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Pakistan offered safe haven to Taliban as militants killed US troops: Senator
Welcoming the nomination of Donald Armin Blome as US Ambassador to Pakistan, the senator called for a serious conversation with the Imran Khan government on the path forward in bilateral relations.
Updated on Dec 14, 2021 10:02 PM IST
hindustantimes.com, New Delhi
US House advances Biden's expansive social and environment bill, Senate awaits
The $1.8 trillion measure is likely to get a bumpier ride in the upper chamber, with the Democrats' deficit hawks jittery over spiraling inflation – before it gets a final rubber stamp in the House, likely in December or January.
Updated on Nov 20, 2021 06:13 AM IST
AFP | hindustantimes.com
US senators introduced bill on Taliban. Stocks in Pakistan plummeted a day after
- More than 20 Senate Republicans introduced legislation titled ‘Afghanistan Counterterrorism, Oversight, and Accountability Act’ aimed at tackling the situation in Afghanistan.
Published on Sep 29, 2021 06:26 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Kunal Gaurav, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
‘Won’t turn blind eye’: US Senate passes bill to ban goods from China’s Xinjiang
- The bill would create a “rebuttable presumption” assuming that all products in Xinjiang are made with forced labour and thus banned under the 1930 Tariff Act, unless importers can prove otherwise.
Published on Jul 15, 2021 01:12 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Sharangee Dutta | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Texas GOP's strict voting bill on the verge of final vote
- A vote in the state House expected later Sunday is the last barrier to sending Republican Gov. Greg Abbott a raft of election changes that would eliminate drive-thru voting, empower partisan poll watchers and impose new requirements in order to cast a ballot by mail in Texas.
Published on May 31, 2021 03:15 AM IST
AP | , Austin
