Washington: Joe Biden pledged that he will be an “ally of the light” as he formally accepted the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party, urging voters to unite to overcome a “season of darkness” that his rival President Donald Trump has cloaked America for much too long.
Washington: Democratic Party”s presidential nominee Joe Biden praised his Indian-American running mate Kamala Harris during his nomination acceptance speech, describing the California senator as a “powerful voice” in the US and said her “story is the American story.” By
Beijing: President Xi Jinping on Friday described the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as a “landmark project” under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and said it is of great importance to promoting in-depth development of the all-weather strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries.
Sunday
Washington: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has asserted that if elected, his administration will stand with India against the threats New Delhi faces from its own region and along its borders and vowed to continue to rely on the Indian-American diaspora, that keeps the two nations together.
Houston: Kamala Harris” historic selection as the Democratic vice-presidential candidate has evoked mixed reactions from the influential Indian-Americans, with a majority of them voicing unfavourable views about the senator”s track record and her stance towards India and the community.
Seoul: The United States and South Korea will begin their annual joint military exercises this week, Seoul”s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Sunday. But a spreading coronavirus outbreak has apparently forced the allies to scale back an already low-key training program mainly involving computer-simulated war scenarios.
Monday
Kathmandu: The ruling Nepal Communist Party”s powerful Central Secretariat on Monday endorsed a six-member task force formed by Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli and party’s executive chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ to resolve the ongoing intra-party rift.
Washington: The US on Monday tightened the noose around Huawei, which it considers an arm of the Chinese Communist Party’s surveillance state, by adding 38 of its affiliates across 21 nations to its Entity List and taking steps to prevent the company from circumventing American law.
Wellington: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has delayed New Zealand”s elections by four weeks due to the coronavirus outbreak in Auckland.
Tuesday
New York: Michelle Obama has ripped through Donald Trump at the opening of the Democratic National Convention, saying he is the “wrong president for our country” and urged Americans to vote for his challenger Joe Biden “like our lives depend on it.”
Washington: The Democratic National Convention kicked off with a call to unite the US — in the wake of widespread nationwide protests against racism and the deadly coronavirus that has taken a toll on the country”s economy — by defeating President Donald Trump in the November 3 elections.
Kabul: Several mortar shells slammed into various part of Kabul on Tuesday morning as Afghans marked their country”s Independence Day amid new uncertainties over the start of talks between the Taliban and the Kabul government.
Wednesday
Washington: Democrats have officially named Joe Biden as their presidential candidate after several elder statesmen lauded the former US vice president”s leadership skills to challenge incumbent Republican President Donald Trump in November.
Dhaka: Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Wednesday described his Bangladesh trip as “very satisfactory” as he wrapped up a two-day visit here during which he called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and held talks with his counterpart on bolstering bilateral ties as well as on the supply of COVID-19 vaccine to Dhaka once it is developed.
Jerusalem: Israel and Sudan on Tuesday said they are close to reaching a peace agreement — setting the stage for a second dramatic diplomatic breakthrough for Israel with its Arab neighbors in a matter of days.
Thursday
Washington: Kamala Harris, who scripted history in US politics as she became the first Indian-American and Black woman to get a major party”s vice presidential nomination, has assailed President Donald Trump”s “failure of leadership” that has cost “lives and livelihoods.”
New York: Minority communities like Sikhs and Muslims have been made to “feel suspect” for the way they worshipped, former US president Barack Obama has said as he tore into Donald Trump”s presidency and warned American voters that his administration would “tear our democracy down” to get re-elected.
New York: Hillary Clinton has said that Senator Kamala Harris, the daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants, is the “right partner” for Joe Biden as the Democratic Party’s vice presidential nominee, as she urged Americans to vote for the duo to “pull our nation back from the brink.”
Friday
Washington: Joe Biden pledged that he will be an “ally of the light” as he formally accepted the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party, urging voters to unite to overcome a “season of darkness” that his rival President Donald Trump has cloaked America for much too long.
Washington: Democratic Party”s presidential nominee Joe Biden praised his Indian-American running mate Kamala Harris during his nomination acceptance speech, describing the California senator as a “powerful voice” in the US and said her “story is the American story.”
Beijing: President Xi Jinping on Friday described the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as a “landmark project” under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and said it is of great importance to promoting in-depth development of the all-weather strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries.
