Carnivorous animals have a defective immune system, which makes them likely to be asymptomatic carriers of disease-causing pathogens, finds a study....
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday (local time) that Taliban will be judged by their actions and G7 leaders, EU, NATO and United Nations would respond to the terror group's behaviour accordingly, while collectively agreeing to support refugees and evacuees that are currently fleeing Afghanistan....
US Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi on Tuesday (local time) said called on his colleagues to join him in sending a letter to United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer on the need to address the employment-based green card backlog as part of budget reconciliati...
The United States has evacuated 19,000 people from Afghanistan in the past 24 hours, said the White House on Wednesday morning....
The US House voted strictly along party lines to pass a Democrat-sponsored voting rights bill restoring federal oversight over state election laws, one that has little chance of clearing the Senate....
A report of Covid-19 origins by US intelligence agencies has not yielded a definitive conclusion on whether the new coronavirus jumped to humans naturally, or was the result of a lab leak, the media has reported. ...
The National Rifle Association (NRA), the most powerful lobby group against gun control in the US, announced that it has cancelled its annual meeting and exhibits which were set to open next weekend in Houston, Texas, citing the rapid surge of Covid-19 cases in the state's most populous city....
One person was killed and another injured after a shooting outside a Walmart in the US state of Texas, authorities said....
A team of researchers has identified what may be the key molecular mechanism responsible for Covid-19 mortality -- an enzyme related to neurotoxins found in rattlesnake venom....
Tropical storm Henri which lashed the US Northeast for two days with some areas receiving up to 10 inches of rain, has inflicted massive losses worth $8 billion to $12 billion, a media report said....