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15 July 2021; MEMO: The US announced on Wednesday that it would allow Iran to use frozen funds to pay off its debts to South Korea and Japan.

The move comes in light of the ongoing talks to save the 2015 international nuclear agreement, which has lifted long-imposed US sanctions on Tehran.

14 July 2021; MEMO: A quarter of American Jews believe Israel is an apartheid state according to a new poll which has made a number of striking findings over the extent to which the occupation state is losing the battle for hearts and minds amongst the most populous Jewish community outside Israel.

Washington, Jul 14 (PTI) US President Joe Biden has nominated a prominent Indian-American physician and a surgeon to serve in key roles in his administration.

West Virginia's former health commissioner Dr Rahul Gupta was nominated on Tuesday as the next director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

Washington, Jul 10 (AP-PTI) President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Friday targeting what he labelled anticompetitive practices in tech, health care and other parts of the economy, declaring it would fortify an American ideal that true capitalism depends on fair and open competition."

09 July 2021; MEMO: The Biden administration announced on Sunday that it will restart funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Fund for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) and other assistance cut by former President Donald Trump.

The US will provide $235 million in aid to the Palestinians via UNRWA.

07 July 2021; MEMO: The American administration has frozen the Abraham Fund established following the normalisation of ties between the UAE and Israel in September 2020 to promote economic cooperation, Israel's Globes reported today.

05 July 2021; MEMO: The United States has placed Turkey on its list of countries involved in the practice of recruiting child soldiers, in a move that is set to further strain already-tense relations between the two.

02 July 2021; MEMO: The US State Department has criticised Israel for not making significant effort to combat human trafficking or meet international standards to combat trafficking.

02 July 2021; MEMO: The US Treasury said on Friday it removed sanctions on three Iranians but said this did not reflect a change in its sanctions policy toward Iran and had nothing to do with talks on restoring US and Iranian compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, Reuters reported.

03 July 2021; MEMO: Parallels between Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation with black Americans fighting for civil rights in the US were made by American Congressman Andre Carson in a recent interview with the Haaretz. The Representative from Indiana, one of only four Muslims ever elected to Congress, described how his support for Palestinians is rooted in his experience as a black person growing up in America and spoke at length about the racism he saw during his three visits to Israel.