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North Korea rejects talks ahead of US envoy's arrival in Seoul
North Korea ridiculed South's “nonsensical” calls for revived negotiations between US and Pyongyang when it lost its relevance as a mediator
US asks foreign students to leave country if classes go online
US will not issue visas to students enrolled in schools and/or programmes that are fully online for the fall semester
Infosys brings back 200 stranded employees, families from US
The company brought these people back from San Francisco via a special chartered flight that landed in Bengaluru
Remdesivir gets conditional EU clearance to be used in severe COVID-19 patients
The move comes just days after Gilead allocated nearly all of its supply of remdesivir for the next three months to the US
China to restrict visas for Americans over Hong Kong row
China is moving forward on a security law that would enforce punishment for subversion and other offences in Hong Kong
Even before virus, communities in US feel loss of newspapers
Digital outlets also have limitations, since many people in poor and rural areas are unable to count on reliable high-speed Internet
Virus taking stronger hold in the US
The US, which counts the most infections in the world, is seeing daily jumps in COVID-19 cases nearing the peak reached during late April
Gilead Sciences to start trials of inhaled version of remdesivir
The FDA granted remdesivir an emergency use authorisation for the treatment of hospitalised patients with severe Covid-19
US rebukes China for border 'aggression' with India
Pompeo says China’s moving of troops to the LAC echoed similarly heavy-handed behaviour over the coronavirus, South China Sea and Hong Kong
Amid racial unrest, Trump brands himself 'president of law and order'
Trump vowed to deploy the US military to America’s own cities to quell a rise of violent protests