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  US warships conduct exercises in South China Sea

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 05:24pm on January 25, 2021

  A United States aircraft carrier group sailed into the South China Sea on a so-called ‘freedom of navigation’ exercise, the first routine operation in the...

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  Biden seeks to reinforce Trump favoured ‘Made in America’

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 05:09pm on January 25, 2021

  President Joe Biden will sign an executive order Monday giving priority to US companies and products in contracts with the federal government, pushing a ‘Made...

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  Biden to reinstate COVID-19 travel bans: White House

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 09:54am on January 25, 2021

  President Joe Biden will re-impose a COVID-19 travel ban on most non-US citizens who have been in Britain, Brazil, Ireland and much of Europe, a...

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  America captivated by young Black poet after inaugural reading

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 11:14pm on January 23, 2021

  Amanda Gorman, the young Black poet who performed at President Joe Biden’s inaugural, has become an overnight star with her works shooting to the top...

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  US housing boomed in 2020 even as pandemic slammed economy

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 10:49pm on January 23, 2021

  The US housing market boomed in 2020 even as the coronavirus pandemic caused one of the worst economic contractions of modern times, as Americans took...

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  Trump considered replacing AG over election results

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 10:44pm on January 23, 2021

  Donald Trump considered replacing then-acting US attorney general Jeffrey A Rosen with a Justice Department lawyer who would help him force Georgia officials to overturn...

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  Biden administration to review US, Taliban withdrawal deal

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 05:22pm on January 23, 2021

  The Biden administration said it would review a landmark United States deal with the Taliban, focusing on whether the insurgent group has reduced attacks in...

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  Authorities say severe reaction to Moderna vaccine very unlikely

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 10:31am on January 23, 2021

  Severe allergic reaction to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is ‘rare,’ United States health authorities said on Friday, with only 10 cases arising from more than four...

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  Impeachment trial of Trump to begin in 2nd week of Feb

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 10:12am on January 23, 2021

  Donald Trump’s US Senate trial will begin in the second week of February, days after a fresh impeachment case against the former president is transmitted...

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  Pelosi insistent on Trump impeachment trial but mum on timing

  Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 11:54pm on January 22, 2021

  US house speaker Nancy Pelosi refused to set a date Thursday for sending the impeachment article against Donald Trump to the Senate but insisted a...