WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY WAS ENGAGED IN MILITARY ACTIVITIES SAYS EX-US SECRETARY POMPEO

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• Several countries are demanding a probe into the theory that the Covid-19 pandemic emerged from the secretive lab

• China on many instances has denied allegations surrounding COVID-19 origin calling it baseless

The United States former Secretar...

BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SUSPENDS SOME TERRORISM SANCTIONS IMPOSED ON YEMEN'S HOUTHI REBELS

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• The Biden administration on Monday suspended some of the terrorism sanctions imposed on Yemen's Houthi rebels

• In last days at the office, the former United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has stated that the US has decided to designate Yemen&...

U.S. TO DESIGNATE YEMEN’S HUTHI REBELS AS A TERRORIST GROUP: MIKE POMPEO

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• This move is likely to complicate the Biden administration’s efforts to restart diplomacy with Iran and to reassess the US relationship with Saudi Arabia

• While Iran has warm relations with the Huthis, Saudi has led a brutal offensive in Yemen

US ENDS RESTRICTIONS GOVERNING OFFICIAL CONTACTS WITH TAIWAN

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• The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday said the United States is ending restrictions governing official contacts with Taiwan

• Taiwan government has hailed this move by calling it as an end decades of discrimination

• Foreign mi...

U.S. ALONG WITH THREE OTHER COUNTRIES CONDEMN MASS ARRESTS OF HONG KONG POLITICIANS

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• The US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and foreign ministers of three countries have called on Chinese authorities to respect the legal rights and independence of the people in the region

• The national security law implemented in Hong Kong on July 1 i...

THE UNITED STATES IS NOT A BANANA REPUBLIC: US SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO

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• The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said “The slander reveals a faulty understanding of banana republics and of democracy in America.”

• The former US Presidents Barack Obama and George W Bush had condemned these attacks and accused Preside...

THE UNITED STATES AND INDIA HAVE NEVER BEEN CLOSER SAYS U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO

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• Pompeo in a tweet wrote “The US relationship with Asia’s most populous democracy has never been closer, from trade to military cooperation and more.”

• Along with this tweet, his speech given in 2019 during a visit to New Delhi was atta...

U.S. SECRETARY POMPEO ACCUSES RUSSIA OF BACKING A MASSIVE CYBERATTACK ON U.S.

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• Pompeo said “There was a significant effort to use a piece of third-party software to essentially embed code inside of US government systems

• Tech giant Microsoft on Thursday evening said it had notified over 40 customers hit by the malware

U.S. IMPOSES SANCTIONS ON 14 CHINESE OFFICIALS OVER BEIJING'S CLAMPDOWN IN HONG KONG

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• According to the U.S. Treasury Department, it was freezing the US assets of 14 vice chairs of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress and restricting their travel

• While the names or positions of the people likely to be sanctioned...

U.S. TO TERMINATE CHINESE-FUNDED EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

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• The US State Department on Friday said that it has decided to scrap five China-funded exchange programs with the United States

• These programs conducted under a US law called the MECEA that permits American government employees to travel using foreign g...

RETURN SIX FORMER CITGO EXECUTIVES CONVICTED IN VENEZUELA SAYS US SECRETARY OF STATE POMPEO

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• Mike Pompeo said the U.S. unequivocally condemns conviction of six former executives of U.S. refiner Citgo by a Venezuela court over the charges of corruption and has demanded their return

• All these six former Citgo executives were sentenced to more th...

U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE POMPEO SECRETLY MET ISRAELI PM NETANYAHU, SAUDI CROWN PRINCE

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• While Pompeo was already in the Saudi, Israeli PM along with the head of the Mossad spy agency Yossi Cohen arrived in the city of Neom on Sunday

• This is the first meeting after Israel agreed historic deals to normalize ties with two Saudi allies in the...

NO EVIDENCE OF COMPROMISED BALLOTS OR CORRUPT VOTING SYSTEMS: U.S. ELECTION OFFICIALS

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• President Trump had claimed that an election equipment maker deleted 2.7 million votes for him nationwide

• Despite the Democrat Joe Biden secured 290 electoral votes to become the 46th U.S. President, the Republicans are still refusing to accept his vic...

U.S. IMPOSES SANCTIONS ON FOUR OFFICIALS ACCUSED OF CURBING FREEDOMS IN HONG KONG

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• Pompeo said that “These actions underscore US resolve to hold accountable key figures that are actively eviscerating the freedoms of the people of Hong Kong and undermining Hong Kong's autonomy”

• The U.S. had previously imposed similar s...

U.S. SPECIAL FORCES RESCUE AMERICAN HOSTAGE PHILIP WALTON IN NIGERIA

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• The President of the United States, Donald Trump also made a tweet hailing US Special Forces for this achievement and termed it as a “big win”

• The Pentagon said “Walton is safe and in the care of the US State Department. The US forces...

2+2 TALKS: U.S. STANDS WITH INDIA TO DEAL WITH ANY THREAT SAYS POMPEO

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• Pompeo has been accompanied by the Defence Secretary Mark T Esper, and the two are scheduled to visit Sri Lanka, Maldives and Indonesia after this meeting

• According to the officials, the LAC standoff between India and China was the topic of discussion ...

2+2 TALKS: US SECRETARY OF STATE MIKE POMPEO ARRIVES IN INDIA

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• • Mike Pompeo is being accompanied by the US Secretary of Defence Mark T Esper who will be hosted by the India’s Union Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh and Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar

• This meeting will be mainly cent...

CHINA’S TREATMENT OF MUSLIMS CLOSE TO GENOCIDE: US SECURITY ADVISER

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• As per a recent statement by the US national security adviser Robert O’Brien, China has been pulling off something very close to a genocide with its treatment of Muslims in its Xinjiang region

• According to the United Nation's estimation, over...

U.S. APPOINTS A SENIOR HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL TO COORDINATE TIBETAN ISSUES

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• According to the announcement by U.S. Secretary of Mike Pompeo, Robert Destro, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, would assume the additional post, which has been vacant since the beginning of President Donald Trump’s tenure in 20...

QUAD NATIONS OPEN TO OTHER COUNTRIES THAT SUPPORT FREE & OPEN INDO-PACIFIC: U.S.

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• Stephen Beigun said the Quad is a partnership driven by shared interests, not binding obligations, and is not intended to be an exclusive grouping

• Beigun also said that the Quad partners could deepen engagement with the Association of Southeast Asian N...