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Other studies outside Chile have also indicated that the coronavirus can evolve as it adapts to its human hosts. (AFP)

Chile scientists study potential coronavirus mutation in remote...

The far-flung region near the tip of South American continent has seen an unusually contagious second wave of infections...

9 Oct 2020 9:49 AM IST

$US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Cecil Airport, in Jacksonville, Florida. - President Donald Trump should be able to resume \public engagements\ from October 10, 2020, the White House physician announced on October 8, saying the US leader has responded \extremely well\ to Covid-19 treatment. (AFP)$ World

Trump hopes to campaign Saturday as Pelosi questions his fitness for...

With just 26 days until the election, Pelosi took the extraordinary step of proposing a commission to probe Trump's...

9 Oct 2020 9:27 AM IST

former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged with murder in the death of George Floyd. Chauvin posted bail on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, and was released from prison, according to court documents. Chauvin posted a $1 million bond, and the Department of Corrections confirmed he was no longer in custody at the states facility in Oak Park Heights, where he had been detained pending trial. (AP)

Ex-officer Derek Chauvin, charged in George Floyd's death, freed on...

Minnesota's governor to activated the National Guard to help keep the peace in the event of protests

8 Oct 2020 3:22 PM IST

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf speaks during an event at DHS headquarters in Washington. The Department of Homeland Security has rolled out a series of of immigration measures in recent days. The agency is helping to revive an issue that was at the heart of Trumps successful 2016 campaign, but largely on the back burner in the current one. (AP)

Trump administration turns to immigration as election nears

Trump's get-tough approach and promise to build a border wall were cornerstones of his 2016 campaign

8 Oct 2020 12:34 PM IST

Fly creates buzz at US vice presidential debate - and online

Fly creates buzz at US vice presidential debate - and online

Pence received an unwelcome visitor when a large fly perched on his white hair for two minutes, triggering an avalanche...

8 Oct 2020 11:01 AM IST

President Donald Trump removes his mask as he stands on the Blue Room Balcony upon returning to the White House in Washington, after leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md. Trump announced he tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 2. (AP)

Getting coronavirus a blessing in disguise: Trump

The US President on Wednesday told the countrymen that he will get them same medicine that cured him for free

8 Oct 2020 9:24 AM IST

US Democratic vice presidential nominee and Senator from California, Kamala Harris gestures as she speaks during the vice presidential debate in Kingsbury Hall at the University of Utah on October 7, 2020, in Salt Lake City, Utah. (AFP)

Kamala Harris describes Trump administration's handling of as...

President Trump, who tested positive for COVID-19, is facing criticism over his handling of the health crisis and...

8 Oct 2020 9:01 AM IST

Boats sit closer to the shore after they were secured by fishermen preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Delta in Puerto Juarez, Cancun, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. Hurricane Delta rapidly intensified into a potentially catastrophic Category 4 hurricane Tuesday on a course to hammer southeastern Mexico and then continue on to the U.S. Gulf coast this week. (AP)

Category 3 Hurricane Delta roars toward Mexico's Cancun

Thousands of Quintana Roo residents and tourists waited for the storm hunkered down in dozens of government shelters

7 Oct 2020 2:06 PM IST

US President Donald Trump takes off his facemask as he arrives at the White House upon his return from Walter Reed Medical Center. (AFP)

Coronavirus aid hopes evaporate as Trump halts talks with Democrats

Just days earlier, Trump had urged fast action on a fifth major virus aid bill to augment more than $3 trillion approved...

7 Oct 2020 1:56 PM IST

Suspension of the H1-B visas by the US will cost domestic IT firms Rs 1,200 crore. (AFP Photo)

Trump admin imposes new curbs on H-1B visas to protect US workers...

Already a large number of Indians have lost their jobs and are headed back home during the pandemic that has severely...

7 Oct 2020 10:26 AM IST

President Donald Trump stands on the balcony outside of the Blue Room as returns to the White House Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Washington, after leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md. Trump announced he tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 2. (AP)

Trump, still infectious, back at White House without mask

Trump left Walter Reed, where his doctor said earlier Monday that the president would not be fully 'out of the woods'...

6 Oct 2020 9:11 AM IST

Vice President Mike Pence greets the crowd before he speaks during a Faith and Freedom Coalition policy conference. (AP)

Trump's defender: Pence's campaign role grows at key moment

With Trump hospitalized with COVID-19, his ever-loyal No. 2 will play an increasingly prominent role in the weeks ahead

5 Oct 2020 12:57 PM IST