
Thousands of netizens have in the past week signed a petition to bar Amazon founder Jeff Bezos from re-entering Earth after his space company Blue Origin's launches a trip to the edge of space next month, the media reported....

"In coordination with the US, we are extending restrictions on non-essential international travel and with the US until July 21st, 2021," Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said in a tweet on Friday....

Three Punjabis were appointed as Ministers in a Cabinet reshuffle in Canada's Ontario province....

California has launched a digital platform through which the state's residents can access their Covid-19 vaccination records....

The US government is investing more than $3 billion to accelerate the development and manufacturing of antiviral medicines to treat Covid-19, according to a statement by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ...

The Delta coronavirus variant is expected to become the dominant strain in America, Director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Rochelle Walensky said....

The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 177.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.84 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University....

The US has administered 300 million Covid-19 shots in the 150 days since US President Joe Biden took office, the White House said on Friday. ...

In the run up to Americas Independence Day weekend, US President Joe Biden struck a sunny note Friday declaring that the US is heading into a "very different summer compared to last year" after 300 million Covid-19 vaccines in arms in the 150 days since he took office....

The UN General Assembly on Friday appointed Antonio Guterres, to a second term as the Secretary General to lead the world body through the crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic and the fight against global warming, which he has made his priority....