NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA

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US reaches out to Arab leaders on Israel, Gaza fighting

9:25 pm May 18, 2021

Washington: Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his envoy reached out to Palestinian and regional Arab leaders on Tuesday as attacks between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers raged on, maintaining what the Biden administration is calling its quiet diplomacy while still declining to press for an immediate cease-fire. Blinken, speaking during an unrelated trip focusing […]

US sanctions Myanmar military and junta leaders for attacks

11:28 pm May 17, 2021

Washington: The US placed more members of Myanmar’s ruling military junta on a financial blacklist Monday for the deadly attacks against civilians following the February coup in the southeast Asian nation. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed financial sanctions on 16 people and the newly created State Administration Council. The designation freezes […]

Biden to boost world vaccine sharing commitment to 80M doses

11:23 pm May 17, 2021

Washington: President Joe Biden will announce Monday that the US will share an additional 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines with the world in the coming six weeks, the White House said. The doses would come from existing US production of Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine stocks, according White House press secretary Jen Psaki, who said more details would be released in the coming days. It comes […]

NYPD officer: 4-year-old shooting victim ‘didn’t even cry’

10:43 pm May 10, 2021

New York: A 4-year-old girl who was shot in the leg in Times Square barely cried on the way to the hospital, the police officer who carried the child to safety said. “This little girl was so strong,” Officer Alyssa Vogel told the New York Post. “She didn’t even cry once except when we were putting the […]

The Trump Organization bullish on Indian real estate: Donald Trump Jr

12:01 am May 9, 2021

Washington: The Trump Organization is bullish on the Indian real estate, which is its biggest residential market outside North America, its Executive Vice-President Donald Trump Jr. said on Saturday. New York-based The Trump Organization, which is a venture of former US President Donald Trump, entered into the Indian real estate market through a partnership with Mumbai-based Tribeca Developers. The US firm and Tribeca have tied up with local […]