US President Joe Biden announced that he has approved a new executive order to immediately sanction leaders of the Myanmar military who directed the February 1 coup, as well as their business interests and family members. At a White House briefing on Wednesday, the President said the administration...
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that it's important for the central bank to maintain a "patiently accommodative monetary policy stance" to boost the labour market recovery amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. "Despite the surprising speed of recovery early on, we are still very far from ...
American airplane giant Boeing said that its technical experts will continue assisting the investigation into an Indonesia plane crash that took place last month....
US President Joe Biden has announced a Pentagon task force to chart Washington's Beijing strategy and followed it up with a stern dialogue with his Chinese counterpart XI Jinping about the Asian giant's "increasingly assertive actions" and served notice that he was committed to an open Indo-Pacific region, according to th...
The TikTok-Oracle deal that had the blessing of former US President Donald Trump has been shelved indefinitely, allegedly at the behest of the new administration, the media reported on Wednesday....
In his first official domestic trip since taking office last month, US President Joe Biden is slated to travel to the state of Wisconsin on February 16, the media reported. ...
In the face of China's aggressive actions against India, the US will stand with New Delhi, according to State Department spokesperson Ned Price. ...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the situation in Myanmar, where a military coup was staged on February 1, with India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. Blinken reaffirmed "the strength of the US-India partnership" and they discussed...
While appearing before a US Senate panel, Neera Tanden, the Indian-American nominee to President Joe Biden's cabinet, apologised to Republican Senators for insulting them in tweets. Appearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee ...
Paid maternity leave has major mental and physical health benefits for mothers and children -- including reduced rates of postpartum depression and infant mortality, a new study suggests....
