Mary Simon has been sworn in as Canada's 30th Governor General, becoming the first-ever indigenous person to take over the post....
Americans' optimism about the direction of the country has dropped nearly 20 points, according to a latest news poll....
The death toll from the partial collapse of a 12-storey residential building in Surfside, a beachside town in Florida, has increased to 98 following the identification of the last victim, authorities said....
The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 195 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.18 million and vaccinations soared to over 3.84 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. ...
The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that it will require its frontline healthcare workers to be vaccinated against Covid-19, making it the first federal agency to mandate compulsory inoculation...
Five people, including the suspect, were killed during an hours-long standoff in California's Wasco city, local authorities said....
The US will keep existing travel restrictions for those entering the country due to the surging cases of Covid-19 Delta variant, the White House said on Monday....
US President Joe Biden said on Monday that American forces in Iraq will end the combat mission by the end of the year while continuing to train and assist Iraqi forces. ...
Liz Cheney, one of the two Republican members serving on the Democratic-led House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot, has been given the opportunity to deliver one of the two opening statements at the panel's first hearing scheduled for Tuesday, according to media reports. ...
Fresh from his trip to the edge of space, Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos has offered NASA a discount of up to $2 billion to give his space company Blue Origin the human lunar landing system (HLS) contract, won by Elon Musks SpaceX earlier this year....
