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Image provided by NOAA shows the formation of Tropical Storm Sally. Tropical Storm Sally has formed off south Florida, becoming the earliest 18th-named tropical storm on record in a busy Atlantic hurricane season. (NOAA via AP)

Hurricane Paulette rolls toward Bermuda; Sally threatens Gulf Coast

Paulette is the strongest in terms of winds of six disturbances the center was tracking in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico

13 Sep 2020 3:20 PM

Firefighters with the Monitor Fire Department wait alongside the road surrounded by smoke in an area destroyed by a wildfire Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, near Mill City, Oregon. (AP)

Search on for bodies in charred path of wildfires, Trump to visit California

More than 4,000 homes and other structures have been incinerated in California alone over the past three weeks

13 Sep 2020 11:24 AM

Firefighters monitor a controlled burn along Nacimiento-Fergusson Road to help contain the Dolan Fire near Big Sur, California. (AP)

Dozens still missing in Oregon as weather helps fire fight

Hundreds of firefighters were battling two large blazes that threatened to merge near the most populated part of Oregon

12 Sep 2020 12:10 PM

"It is a warfighting song, drawing from the energy of Indian celebrations, inspiring our community to awaken and vote for Biden-Harris in November," Bhutoria said after the video was released on various social media platforms on Thursday. (Screengrab from Youtube video)

Biden supporters release remix of Bollywood song to woo Indian-Americans

'Chale Chalo, Chale Chalo, Biden ko Vote do, Biden ki Jeet Ho, Unki Haar Haan,' say the lyrics of the song

12 Sep 2020 11:27 AM

Nora Dannehy, a federal prosecutor who was helping lead the investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe has resigned from the Justice Department. (AP)

US prosecutor looking into the origins of Russia probe resigns

Her departure could complicate the final stretch of an investigation already slowed by pandemic but eagerly anticipated by Trump supporters

12 Sep 2020 9:22 AM

People wait outside a COVID-19 testing clinic in Montreal, Monday, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada and around the world. (AP)

Canada reports zero COVID-19 deaths for the first time since March

With most provinces easing lockdown and as schools reopen for in-person classes, Canada’s infections have seen a mild pick-up in recent days

12 Sep 2020 8:56 AM

Oregon firefighters put out embers in Mill City, Oregon, on September 10, 2020, as they battle the Santiam Fire. - California firefighters battled the state's largest ever inferno on September 10, as tens of thousands of people fled blazes up and down the US West Coast and officials warned the death toll could shoot up in coming days.Oregon firefighters put out embers in Mill City, Oregon, on September 10, 2020, as they battle the Santiam Fire. - California firefighters battled the state's largest ever inferno on September 10, as tens of thousands of people fled blazes up and down the US West Coast and officials warned the death toll could shoot up in coming days.(AFP)

California teen learns to drive while escaping wildfire

"It's like a video game, Ruben," the teenager recalled his uncle Josh telling him

11 Sep 2020 1:55 PM

A riot police officer is reached by a petrol bomb during clashes with demonstrators protesting against police brutality in Medellin, Colombia on September 10, 2020. - At least 10 people were killed and hundreds wounded after rioting broke out in the Colombian capital Bogota during protests over the death of a man repeatedly tasered by police, authorities said Thursday. (AFP)

Death toll rises to 10 in Colombia rioting over police killing

Recent video shows attorney Javier Ordonez pleading with police officers, who tasered him at least five times as he lay on the ground

11 Sep 2020 12:38 PM

Flames lick above vehicles on Highway 162 as the Bear Fire burns in Oroville, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. The blaze, part of the lightning-sparked North Complex, expanded at a critical rate of spread as winds buffeted the region. (AP)

10 now dead in massive Northern California wildfire

The weeks-old fire was about 50% contained when winds thrashed it into explosive growth on Tuesday

11 Sep 2020 11:01 AM

Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden delivers remarks in the parking lot outside the United Auto Workers Region 1 offices on September 09, 2020 in Warren, Michigan.(AFP)

Russian hackers suspected in targeting Biden campaign firm

US intelligence agencies have raised alarms about possible efforts by foreign governments to interfere in the November presidential election

