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The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was old name of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

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The US government-funded news agency on March 29, 2022 launched a 24/7 direct-to-home satellite-delivered television channel for Afghanistan.

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A New York grand jury indicted Donald Trump over hush money payments made to a porn star during his 2016 campaign, making him the first former US president to face criminal charges.

Hush Money: راز چھپانے کیلئے کسی کو رقم دینا

Judgement date: 30 March 2023

Note: Donald Trump served as US president from 2017 to 2021

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In February 2023, Seattle became the first city in the United States to ban discrimination based on caste.

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• US president Joe Biden signed major climate change and health care law, worth 430 billion dollars on 16 August 2022.

• This law would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about a billion tons by 2030.

• This law is ten times bigger than any climate law ever enacted. 

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On 9 August 2022, US President Joe Biden signed the United States Instruments of Ratification of the Accession Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty for the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden, which the U.S. Senate approved on August 3. 

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Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) is an American anti-ballistic missile defense system.

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In 2023, Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative was launched by the US to increase Ukraine’s capacity to defend itself from Russia’s aggression.

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• Global Firepower Index 2024
• Total countries: 145
• Topper: USA
• Pakistan: 9th 
• Bottom: Bhutan