
President Joe Biden said the US military believes it is not a "good idea" for House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to travel to Taiwan as planned. Pelosi is reportedly planning to visit Taiwan in August, but the White House said her plans have not been locked in yet. China has strongly opposed US House Speaker Nancy...

Chief of US' Central Intelligence Agency has dismissed the rumours that Russian President Vladimir Putin is unwell, saying that he is "entirely too healthy."...

One US Army Reserve soldier died and nine others were injured after a lightning bolt struck a training area at Fort Gordon in the southeastern state of Georgia....

The Congressional committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill's insurrection will hold its meeting as scheduled on Thursday (July 21) even as chairman Bennie Thompson has tested positive for Covid....

The BA.5 Omicron subvariant, now the dominant coronavirus strain in the US, made up nearly 80 per cent of new Covid-19 infections in the country, according to latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)....

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has endorsed recommendation that Novavax's Covid-19 vaccine be used as another primary series option for adults ages 18 years and older. ...

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) confirmed a total of 604 cases of monkeypox in the country as of Wednesday. ...

The US has come under a "Heat Wave Warning" from the National Weather Service saying "Dangerous Levels" could be reached this week affecting 100 million Americans across several states from Texas, Louisiana to Kansas and Missouri....

Close Donald Trump aide, media executive, and banker Steve Bannon was accused by prosecutors of thinking that he was "above the law" in not abiding by requests to appear before the Congressional committee investigating Jan 6 "Capitol Hill Insurrection" after several requests and even after being subpoenaed last year in October...

Former British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, who resigned from this position because of differences with Prime Minister Boris Johnson, on Wednesday won the first stage of the contest to succeed Johnson as head of government among fellow Conservative MPs. He secured 137 votes. ...