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NASA astronauts Bob Behnken (R) and Doug Hurley walk out of the Operations and Checkout Building on their way to the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft on launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (File Image: AFP)World
NASA astronauts homebound despite hurricane concerns in Florida

NASA footage showed the capsule drifting slowly away from the ISS in the darkness of space, ending a two month stay

2 Aug 2020 4:49 PM IST

A boy walks past a destroyed house after the overflow of the Magua river due to heavy rains caused by Isaias storm in the city of Hato Mayor, northwest of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. (AFP)World
Florida braces for hurricane as Isaias approaches

Florida's coronavirus testing centers are closed and will not reopen until they get the all-clear after the storm

2 Aug 2020 1:46 PM IST

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event at the William \Hicks\ Anderson Community Center in Wilmington. (AP)World
Biden eyes major foreign policy shifts if he wins

US foreign policy hasn't changed drastically as the presidency shifted between Democratic and Republican administrations...

2 Aug 2020 10:37 AM IST

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifiesduring a House Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on a national plan to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (AFP)World
Don't look for a mass nationwide vaccination right away: Fauci

Looking ahead, Fauci said he's 'cautiously optimistic' that US will have a vaccine by the end of this year

1 Aug 2020 3:10 PM IST

US President Donald Trump. (AFP)World
Does mail voting mean fraudulent results as Trump insists?

Critics say Trump is sowing doubt that election results can be trusted as states look to expand the availability of...

1 Aug 2020 2:29 PM IST

Sniffer dogs are best-known for detecting drugs, explosives and people but have also previously been trained to detect other diseases including malaria, cancer and Parkinsons disease. (Representational Image: AFP)World
Chilean police training sniffer dogs to detect the coronavirus

A similar trial in the UK showed encouraging results to use dogs to detect coronavirus in people's sweat

1 Aug 2020 11:13 AM IST

A woman holds a \Defund the Police\ sign in Portland, Oregon on July 30, 2020. (AFP)World
Portland sees relative peace as feds withdraw

Federal agents deployed in Portland withdrew under a deal between Oregon's governor and US officials to end escalating...

1 Aug 2020 11:01 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (AFP)World
Donald Trump says US will ban Chinese app TikTok

Reports had said Trump would require US operations of the app be divested from its parent firm ByteDance, but the...

1 Aug 2020 10:41 AM IST

The purchase falls under the Trump administrations Operation Warp Speed, intended to rush a COVID-19 vaccine to the market by the end of 2020. (Representational Image: AP)World
US strikes a $2 billion deal for 100 million doses of coronavirus...

The agreement calls for US to pay Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline up to $2.1 billion to supply it with enough vaccines for 50...

1 Aug 2020 9:51 AM IST

A worker wearing protective gear sprays disinfectant solution inside the coffin of a person who died from suspected COVID-19, as the body arrives at the crematorium at Xilotepec Cemetery in Xochimilco, Mexico City. (AP)World
Mexico now has third highest coronavirus death toll in the world

Health officials also confirm Mexico, with twice the population of Britain, has had more than 424,000 coronavirus cases...

1 Aug 2020 8:41 AM IST

Nurse Kathe Olmstead, right, gives volunteer Melissa Harting, of Harpersville, N.Y., an injection as the worlds biggest study of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc. (AP)World
China-backed hackers targeted COVID vaccine firm Moderna: US security...

Moderna's vaccine candidate is one of the earliest and biggest bets by the Trump administration to fight the pandemic

31 July 2020 4:44 PM IST

This handout from the Myanmar Fire Services Department taken and released on July 2, 2020 shows rescuers attempting to locate survivors after a landslide at a jade mine in Hpakant, Kachin state. (AFP)World
Once deemed heroes, these Chilean miners are left to deal with trauma...

A decade ago, they became a symbol of hope and solidarity after surviving for more than two months trapped deep...

31 July 2020 11:22 AM IST

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