As the new Omicron Covid-19 variant is increasing single-day cases to the highest level in the US, major cities, including New York, have scaled down or cancelled New Year's Eve events for a second consecutive year....
Over 7.5 million children have tested positive for Covid-19 since the onset of the pandemic in the US, representing 1 in 10 American children, according to the latest report of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Children's Hospital Association....
Hans Grundberg, the special envoy of the UN Secretary general for Yemen, has said that escalating violence in the country has been "among the worst" in recent years, and civilians are increasingly being targeted. ...
The lightning spread of the new Omicron variant in the US has driven daily Covid-19 new cases to a record high of over 510,000. ...
A Russia-NATO meeting is expected on January 12, Sputnik reported citing a news agency....
Interstate 80 and US Route 50, the two key highways linking the west and east US, were closed in the mountainous areas of Northern California due to a strong snowstorm battering the state....
This December has been a record-breaking month of snowfall in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in western US, scientists from the University of California, Berkeley's Central Sierra Snow Laboratory (CSSL) said....
Thousands of people in the US' Pacific Northwest were without power after a massive...
US President Joe Biden has issued an executive order for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to assist with coronavirus testing across the United States, the White House announced in a memorandum....
A total of 1,033 flights within, into and out of the US were canceled and 2,982 faced delays as of 1:20 p.m. East Time, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware, as the recent Omicron-fueled Covid-19 surge has resulted in crew shortages and disrupted the operations of some airlines....
