UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres "grieves" the death of Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui who was killed while covering the Afghanistan security forces operation against the Taliban, according his deputy spokesperson Farhan Haq....
Arguing that "peaceful and stable" Afghanistan is in the interest of all of its neighbouring countries in the region, the United States on Thursday urged all parties involved in the Afghan conflict to reach a negotiated political settlement and a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire....
Los Angeles County's health department said it has reimposed an indoor mask mandate regardless of individuals' vaccination status....
US President Joe Biden said his administration will not ease restrictions on remittances sent from US residents to relatives in Cuba because the Cuban government will likely confiscate the money....
The numbers of Covid-19 cases are surging in more than half of US states and territories, with 7-day average of daily new cases up over 65 per cent from the week before, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)....
The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 188.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.06 million and vaccinations soared to over 3.53 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. ...
US President Joe Biden raised his concerns to visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel over the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, warning Russia not to weaponise the energy....
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that he was "legitimately undecided" on the benefits and costs of issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC)....
US President Joe Biden said on Thursday the US is only sending marines to bolster security at its embassy in Haiti but the idea of sending American troops into the Caribbean country was "not on the agenda". ...
US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy tore into dominant technology companies for enabling Covid-19 misinformation and urged them to redesign their recommendation algorithms and construct built-in "frictions" to slow the spread of "poison" on online social platforms....
