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WASHINGTON: The US said on Monday it expected indirect talks with Iran about both sides resuming compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal to be difficult, adding it did not foresee any early breakthrough. The talks begin on Tuesday. Iran and the US said on Friday they would hold indirect …

WASHINGTON: Indian-American physician Vivek Murthy has been sworn in as the 21st Surgeon General of the US, a role in which his top priority would be to end the coronavirus pandemic that has severely hit the country and be a voice for science. “Honoured to be sworn in as your …

WASHINGTON: Four former presidents are urging Americans to get vaccinated as soon as Covid-19 doses are available to them, as part of a campaign to overcome hesitancy about the shots. Two public service announcements from the Ad Council and the business-supported Covid Collaborative feature Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, …

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden is set to sign an executive order on Monday directing the Department of Education to review policies implemented by Donald Trump’s administration, including changes to Title IX regulations that prohibit sex discrimination in federally funded institutions, according to administration officials. Biden focused on gender equity during …

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden faced his first major political setback on Tuesday, having to withdraw his nomination of Indian-American Neera Tanden for director of the White House Office of Management and Budget in the teeth of bipartisan opposition from Senate grandees who took offence at her unvarnished social media …

WASHINGTON: A beloved children’s writer wrote and drew racially-loaded books in an era when such insensitivity was almost the norm. He apologized for it later and went on to pen classics loved by children and parents alike, winning acclaim from as diverse public figures as Barack Obama and Melania Trump. …

WASHINGTON: Former US President Barack Obama on Tuesday (local time) said that he once broke a schoolmate’s nose after the then-friend used a racial slur during a locker room fight. According to The Hill, the 44th US President shared the experience in an episode of a podcast with Bruce Springsteen, …

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden is confronting the political risk that comes with grand ambition. As one of his first acts, Biden offered a sweeping immigration overhaul last week that would provide a path to US citizenship for the estimated 11 million people who are in the United States illegally. It …

WASHINGTON: In his first hours as president, Joe Biden will aim to strike at the heart of President Trump’s policy legacy, signing a series of executive actions that will reverse his predecessor’s orders on immigration, climate change and handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Biden on Wednesday planned to halt construction …

WASHINGTON: It’s a Twitter user’s worst nightmare: Wake up to find most of your followers gone. But that’s exactly what will happen on Wednesday to the official presidential accounts on Twitter. No, not @realDonaldTrump – he’s already been banned for life. This is the fate awaiting lesser-known accounts such as …