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Vials used by pharmacists to prepare syringes used on the first day of a first-stage safety study clinical trial of the potential vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, in Seattle. The US federal government has told states to prepare for a coronavirus vaccine to be ready to distribute by Nov. 1. (AP File)

US states told to be ready for vaccine distribution by November 1

The timeline raised concern among public health experts about a vaccine approval driven by political considerations...

3 Sept 2020 9:02 AM IST

US Representative for Massachusetts Joe Kennedy III, grandnephew of assassinated president John F. Kennedy, speaks to reporters outside a Savin Hill polling station during the Massachusetts State Primary Election in Boston on September 1, 2020. (AFP)

End of a dynasty? Joe Kennedy defeated in US Senate primary

For all but two years since 1947 - nearly a third of the history of the United States - a Kennedy has served in elected...

2 Sept 2020 1:15 PM IST

President Donald Trump speaks as he tours an emergency operations center and meets with law enforcement officers at Mary D. Bradford High School, Tuesday, September 1, 2020, in Kenosha. (AP)

Trump in Kenosha calls anti-racism protests 'domestic terror'

'These gentlemen did a fantastic job,' Trump said in reference to law enforcement units that quelled the violent...

2 Sept 2020 12:14 PM IST

Some nations have worked directly to secure supplies of vaccine, but others are pooling efforts to ensure success. The Trump administration said that it will not work with an international cooperative effort to develop and distribute a COVID-19 vaccine. (Representational Image:AP)

US will not join global effort to find and distribute COVID-19 vaccine

The decision to go it alone follows the White House's decision in early July to pull the United States out of the WHO

2 Sept 2020 10:29 AM IST

Protesters clash with deputies of the Los Angeles Sheriffs Department during protests following the death of Dijon Kizzee. (AP)

LA sheriff's deputies fatally shoot Black man after suspected bike...

Los Angeles sheriff's deputies fired 15 to 20 rounds after Kizzee punched one officer and dropped a pistol on the...

2 Sept 2020 8:45 AM IST

Black former franchisees sue McDonalds for discrimination. (AP Photo)

52 Black ex-franchisees sue McDonald's for racial discrimination

The 52 plaintiffs are seeking compensation of USD 4 million to USD 5 million per store, according to the lawsuit

1 Sept 2020 5:54 PM IST

The flames threaten Pantanals biodiversity, rich with tapirs, pumas, capybaras and the worlds most dense population of jaguars.(Twitter/@globalyouth_mh)

Brazil's Pantanal, world's largest wetland, burns from above and below

Firefighters are battling forest fires across Brazil, but in Pantanal, it's the invisible fires beneath their feet they...

30 Aug 2020 2:49 PM IST

A Black Lives Matter protester yells at a supporter of President Donald Trump during a rally and car parade Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020, in Portland. (AP)

One shot dead as Trump supporters, counter-protesters clash in...

Saturday's rally was the third consecutive weekend that Trump supporters converged in Portland, leading to clashes with...

30 Aug 2020 11:57 AM IST

The top U.S. intelligence official, National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe, told lawmakers that they would only be receiving written updates about election security to help ensure the information is not misunderstood nor politicized. (AFP)

White House halts election security briefings to Congress

Democrats in Congress reacted with fury, describing the move as 'shameful' and accusing Trump of covering up Russian...

30 Aug 2020 10:13 AM IST

People attend a rally in support of Jacob Blake and his family in front of the Kenosha County Courthouse on August 29, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (AFP)

7 bullets, 7 days: Protesters march for Jacob Blake in Kenosha

Several of Saturday's speakers encouraged the crowd to vote for change in November, and to push for changing legislation...

30 Aug 2020 8:46 AM IST

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. (AFP)

US House panel announces contempt proceedings against Pompeo

Pompeo had refused to comply with a subpoena for records into his transparently political misuse' of department...

29 Aug 2020 1:49 PM IST

Kyle Rittenhouse (left, with backwards cap) walks along Sheridan Road in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, with another armed civilian. (via AP)

Attorney for accused Kenosha protest gunman says teen acted in...

Prosecutors accuse Rittenhouse of firing an assault-style rifle at three protesters who tried to subdue him, killing two...

29 Aug 2020 11:41 AM IST