
The US will "re-open diplomatic channels of communication" with Palestine that had been cut off by the administration of former President Donald Trump, Washington's Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the Security Council....

The University of Southern California (USC) has announced an $852 million settlement to resolve lawsuits from hundreds of women over sexual abuse by the university's former gynaecologist George Tyndall....

The US Senate has confirmed Wally Adeyemo as the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Department, making him the first African-American to hold the position. ...

California, the most populous state in the US, will expand its Covid-19 vaccine eligibility to all individuals aged 16 and older starting from April 15, Governor Gavin Newsom said. ...

US President Joe Biden is planning to run for re-election with Kamala Harris as his running mate. ...

Initial unemployment claims in the US fell to 684,000 last week, the lowest level since the Covid-19 pandemic ravaged the labour market early last year, the Labour Department reported....

US President Joe Biden has admitted that he cannot completely solve what he considered to be the long-existing border problem caused by the excessive influx of migrants, claiming that the situation is improving and that it can get "a lot better" soon. ...

The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has surpassed 125.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.75 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University....

US President Joe Biden announceda new goal of administering 200 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to Americans in his first 100 days in office. ...

President Joe Biden has indicated that the US is unlikely to meet the May 1 deadline set by his predecessor Donald Trump to get American troops out of Afghanistan....