
There have been at least 26 million flu illnesses, 290,000 hospitalisations, and 19,000 deaths from flu so far this season in the US, according to the latest data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)....

A new Omicron subvariant is spreading in the United States, and has accounted for nearly 10 per cent of new weekly Covid-19 cases reported across the country, according to data updated by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ...

The US Supreme Court has preserved access to a widely used abortion pill, ruling the drug can remain available in the market while a lawsuit in a lower court continues. ...

Canada is providing a new military aid package for Ukraine, the Department of National Defence has announced. ...

Alarmed at the success of Microsoft-owned OpenAI's ChatGPT, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has created a unit that will help the company build more capable AI systems safely and responsibly....

Even as the Republican Party is still weighing in options between former US President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Trump is wasting no time to oust his rival DeSantis from the race in the 2024 primaries drumming up support for himself on the Governor's home turf. ...

After 25 years in the business, Netflix is making a huge make over. It is doing away with its initial business of mail order DVDs. The DVD postal service was launched as an alternative to DVD rental stores. Customers could rent DVDs of select shows and films that would be sent directly to their homes....

Apple CEO Tim Cook, who is in India to open flagship retail stores, was left amazed ...

A student from Andhra Pradesh was shot dead by an unknown person in a suspected case of robbery in Ohio state of the US....

Gold and other high-value goods were stolen after being offloaded from an aircraft at the Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada, local media reported....