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Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks during the third day of the Democratic National Convention, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, at the Chase Center in Wilmington. (AP)

Kamala Harris makes history in accepting Democratic VP nomination

Harris evoked the lessons of her late mother, Shyamala Gopalan, in her highly anticipated address capping the 3rd night...

20 Aug 2020 9:45 AM IST

Debris piles burn as the LNU Lightning Complex fire burns through the area on August 19, 2020 in Fairfield, California. The LNU Lightning Complex fire is spread over four counties and has burned over 45,000 acres.(AFP)

Lightning-sparked fires in California force thousands out of home

Nearly 11,000 lightning strikes in 3 days have led the country's firefighters trying to fight off 23 major fires or...

20 Aug 2020 9:15 AM IST

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden is seen in a video feed from Delaware with his wife Jill Biden, and his grandchildren at his side, after winning the votes to become the Democratic Partys 2020 nominee for President, during the second night of the virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisc. AP photo

Democrats nominate Biden for epic challenge to oust Trump

Biden celebrated his new status as the Democratic nominee alongside his wife and grandchildren in a Delaware school...

19 Aug 2020 4:30 PM IST

US First lady Michelle Obama (Photo: AP)

Michelle Obama to Americans: Vote like our lives depend on it

She offered a sharp rebuke of the Trump presidency, telling viewers that he has had more than enough time to prove that...

18 Aug 2020 12:39 PM IST

Canadas finance minister Bill Morneau announced his resignation Monday. (AFP Photo)

Canada finance minister Bill Morneau resigns amid charity scandal

Morneau said he would now run for the job of secretary general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and...

18 Aug 2020 11:11 AM IST

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP)

Pelosi to call House back into session to vote on USPS bill

'In a time of a pandemic, the Postal Service is Election Central,' Pelosi wrote in a letter to colleagues

17 Aug 2020 12:49 PM IST

US Senator Kamala Harris with her mother, Shyamala. (AP)

I stand before you as first candidate for US vice-president of South...

Harris took a trip down the memory lane, mentioning her 'long walks' in Madras with her grandfather

17 Aug 2020 11:34 AM IST

Democratic vice presidential running mate, US Senator Kamala Harris. (AFP)

AP FACT CHECK: Harris meets constitutional requirements

President Donald Trump has elevated the conspiracy theory that Harris is ineligible, citing the claim without weighing...

16 Aug 2020 2:23 PM IST

An investigation was launched by the government and the federal police to determine whether there were any breaches of privacy and whether information was obtained from these accounts, the authorities said.

Thousands of Canadian government accounts hacked

The passwords and usernames of 9,041 GCKey account holders 'were acquired fraudulently and used to try and access...

16 Aug 2020 1:06 PM IST

Edward Snowden. (Photo: AFP)

Trump says he is considering pardon for leaker Edward Snowden

US authorities for years have wanted Snowden returned to the United States to face a criminal trial on espionage charges...

16 Aug 2020 10:36 AM IST

People and their wheels lined up bumper to bumper to see a display of floats that gave the Indian diaspora the true essence of India packed with a punch of nostalgia. (ANI)

Indian-Americans celebrate a first-of-its-kind drive-thru Independence...

Many in the crowd held India's Tricolour, dawned traditional ensemble and danced to the tunes of patriotic numbers

16 Aug 2020 9:25 AM IST

Joe Biden , Former Vice President of the United States. (AFP Photo)

Joe Biden highlights Trump's H-1B move to woo Indian-Americans on...

Speaking after Biden, Kamala Harris said Indian and US communities are bound together by so much more than 'our shared...

16 Aug 2020 9:08 AM IST