The US Federal Reserve has kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at the record-low level of near zero, as the country grapples with slowing economic recovery amid surging Covid-19 cases....
With a 60 minute briefing on Wednesday, the Joe Biden administration marked the return of the country's finest medical professionals to top of the heap in taking on the challenge of Covid-19's deadly rampage in the US which is likely to claim 90,000 lives in the next four weeks alone. ...
Two doctors died following a reported hostage situation at a pediatrician's office that lasted about six hours on January 26, according to media reports quoting the Austin Police....
US states wringing their hands at empty cupboards left by the Trump administration will be getting a 17 per cent boost in Covid-19 vaccine supply next week....
"Withdrawn". A single word on a thick bureaucratic file on the seventh day of the Biden administration delivered a huge win for spouses of workers on H1B visas in the US who spent the last four years worried sick that their work authorisations would be killed off....
Anthony Blinken has been confirmed as the Secretary of State to steer US diplomacy in a new direction of greater engagement with international organisations and recasting ties with allies....
Within seven days of taking over as US president, Joe Biden on Tuesday declared that his government is "working to purchase" a total of 200 million additional doses of two authorised vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna which will be enough to vaccinate 300 million Americans by late summer this year....
The mission said that the appointments "reflect President Biden and Vice President (Kamala) Harris's commitment to building a talented, experienced, and diverse administration that looks like America"....
US President Joe Biden's underpromise-overdeliver strategy on Covid-19 vaccine allocation landed its most optimistic message yet, pointing to vaccination for any American who wants a shot by "this Spring"....
A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official warned of the risk of continued transmission of the novel coronavirus even after large-scale vaccinations in the foreseeable future....
