
Joe Biden, who will be the Democratic Party's presidential candidate, will give "high priority to" strengthening India-US relations including on counter-terrorism and for ensuring China can't threaten its neighbours, according to his campaign. ...

US Covid-19 deaths have surpassed the 170,000 mark, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. ...

US President Donald Trump has again pushed for schools to reopen despite the severe Covid-19 pandemic across the country, which currently accounts for the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the world. ...

US President Donald Trump has said that universal mail-in voting would be "catastrophic" and make the country "a laughing stock", in his latest opposition to postal balloting, the media reported on Sunday....

Indian-American Kamala Harris, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's running mate for the November 3 election, said her mother, who was originally from Chennai, "always wanted to instil in a love of good idli". ...

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the US will witness unconventional conventions this weekm with the Democrats anointing Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as their candidates for the November election without a live audience and the made-for-television show. ...

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has increased poverty, expanded the size of the informal economy, and threatened the weak health systems of some countries in Central America, experts have said....
It is with heavy heart I share that my wonderful brother, Robert, peacefully passed away tonight,’ President Trump said in the statement...

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 21.3 million, while the deaths have increased to over 769,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. ...

There is credible evidence that leads me to believe that ByteDance might take action that threatens to impair the national security of the United States," Trump wrote in the order issued on Friday. ...