California Governor Gavin Newsom has announced a mandatory overnight stay-at-home order limiting non-essential work, movement and gatherings in most areas of the state to curb the spread of Covid-19. ...
President Donald Trump's decision at his administration's sunset to pull back US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq is among his final attempts to keep his original campaign promise, but creates a policy vacuum and complicates the transition to Democrat Joe Biden in January....
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has rescinded the order that halted commercial operations of the globally grounded Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, after two crashes that took place within months. ...
Shooting incidents in New York City have nearly doubled this year, while arrests for major crimes have decreased, according to the New York Police Department (NYPD) sources....
Hours after US Democratic lawmakers re-nominated House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to lead the party for another two years, her decades old unwavering support to the cause of the Tibetan people has been reaffirmed with passing of a bipartisan resolution on 'autonomous' Tibet. This has elated the Tibetan officials of the government-in-exile. ...
For the first time in a decade, the US confirmed the nomination of its new aambassador to Venezuela in a Senate voice vote, despite the two countries severing their diplomatic ties last year....
A Canadian-founded voting systems company is at the centre of a poll irregularities controversy in the 2020 US presidential election with allegations against it from President Donald Trump's camp....
Colleges and universities in seven US states have been urged to make Covid-19 testing available to all students before they leave for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. ...
Democrats of the US House of Representatives have nominated Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the top of a party she has led since 2003, marking the longest period since 1961....
New York City has reached the threshold of 3 per cent Covid-19 test positivity rate on a seven-day average, which "means public school buildings will be closed", Mayor Bill de Blasio said....
