The US Federal Reserve is expected to use this week's policy meeting to pave the way for raising interest rates in March for the first time since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, as the central bank has made a hawkish pivot to combat surging inflation, economists have said....
The US Department of Defense has announced that nearly 8,500 US troops have been put on heightened alert for a possible deployment due to escalating tensions on the Russia-Ukraine border, but there is no decision on formal deployments....
Two years after the Covid-19 pandemic in Europe and central Asia, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said the region could be "entering a new phase in the pandemic with plausible hope for stabilisation."...
The US Department of State has ordered the departure of eligible family members of staffers at the from American Embassy in Kiev due to the "continued threat of Russian military action". ...
Thousands of Americans from across the country gathered in Washington D.C. for a march against Covid-19 vaccine mandates and other pandemic restrictions, as people were frustrated and fatigued by the recent surge in cases and the overall health crisis. ...
An Indian-American police officer, who has been on the job for just over six months, is being hailed a hero for rushing to neutralise a gunman who shot a police officer and wounded another....
Anthony Fauci, top US infectious disease expert, has said he is confident that most...
A raging wildfire that broke out along the Big Sur coast in California has prompted evacuations in Monterey County, with only 5 per cent containment, officials said. ...
The United States is concerned by claims made by the British foreign office saying that Moscow allegedly plans to install a pro-Russian leader in Ukraine, Emily Horne, the spokeswoman for the US National Security Council, said....
US President Joe Biden held a meeting with his national security team, including National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, a day after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Geneva, the White House press pool informs....
