A massive earthquake measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale jolted Alaska and prompted authorities to issue a tsunami warning for parts of the state, according to the US Geological Survey....
Two people were dead and 30 others have been hospitalised following a chemical leak in La Porte, a city near the Gulf of Mexico in the US state of Texas, authorities confirmed....
Amid an ongoing megadrought, the water levels of Lake Mead and Lake Powell, the two largest reservoirs in the US, have dropped to historic lows in the past two months....
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday (local time) met with Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya at the White House, extending support to pro-democracy protesters....
Former US President Donald Trump has blasted Senate Republicans for striking a deal with Democratic counterparts on a near 1 trillion dollars infrastructure package....
President Biden on Wednesday hailed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal as a signal to the world that "our democracy can function, deliver and do big things."...
The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at the record-low level of near zero amid growing concerns over surging inflation and the rapid spread of the Delta variant. ...
The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 195.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.18 million and vaccinations soared to over 3.96 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University....
American biopharmaceutical company Pfizer has said a third dose of its Covid-19 vaccine can "strongly" boost protection against the Delta variant. ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and welcomed President Joe Biden's strong commitment to strengthening the India-US Strategic Partnership....
