
More than 37 million Americans are expected to travel during the Memorial Day holiday weekend as US tourism has substantially picked up after more than a year of the Covid-19 pandemic....

The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 168.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.50 million, according to official figures published by the World Health Organization (WHO). ...

Germany is recognising the atrocities committed by the country's colonial powers against the Herero and Nama ethnic groups in Namibia as genocide....

US President Joe Biden's administration has nominated another Indian-American, Arun Venkataraman, to a key position in the Commerce Department, according to the White House....

California, the most populous US state, announced a decision to offer $116.5 million in prize money to stimulate residents to get vaccinated against Covid-19, as it prepares to fully reopen on June 15....
For the first time since its establishment in 1939, Fruit Heights City Council (Utah) will start its meeting on June one with Hindu prayers, containing hymns from world’s oldest extant scripture....

“The 39th Annual AAPI Convention & Scientific Assembly will be held from July 2nd to July 5th, 2021 at the fabulous and world famous Omni Atlanta at CNN Center and Georgia World Congress Center,†Dr. Sudhakar Jonnalagadda, President of American association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) said....

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that it is encouraging to see Senate Republicans' $928 billion infrastructure counter-offer, while noting that major concerns remain....

Initial unemployment claims in the US dropped for a fourth straight week to 406,000, a new low since the Covid-19 pandemic ravaged the labour market early last year, the Labour Department reported....

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that she expected to see high inflation rates through the end of the year as the economy continues to recover from the Covid pandemic....