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Demonstrators hold signs during a gathering in support of US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's expected visit, in Taipei, Taiwan August 2, 2022.

China vows 'targeted military actions' in response

China vowed Tuesday to launch "targeted military actions" in response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, as tensions flare between Washington and Beijing.

Israeli finance minister Avigdor Lieberman attends a press conference in the Finance ministry in Jerusalem on 12 June 2022.

Biden visit may augur common Mideast market, with Saudis: Israel

Israeli finance minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Monday he hoped a regional visit by US president Joe Biden this week will lead to a common Middle East market that includes Saudi Arabia.

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Budget 2022-23 Tackle challenges on crisis management, infrastructure developments to attract FDI: AmCham

AmCham in Bangladesh recommends to tackle the twin challenges focusing on crisis management, prioritising expenditures and foreign exchange reserve, inflation control, infrastructure developments to ...

President Joe Biden

US approves $40b for Ukraine as Biden rallies behind NATO bids

The bundle includes $6 billion earmarked for Ukraine to boost its armored vehicle inventory and air defense system

US President Joe Biden speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on 17 May, 2022, while hosting a reception to celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

Biden attacks white supremacist ‘poison’ after racist shooting

President Joe Biden on Tuesday called out what he branded the “poison” of white supremacist ideology behind a deadly mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, and said that racism is being stoked for ...

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AAFA, BGMEA sign MoU to increase trade access for Bangladesh in US market

The AAFA has signed a MoU with the BGMEA to support Bangladesh in promoting its trade interests in the US market

In this file photo taken on 11 March 2019 a Boeing 737 flown by American Airlines passes by the Lockheed Martin building as it takes off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia.

American Airlines cuts summer flights due to Boeing 787 delays

American Airlines on Friday said it would cut more international flights over the summer than originally planned as it deals with delays in deliveries of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner long-haul jet

'Spider-Man' stays strong, again topping N America box office

'Spider-Man' stays strong, again topping N America box office

"Spider-Man: No Way Home" again dominated in North American theaters with an estimated $52.7 million weekend take, while topping the $600 million mark domestically in its third week out, industry ...

This file photo taken on June 9, 2021 shows defrocked US priest Richard Daschbach preparing to attend his trial via videolink in Dili, facing charges of sexual abuse, child pornography and domestic violence

American ex-priest jailed for 12 years for child sex abuse in East Timor

A defrocked American priest was jailed for 12 years on Tuesday for sexually abusing children at an East Timor shelter, in a case that caused sharp divisions in the deeply Catholic nation

Russian president Vladimir Putin and US president Joe Biden attend a meeting at Villa La Grange in Geneva, Switzerland on 16 June 2021.

Kremlin says Putin-Biden video call next week

The Kremlin said Friday that a video call would take place next week between Russian president Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Joe Biden, amid tensions over the conflict in Ukraine

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UN chief visits Colombia for fifth anniversary of peace deal

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres paid tribute to Colombia’s peace deal efforts on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the historic agreement that ended almost six decades of devastating conflict

A competitor takes part in Stage 1 of the 35th edition of the Marathon des Sables between Borj Irdi and Tisserdimine in the southern Moroccan Sahara desert, on 3 October 2021.

By 2500 earth could be alien to humans: Study

Climate projections should not stop at the year 2100 unless CO2 emissions drop significantly, global warming by 2500 will make the Amazon barren, the American Midwest tropical, and India too hot to ...

The Tribute in Light art installation is seen from Empire State Building, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 11 September 2001 attacks, in New York City, New York, US, on 11 September 2021

FBI releases declassified 9/11 document over Saudi involvement

The partially redacted 16-page document released by the FBI outlined contacts between the hijackers and Saudi associates, but no evidence the government in Riyadh was complicit in the attacks, which ...

Former Afghan interpreters, who worked with U.S. troops in Afghanistan, demonstrate in front of the U.S. embassy in Kabul 25 June 2021.

First flight of Afghan interpreters fleeing Taliban arrives in US

The first flight carrying Afghans who worked for the US military arrived in America on Friday, president Joe Biden said, the start of an operation to evacuate thousands from possible Taliban ...

Emmet Till

The story of Emmett Till

Emmett Till, brutally killed in a racist attack, would have turned 80 this July 25, 2021

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