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The United Nations have welcomed the nomination of the Indian American Nikki Haley as the next US envoy to the world body, terming it as a good sign for the future. Haley becomes the first Indian-American to ever serve in a Cabinet position to any presidential administration. Farhan Haq, Deputy...

In a major change, the U.S., President-elect Donald Trump had said that America will withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and an investigation will be launched into the visa abuses that had undercut American workers. Indian IT companies that use the H-1B visa to bring workers to America will...

Rumours are amid that the two-term governor of South Carolina, Indian-American Nikki Haley will meet US President-elect Donald Trump, amid reports that she is being considered for a Cabinet position, particularly for the high-profile post of Secretary of State. The transition team's spokesman Sean Spicer has listed 44-year-old Haley...

The Kremlin statement had said that American President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed in a telephone conversation that relations between their countries are “unsatisfactory” and vowed to work together to improve them. Moscow had said that the two had discussed about the combining efforts in the...

Donald Trump may choose former New York Mayor Rudy to serve as secretary of state in in his incoming administration, a senior Trump official said as the president-elect narrowed down on his Cabinet picks. Giuliani, a top Trump adviser, said at a Washington event sponsored by the Wall Street Journal...

President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to move aggressively on a conservative agenda in filling the Supreme Court vacancies, cracking down on the illegal immigration and cutting taxes and sought to reassure worried Americans that they have nothing to fear from his presidency. "I just don't think they know me," the...

These have been very very tough days, Hillary Clinton said on her defeat in the American Presidential elections. "I am not going to sugarcoat it. These have been very, very tough days," Clinton told her campaign members and volunteers. In her her concession speech to President-elect Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton...

51-year-old Kamala Harris, an Indian-origin California Attorney General has the potential to become the first woman president of the United States, a media report has said. She has won the US Senate Seat from California in a landslide election, becoming the first black and Asian Senator from the state. "Meet...

Indian-American Kamala Harris, 52, would open a battlefront against the President-elect Donald Trump's anti-immigration policies and she said that, "we must reject racism and xenophobia in our politics". Ms Harris is the first Indian-American to be elected to the Senate from California. "I recognise that Tuesday's election has made millions...

51-year-old Pramila Jayapal became the first Indian-American woman to be elected to the US House of Representatives, after winning the Washington State Senate seat. Jayapal has polled 57% of the votes from the 7th Congressional District of Washington State, defeating her rival Brady Walkinshaw, who has managed to secure...