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Poet Amanda Gorman, 22, will read at Biden inaugural

8:40 pm January 15, 2021

Washington: At age 22, poet Amanda Gorman, chosen to read at the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, already has a history of writing for official occasions. ”I have kind of stumbled upon this genre. It’s been something I find a lot of emotional reward in, writing something I can make people feel touched by, even if it’s […]

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Trump threatens to cut federal aid if schools don’t reopen

11:53 pm July 8, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to withhold federal funding if schools don’t reopen in the fall, and he lashed out at federal health officials over school reopening guidelines that he says are impractical and expensive. Taking to Twitter to voice his frustration, Trump argued that countries including Germany, Denmark and Norway have reopened schools “with no problems.” The Republican president also repeated […]

US says foreign students must leave if classes go fully online; Indians to be hit badly

7:32 pm July 7, 2020

Washington DC: In a move that will adversely impact hundreds of thousands of Indian students, the US immigration authority has announced that foreign students will have to leave the country or risk deportation if their universities switch to online-only classes in this fall semester due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said in […]

Defense: Harvard professor charged in China case is ‘victim’

2:22 pm June 10, 2020

Washington: A Harvard University professor accused of lying about his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program is the victim in the case, not the perpetrator,” his lawyer said Tuesday, after authorities announced his indictment on charges of making false statements. Charles Lieber, the former chair of the department of chemistry and chemical biology, was arrested […]

US states begin easing lockdowns as virus weakens in Asia

4:49 pm April 25, 2020

Savannah (US): The US states of Georgia, Oklahoma and Alaska began loosening lockdown orders on their pandemic-wounded businesses, even as the confirmed U.S. death toll from the coronavirus soared past 50,000 and despite warnings from health experts that such steps may be coming too early. The news came as the outbreak appeared to continue to […]

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