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China also agreed for the first time to crack down on methane leaks, following the lead of the Biden administrations efforts to curb the potent greenhouse gas. (AP)

China, US pledge to increase cooperation at UN climate talks

The U.S. and China will revive a working group that will meet regularly to address the climate crisis and advance the...

11 Nov 2021 10:50 AM IST

Astronauts, from left, Matthias Maurer, of Germany, Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron pose for a photo after leaving the Operations and Checkout Building for a trip to Launch Pad 39-A Wednesday at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Photo: AP)

Indian origin astronaut-led NASA's SpaceX Crew-3 team headed to ISS

The four astronauts lifted off at 9:03 pm EST Wednesday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in...

11 Nov 2021 10:46 AM IST

A sign posted on a door at the Obregon Park Covid-19 vaccine site reminds people to get their booster shots as children age 5-11 receive their first dose at the facility on November 4, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. ( Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)

Pfizer asks FDA to okay COVID-19 booster shots for all adults

Older Americans and other groups particularly vulnerable to the virus have had access to a third dose of the Pfizer and...

10 Nov 2021 11:40 AM IST

In this image from video provided by NASA, astronauts in the SpaceX Dragon capsule undock from the International Space Station on Monday, Nov. 8, 2021. (Photo: AP)

SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth, ending 200-day flight

Their capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, in darkness

9 Nov 2021 9:32 AM IST

Passengers queue at London Heathrow Airports T3 as the US reopens its borders to UK visitors in a significant boost to the travel sector, in London. (AP)

US lifts pandemic travel ban, opens doors to visitors after nearly 2...

Travellers who can show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 and have had a recent, negative viral test can again fly...

8 Nov 2021 4:57 PM IST

Travis Scott performs at Day 1 of the Astroworld Music Festival at NRG Park on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, in Houston. (AP)

At least 8 dead, several injured after crush at US music festival

Around 50,000 people were in the crowd at rapper Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival, authorities added

6 Nov 2021 2:20 PM IST

Democrats celebrate on the House floor late Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, in Washington, after the House approved a $1 trillion package of road and other infrastructure projects after Democrats resolved a months-long standoff between progressives and moderates, notching a victory that President Joe Biden and his party had become increasingly anxious to claim. (House Television via AP)

US Congress okays $1 trillion infrastructure bill, a long-delayed win...

Approval of the bill would create legions of jobs and improve broadband, water supplies and other public works

6 Nov 2021 11:16 AM IST

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has determined that for purposes of travel to the United States, vaccines accepted will include FDA approved or authorised and World Health Organisation (WHO) emergency use listed (EUL) vaccines. (Representational Image/AP)

US to lift all travel restrictions for fully vaccinated foreign...

Fully vaccinated travellers will continue to be required to show a pre-departure negative test taken within three days...

5 Nov 2021 5:13 PM IST

In July 2020, Washington told China to shutter its consulate in Houston, prompting Beijing to retaliate with an order for a U.S. diplomatic facility in the southwestern city of Chengdu to close. (Bloomberg)

Xi, Biden likely to agree on reopening consulates

Xi and Biden could agree on a framework for reducing trade tensions that erupted during the Trump administration,...

5 Nov 2021 11:04 AM IST

A ten year old child high fives Pharmacist Colleen Teevan after he received the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine for kids at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut on November 2, 2021. (JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP)

US gives final clearance to COVID-19 shots for kids 5 to 11

Food and Drug Administration already authorized the shots for kids ages 5 to 11 doses just a third of the amount given...

3 Nov 2021 12:25 PM IST

Patients lie on beds in a COVID-19 isolation room at the University Emergency Hospital in Bucharest, Romania. (Photo: AP)

COVID-19's global death toll tops 5 million in under 2 years

India, despite its terrifying delta surge that peaked in early May, now has a much lower reported daily death rate

1 Nov 2021 2:53 PM IST

Wait for visa appointment to be longer: US Embassy

Wait for visa appointment to be longer: US Embassy

An estimated 3 mn visa holders from India will be able to travel to US under the new international air travel policy,...

31 Oct 2021 5:49 PM IST