
Gun sales in the US have continued amid the Covid-19 pandemic and the nationwide protests, and about a fifth of all Americans who bought arms last year were first-time owners, a media report said....

US President Joe Biden's $6 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2022 has drawn mixed reviews from lawmakers and analysts, setting the stage for a potentially heated debate in Congress....

With the Covid-19 pandemic abruptly cutting off a steadily growing pipeline of cash for US colleges and universities from international students,higher education institutions are now looking to the White House to shore up a besieged visa process to bring those lucrative students back, a media report said. ...

US air passenger numbers are forecast to average as many as two million a day through the Memorial Day holiday, testing the ability of airlines and airports to handle infrequent and, in some cases, unruly fliers, a media report said. ...

After the forced landing of a passenger plane in the Belarusian capital Minsk with a dissident journalist on board, the US government has said it will reinstate sanctions against nine Belarusian state-owned companies next week....

American aerospace giant, Boeing has again halted deliveries of its 787 aircraft after US federal regulators sought more information about its production flaws, according to a statement released by the company...

A wildfire has damaged more than a dozen homes in the small mining town of Bagdad in the US state of Arizona, forcing about 600 residents to be relocated....

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic ravaging India and the rising global tensions, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has capped two days of whirlwind diplomacy in Washington by meeting Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin as they sought to deepen the ties between their countries. ...

US Senate Republicans have blocked a legislation to establish an independent commission to investigate the violent January 6 Capitol riot that claimed the lives of five people....

Over 40 per cent of the American population have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 till date, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)....