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Iran says it begins 20% uranium enrichment amid US tensions

6:28 pm January 4, 2021

Tehran : Iran said on Monday it has begun enriching uranium up to 20 per cent at an underground nuclear facility, a short, technical step to weapons-grade levels of 90 per cent amid escalating tensions with the US. Iranian state television quoted spokesman Ali Rabiei as saying that President Hassan Rouhani has given the order […]

Mizoram churches reopen after over 10 months

Senate race thrusts ‘Black America’s church’ into spotlight

11:11 pm January 3, 2021

Atlanta: For decades, the red-bricked Gothic Revival church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once preached has been a monument to the history of Black Americans’ fight for civil rights and the legacy of an activist icon. It took a high-stakes Senate race and a Trump-era cultural debate to thrust Ebenezer Baptist Church into the center of the current […]

Will Trump's mishandling of records leave a hole in history?

US Congress overrides President Trump’s veto of defence budget, 1st for his admin

2:41 pm January 2, 2021

Washington: The US Congress has overwhelmingly overturned Donald Trump’s veto of the annual USD 740 billion defence policy bill, delivering a resounding bipartisan rebuke to the President in his final days in the White House. The overriding of the Congressional veto – the first of his administration – is seen as a stinging rebuke to […]

GOP senator rebukes ‘dangerous ploy’ to fight Biden victory

3:28 pm January 1, 2021

Washington: Republican Sen Ben Sasse of Nebraska has issued a pointed rebuke of GOP attempts to object Jan 6 to the Electoral College tally of the presidential election, warning colleagues against a “dangerous ploy” that could damage the nation’s civic traditions. Sasse, a potential 2024 presidential contender, posted a lengthy explanation Thursday of his views on social media, […]

US group opposes Biden admin's steps on H1B visas

Trump extends freeze on H-1B, other work visas until March 31; Indian IT professionals to be hit

3:14 pm January 1, 2021

Washington : US President Donald Trump has extended the freeze on the most sought-after H-1B visas by Indian IT professionals, along with other types of foreign work visas and green cards through March 31 to protect American workers, saying that the reasons for which he had imposed such restrictions amidst the pandemic has not changed. The freeze on various categories of work visas […]