U.S. Democrat opposes Biden budget pick Tanden, risking confirmation and complicating agenda
WASHINGTON: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin said on Friday he opposes President Joe Biden’s nomination of Neera Tanden to...
U.S. House Democrats advance $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid bill
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden’s push for a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill took a step forward on Friday as a...
Google fires second AI ethics leader as dispute over research, diversity grows
Alphabet Inc’s Google fired staff scientist Margaret Mitchell on Friday, they both said, a move that fanned ...
New Zealand begins COVID-19 vaccinations programme, Australia starts Monday
New Zealand started its official rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday, while Australia...
U.S. extends travel restrictions at land borders with Canada, Mexico through March 21
WASHINGTON:U.S. land borders with Canada and Mexico will remain closed to non-essential travel until at least March...
Facebook has 'tentatively friended' us again, Australia says
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is back at the negotiating table, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on...
Exclusive: New York City tax agency subpoenaed in Trump criminal probe
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office has subpoenaed a New York City property tax agency as part of a criminal...
Mexico posts 857 more coronavirus deaths, 7,829 new cases
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico on Friday registered 857 additional fatalities due to the coronavirus, bringing the...
Biden draws sharp contrast with Trump in presidential debut on world stage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday drew a sharp contrast with the foreign policy of his much-derided predecessor, Donald Trump, and urged democracies to work together to challenge abuses by autocratic states such as China and Russia.
Brazil becomes the third country to report over 10 million Covid-19 cases
The first-ever case of COVID-19 in Brazil was reported 358 days ago on 26th February 2020 but the novel coronavirus...
