leaving dozens from the two-warring sides dead and injured.
Argentina forest fire still not controlled
Deputy Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development Sergio Federovisky told a local media outlet on Tuesday that the fire in the tourist area of El Bolson in the southern province of Rio Negro "is contained, but not controlled.
US Senate votes 56-44 to proceed with second Trump trial
Trump's defense team focused all its energy on the question of constitutionality, while Democrats pointed to the grisly videos and declared "If that's not an impeachable offense, then there's no such thing." Trump is the first US president to face impeachment charges after leaving office and the only one to be impeached twice.
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