US President Joe Biden has urged Congress to pass the Covid-19 Hate Crimes Act in the wake of the deadly Atlanta massage parlour shootings, that killed eight people, including six women of Asian descent....
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has lowered the distance guidance for schools from 6 feet to 3 feet, saying 3 feet distance among students is sufficient in classroom as long as masks and other mitigation steps are taken to prevent the spread of Covid-19....
The economic situation in the US is much improved since the Covid-19 pandemic hit, but the recovery is "far from complete", Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said. ...
The highly contagious coronavirus variant first identified in Britain likely accounts for up to 30 per cent of the confirmed cases in the US, Anthony Fauci, the country's top infectious disease expert, said....
US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris condemned anti-Asian violence in the country, warning against silence and complicity in the aftermath of shootings this week in Atlanta, in which eight people, including six Asian women, were killed....
San Francisco Mayor London Breed has unveiled a new legislation to make it easier for small businesses to recover, open, and operate in the city amid the Covid-19 pandemic....
Unemployment claims in the US last week increased to 770,000, indicating the disruption in the labour market recovery, the Labour Department reported....
US states have set their own eligibility lists for Covid-19 vaccines and have varied widely when it came to inmates being inoculated against the virus, according to a media report....
US President Joe Biden is reportedly tapping former Democratic Senator Bill Nelson as the next NASA administrator....
The US Senate has unanimously confirmed William Burns as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), installing an experienced career diplomat to head the spy agency. ...
