US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday criticized states like New York that plan to offer in-person instruction only a few days a week.
US Ambassador to Nepal Randy Berry, who also attended Tuesday's ceremony, tweeted on Wednesday and said: "Chinese construction site + US tunneling technology = good outcome for Nepal."
US futures saw sharp declines on Monday morning. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 1,255 points, pointing to an opening loss on Monday of about 1,300 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq-100 futures also pointed to declines for the two indexes when they opened on Monday, CNBC reported.
US President Donald Trump said he would boost tariffs on aluminum and steel imports from Argentina and Brazil, a move that sent financial markets down and could undercut prior agreements with those nations.
US Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abrams attended the meeting, saying he hopes the Security Council will vote this week on a resolution calling for Venezuela to allow the entry of humanitarian assistance.
US government spending grew by 3.2 percent compared with the previous fiscal year, while government receipts rose by 0.4 percent. The budget deficit as a share of US gross domestic product (GDP) rose to 3.9 percent, up from 3.5 percent in the previous fiscal year, the report said.
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Uhuru said the question on debt should be how a country will use it.
US media have projected that Biden has won 306 Electoral College votes, surpassing the 270 votes needed to clinch the presidency. The watershed moment came on Nov 7, when Pennsylvania was called for Biden, who now leads Trump in the state by over 81,000 votes, a margin believed to be insurmountable even if those erroneously cast ballots were excluded.
US military spokesman Colonel Sonny Leggett said in a tweet that the "defensive" strike was the first US attack against the militants in 11 days. He said the attack was to counter a Taliban assault on Afghan government forces in Nahr-e Saraj in the southern Helmand Province.
US President Donald Trump kisses White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders after it was announced she will leave her job at the end of the month during a second chance hiring prisoner reentry event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, US, June 13, 2019. [Photo/Agencies]