
US President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden have come out swinging, trading blame for the rising violence and crime in the country that have taken centre stage as the race for the November 3 election enters the final lap. ...

Ninety-four per cent of patients who died of the novel coronavirus in the US had underlying conditions, while only 6 per cent succumbed to the disease directly, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a new report. ...

The total number of Covid-19 cases in the US surpassed 6 million on Monday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University....
A man linked to a right-wing group was killed on Saturday, as elsewhere in the city a pro-Trump rally clashed with Black Lives Matter protesters....

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has condemned the violence in Portland, Oregon after a man was fatally shot following clashes between rival protesters....

US President Donald Trump's favourability remained flat after last week's Republican National Convention (RNC), where he formally accepted his renomination for a second-term, as majority of Americans continued to view his handling of the Covid-19 crisis negatively, a new poll has revealed....
An Indian-origin family's car dealership was set ablaze by rioters in the protest-hit US city of Kenosha, Wisconsin destroying nearly 100 vehicles and causing damages worth $2.5 million, according to family members....

One person was shot and killed in Portland, the largest city in the US state of Oregon, after supporters of President Donald Trump's clashed with anti-racism protesters, according to police....
US President Donald Trump will visit Kenosha, Wisconsin on Tuesday following days of unrest in the city in response to the August 23 police shooting of African-American man, Jacob Blake, it was reported....

Activists in Montreal have toppled a statue of Canada's first Prime Minister, John A. MacDonald, who was linked to policies that killed many indigenous people in the late 19th Century, the media reported on Sunday....