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....
US acting Defence Secretary Chirstopher Miller announced that the US troop presence in Afghanistan and Iraq will be reduced to 2,500 in each country by mid-January. ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has green-lighted emergency use of the first at-home rapid coronavirus test that promises to expand testing options for Americans beyond the typical medical facilities and urgent care centers which have seen persistent delays in turnaround times. ...
Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech released a second batch of interim results on Wednesday, saying their two-dose coronavirus vaccine candidate is 95 per cent effective and also protects the most vulnerable people in older age groups from the risk of falling prey to the virus....
While a face mask might feel uncomfortable, researchers have said that they do not significantly change the actual work of breathing or the flow of oxygen and carbon dioxide when worn while exercising....
