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In remarks that lasted just over an hour, he denounced abortion, swore, called on random members to speak, appeared to be putting forward policy proposals on the fly, and made comments that left even those in attendance muttering in disbelief. (AFP)

Kanye West launches his presidential campaign with a rambling rally

At times, he even seemed to suggest he was more interested in disseminating a message than winning the presidency

20 July 2020 9:37 AM IST

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

If elected, Joe Biden would help India get seat on UNSC: Ex-US...

The 77-year-old former US vice president is set to be formally nominated by the Democratic Party in August

19 July 2020 1:10 PM IST

India has done the second largest number of 12 million coronavirus tests,right after US, the White House said. (AFP)

India has second largest number of coronavirus tests, right after US:...

As per official records, US has done more than 42 million tests, while the second-highest number is 12 million from...

17 July 2020 10:30 AM IST

US President Donald Trump gestures as he delivers a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AFP)

Trump wants to do everything possible to keep the peace for people of...

'I love the people of India and I love the people of China', the US president told reportedly

17 July 2020 9:58 AM IST

President Donald Trump watches as Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (AP)

The Fauci vs White House tussle over a deadly pandemic

White House tensions with Fauci have risen with the decline of Trump's popularity in opinion polls over the president's...

16 July 2020 2:20 PM IST

Dr. Glenn Lopez administers a free COVID-19 test to Jesus Pineda at a St. Johns Well Child & Family Center mobile clinic set up outside Walker Temple AME Church in South Los Angeles amid the coronavirus pandemic on July 15, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.(AFP)

Coronavirus data is funneled away from CDC, sparking worries

COVID-19 data, which influence the United States' response to coronavirus pandemic, will now be collected by a private...

16 July 2020 9:39 AM IST

A Black Lives Matter protester salutes passing traffic while supporters of President Donald Trump rally in the background. (AP)

'More white people': Trump downplays police violence against Black...

What a terrible question to ask,' Trump responded when asked why Black people were still dying at the hands of law...

15 July 2020 11:21 AM IST

A subject receives a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine by Moderna for COVID-19. (AP)

First COVID-19 vaccine tested in US poised for final testing

Developed by Dr Fauci, US government's top infectious disease expert, reports say the vaccine revved up people's immune...

15 July 2020 9:21 AM IST

US President Donald Trump gestures as he delivers a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AFP)

Trump administration reverses international students visa policy after...

The visa policy, which would have forced US' international students to leave the country, had sparked nationwide outrage...

15 July 2020 8:56 AM IST

Sam Brownback, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, departing after speaking during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, DC.(AFP)

China hits top US officials with retaliatory sanctions over Uighur row

Human rights groups say China has rounded over one million Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang in a vast...

13 July 2020 3:53 PM IST

Florida sets one-day record with over 15,000 new COVID cases

Florida sets one-day record with over 15,000 new COVID cases

If Florida were a country, it would rank fourth in the world for the most new cases in a day behind the United States,...

13 July 2020 10:30 AM IST

US President Donald Trump wears a mask as he walks down the hallway during his visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda. (AFP)

As virus rages in US, Trump finally wears a mask

Trump has reportedly told aides that wearing a mask would make him look weak and he could not allow media photograph him...

12 July 2020 9:14 AM IST