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US, Sudan agree to settle African country’s World Bank debt

8:14 pm January 6, 2021

Cairo : The US and Sudan on Wednesday agreed to settle the African country’s debt to the World Bank, widely seen as a key step toward the nation’s economic recovery after the 2019 overthrow of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir. The move came during Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s visit to Khartoum, making him the first senior American official to land there since President Donald Trump’s administration […]

Biden publicly receives COVID-19 vaccine

12:34 pm December 22, 2020

Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday publicly received the COVID-19 vaccine and said he was doing this to demonstrate that people should be ready to take the vaccine when it is available. Biden received the first course of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at Christiana Care Hospital. “I am doing this to demonstrate that people should […]

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Trump, House lawmakers plot futile effort to block Biden win

12:30 pm December 22, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump hosted several House Republican lawmakers at the White House on Monday to discuss an ultimately futile effort to block Congress from affirming President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the November election. The meeting underscored Trump’s refusal to accept the reality of his loss and his willingness to entertain undemocratic efforts to overturn […]

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High court rules challenge to Trump census plan is premature

10:13 pm December 18, 2020

Washington: The Supreme Court has dismissed as premature a challenge to President Donald Trump‘s plan to exclude people living in the country illegally from the population count used to allot states seats in the . But the court’s decision Friday is not a final ruling on the matter and it’s not clear whether Trump will […]

US wholesale prices up 0.1% in November; food and energy up

8:37 pm December 11, 2020

Washington: US wholesale prices edged up 0.1 per cent in November as the cost of both food and energy were up. The increase in the producer price index, which measures inflation pressures before they reach the consumer, followed bigger gains of 0.3 per cent in October and 0.4 per cent in September, the Labour Department […]