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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Shawn Thew/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Biden's chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci tests COVID positive, has...

Biden's chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci tests COVID positive, has mild symptoms

16 Jun 2022 9:40 AM IST

In this file photo taken on December 22, 2020, travellers Arrive at terminal 4 at JFK International airport in New York. (Kena Betancur / AFP)

US lifts COVID-19 test requirement for international travel

A senior senior administration official said that the agency would reevaluate the need for the testing requirement every...

11 Jun 2022 11:54 AM IST

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, speaks after surviving an attempt by Tory MPs to oust him as party leader following a confidence vote in his leadership, Monday June 6, 2022, in London. (AP)

Boris Johnson wins no-confidence vote: but the margin will make him...

The 148 votes against Johnson means that for the first time the public, and the rebels, know the scale of the opposition...

7 Jun 2022 11:02 AM IST

Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (AFP Photo)

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to face confidence vote

If Johnson is ousted it would spark a Conservative leadership contest, in which several prominent government ministers...

6 Jun 2022 1:37 PM IST

Law enforcement personnel walk outside Uvalde High School after shooting a was reported earlier in the day at Robb Elementary School, Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. (William Luther/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)

Texas school massacre: 19 children, 2 adults shot dead, several...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott named the suspect as Salvador Ramos, an 18-year-old local resident and a US citizen

25 May 2022 10:42 AM IST

US President Joe Biden attends a press conference at the Akasaka Palace in Tokyo on May 23, 2022. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

China 'flirting with danger', US would defend Taiwan if Beijing...

It will dislocate the entire region and be another action similar to what happened in Ukraine, Biden said

23 May 2022 1:04 PM IST

A pedestrian walks on a bridge above vehicle traffic in New Delhi, as the city is enveloped under thick smog. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Global pollution kills 9 million people a year, study finds

India and China lead the world in pollution deaths with nearly 2.4 million and almost 2.2 million deaths a year

18 May 2022 10:57 AM IST

US President Joe Biden (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

US President Biden co-hosting 2nd COVID summit as world's resolve...

Momentum on vaccination and treatment has faded even as new, more infectious variants rise and billions across the globe...

12 May 2022 11:51 AM IST

Elon Musk (Twitter/@AFP)

Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter's ban on Donald Trump

The world's richest man Musk called the ban a 'morally bad decision,' saying permanent bans undermine trust in Twitter

11 May 2022 10:52 AM IST

Demonstrators march down the streets after protesting outside of the U.S. Courthouse in response to a leaked draft of the Supreme Courts opinion to overturn Roe v. Wade, in Los Angeles, March 3, 2022. (AP)

Abortion battles in US fire up after Supreme Court leak

Roughly half of U.S. states are expected to move quickly to ban or greatly restrict abortion if Roe is overturned

5 May 2022 1:02 PM IST

The H1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise in specialised fields.

US announces 1.5-year extension for some expiring immigrant work...

The move announced by the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday will go into effect from May 4, 2022

4 May 2022 10:27 AM IST

Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during the fourth U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue at the State Department, in Washington, DC. (PTI Photo)

U.S. monitoring rise in human rights abuses in India: Antony Blinken

Ministers Rajnath Singh and Jaishankar, who spoke after Blinken at the briefing, did not comment on the human rights...

12 April 2022 12:12 PM IST