10 Sep 2020 4:50 PM

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Smith Reynolds Airport, in Winston-Salem. (AP)

Here's what Bob Woodward's book 'Rage' says about Donald Trump

Woodward is reported to have done 18 interviews with Trump for the book, due to be published September 15

10 Sep 2020 2:42 PM

"I still like playing it down, because I don't want to create a panic," Trump said in the conversation with Woodward, which was recorded. (AP)

Latest Woodward book says Trump downplayed COVID seriousness

'I wanted to always play it down,' Trump said in an interview with Woodward, according to a CNN preview of the book 'Rage'

10 Sep 2020 12:04 PM

Kalpana Chawla lost her life during the STS-107 mission when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated upon reentering the Earth's atmosphere. (Image: Twitter @NASA)

US spacecraft named after late Indian-American astronaut Kalpana Chawla

'Today we honour Kalpana Chawla, who made history at @NASA as the first female astronaut of Indian descent,' said Northrop Grumman company

10 Sep 2020 11:11 AM

US President Donald Trump.Trump has been nominated for 2021 Nobel Peace Prize following his efforts to broker peace between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). (AFP)

Donald Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for brokering UAE-Israel peace deal

The nomination also cites his part in ‘creating new dynamics in other protracted conflicts, such as the Kashmir border dispute’

10 Sep 2020 10:23 AM

In a speech, acting head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Chad Wolf, repeated U.S. charges of unjust business practices and industrial espionage by China, including attempts to steal coronavirus research, and accused it of abusing student visas to exploit American academia. (AP)

US has cancelled more than 1,000 visas for Chinese nationals deemed security risks

Some 360,000 Chinese nationals study in the United States, bringing in significant revenue to US colleges

10 Sep 2020 9:51 AM

US President Donald Trump with US Attorney General William Barr (R) and Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf (L), speaks to officials duringa roundtable discussion on community safety, at Mary D. Bradford High School in in Kenosha, Wisconsin on September 1, 2020. (AFP)

US intelligence official told to halt Russian election meddling threat assessments: Whistleblower

Trump has repeatedly dismissed reports that Russia is continuing to interfere in the 2020 race, claiming China is the more pernicious threat

10 Sep 2020 9:18 AM

A melted slide smolders as a playground continues to burn at Pine Ridge school during the Creek fire in an unincorporated area of Fresno County, California on September 08, 2020. - Wildfires in California have torched a record more than two million acres, the state fire department said on September 7, as smoke hampered efforts to airlift dozens of people trapped by an uncontrolled blaze. (AFP)

Californians airlifted from fires as dangerous winds arrive

In northwestern Washington state, 330,000 acres burned in just 24 hours - more than in any of the last 12 fire seasons

09 Sep 2020 1:19 PM

Holds during clinical trials are not uncommon, but this is thought to be the first time it has happened for a COVID-19 vaccine trial. (Representational Image: AP)

AstraZeneca pauses COVID-19 vaccine trial after unexplained illness

AstraZeneca is one of nine companies currently in late-stage Phase 3 trials for their COVID-19 vaccine candidates

09 Sep 2020 8:51 AM

Members of firefighters walk in line during a wildfire in Yucaipa, Calif., Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. Three fast-spreading California wildfires sent people fleeing Saturday, with one trapping campers at a reservoir in the Sierra National Forest, as a brutal heat wave pushed temperatures into triple digits in many parts of state.(AP)

California fire triggered by 'gender reveal firework'

Gender reveal parties are held during pregnancy to unveil the sex of the expected child, sometimes announced by pink or blue smoke fireworks

07 Sep 2020 12:30 PM

A city health worker takes a resident's blood sample during a city new program that aims to administer 20 thousand COVID-19 tests in Rio de Janeiro's poor neighborhoods, at Morro da Providencia favela, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP)

Up to a quarter of Brazilians may not take COVID-19 vaccine: Survey

People cite conspiracy theories like having a chip implanted by taking the vaccine, and that it is made with aborted fetuses as the reasons

07 Sep 2020 11:41 AM

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