
Amid growing concerns about the plight of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers at the Poland-Belarus border, the UN rights office and UN refugee agency on Friday urged all parties to respect human rights and refrain from using them for political ends....

US President Joe Biden has picked senior Google Health advisor Dr Robert Califf as next chief of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)....

A majority of US federal employees have disagreed with the Covid-19 vaccine mandate announced by President Joe Biden in September, according to a survey conducted by a media outlet....

US job openings remained exceptionally high at more than 10 million in September, while the number of Americans quitting their jobs rose to a record high, indicating a tighter labour market....

For the first time in two months, Covid-19 case counts and deaths are rising again in most US states, especially in the northern tier and Rocky Mountains, with a potential fifth wave of the pandemic in sight, according to local media reports....

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Qatar has agreed to represent American interests in Afghanistan following the closure of the Embassy in Kabul in August....

The global coronavirus caseload has topped 252.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.08 million and vaccinations soared to over 7.41 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University....

US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold a virtual summit Monday evening, the White House said....

Google has welcomed the announcement by US Vice President Kamala Harris that the country is expanding its efforts to advance international cooperation in cybersecurity by joining the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace. ...

Skygazers are in for a treat as the longest partial lunar eclipse of the century is going to take place on November 19. It is also the longest such eclipse in nearly 600 years....