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Kamala Harris has become the first Black woman to be presidential candidate of Democratic Party for 2024 US elections.

She won the presidential nomination from the Democratic Party. 

She is contesting US 2024 elections after the withdrawal of Joe Biden.

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To win the presidential election, 270 electoral votes are needed out of the 538 members of the Electoral College.

US presidential elections to be held in November 2024.

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The US Department of Health and Human Services will honour Dr Farha Abbasi, a Michigan-based Pakistani-American psychiatrist, on March 29, 2023 as one of the top 15 women faith leaders in the United States.

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2021 Quad summit held in Washington, USA

2022 Quad summit held in Tokyo, Japan

QUAD members:  India, the US, Japan and Australia.

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In May 2022, NASA’s InSight Mars lander detected the largest quake that was ever observed on another planet. 

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In June 2023, Zaheer Ahmed, a Pakistani police officer, was presented with the prestigious Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Hero award by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a June 15 award ceremony in Washington, DC. 

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According to The Wall Street Journal, report published in January 2022, since Sept 11, 2001, US military spent $14 trillion during two decades of war in Afghanistan and the Middle East.

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Covid-19 deaths in the United States topped 200,000 on September 19, 2020 while more than 6,740,400 confirmed cases were also recorded.

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Bill Nelson became NASA administrator: May 2021

Administrator: highest-ranking of NASA

NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, US Space agency

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