
The Quad summit "got the Chinese attention" on their seriousness in holding Beijing accountable for its actions in the Indo-Pacific region, according to US President Joe Biden....

US President Joe Biden said on Thursday during his first press conference since taking office that he planned to run for re-election in 2024, immediately prompting follow-up questions on the matter since he signalled during his 2020 presidential campaign that he might be a one-term president if elected....

British-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca on Thursday said that its Covid-19 vaccine's efficacy at preventing symptomatic coronavirus was 76 per cent in a US phase-3 trial, slightly lower than 79 per cent efficacy that it projected earlier this week....

Virginia has become the first state in the US South to stop executions after Governor Ralph Northam signed a legislation to abolish the death penalty. ...

Football star Megan Rapinoe has joined US President Joe Biden at the White House to promote equal pay for women and men....

A new view of a supermassive black hole marks the first time astronomers have captured and mapped polarisation, a sign of magnetic fields, so close to the edge of a black hole. ...

Ahead of a key congressional hearing, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey have defended their platforms...

US President Joe Biden wants Congress to act on an immigration reform that it would allow Indian doctors and other professionals to expeditiously get their green cards, according to his spokesperson Jen Psaki....

San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced new efforts to advance public safety in the city and provide targeted support to members of San Francisco's Asian and Pacific Islander (API) community....

US President Joe Biden announced that he picked Vice President Kamala Harris as the point person in the country's diplomatic efforts with Mexico and the Northern Triangle countries in Central America to stem migration at the southern border....