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International students in US may be deported if their universities switch to online-only classes due to COVID. (AP Photo)

US asks foreign students to leave country if classes go online

US will not issue visas to students enrolled in schools and/or programmes that are fully online for the fall semester

7 July 2020 12:15 PM IST

Physicians, residents and staff from the facility in Asheville, N.C., take a knee to show support for renewed calls for racial justice after the police killing of George Floyd. (AP)

Virus and racism merge as a brutal blow to Black well-being

Institutional racism is a brutal blow to Black people's well-being and renewed calls for racial justice in all realms...

6 July 2020 11:08 AM IST

US president Donald Trump (left) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right). (AFP)

America loves India: Trump's reply to Modi's I-Day greeting

Prime Minister Modi on Saturday congratulated President Trump and the people of the US on the country's 244th...

5 July 2020 12:39 PM IST

Kanye West attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party following the 92nd annual Oscars at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills. (AFP)

Rapper Kanye West announces US presidential bid on Twitter

'You have my full support!', wrote Elon Musk in support for Kanye's announcement

5 July 2020 11:44 AM IST

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the press as he volunteers at the Moisson Outaouais food bank in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. (AFP)

China rebukes Canada over criticism of Hong Kong security law

Canadian PM Trudeau on Friday announced that Canada was suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong due to the law

5 July 2020 11:09 AM IST

President Donald Trump speaks during a Salute to America event on the South Lawn of the White House, Saturday. (AP)

Fourth of July: Trump vows to defeat 'radical left' while virus soars

Fireworks display was held after Trump's speech, despite warnings that a mass spectator event would defy health...

5 July 2020 9:13 AM IST

US President Donald Trump watches as planes perform fly-overs of the Mount Rushmore National Monument Friday, July 3, 2020, in Keystone, S.D. (AP)

Trump pushes racial division, flouts virus rules at Rushmore

Leaders of Native American tribes in the region raised concerns that Trump's campaigns could lead to virus outbreaks...

4 July 2020 11:09 AM IST

After coronavirus, now Trumps visa ban splits Indian families

After coronavirus, now Trump's visa ban splits Indian families

Many Indians are stranded' in their homeland due to suspension of H-1B visas while their family members are still in US

3 July 2020 2:53 PM IST

Shoppers walk around Garden State Plaza in Paramus, N.J., as New Jerseys indoor shopping malls reopened Monday from their COVID-19 pause.(AP)

US reports more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases in single day

President Donald Trump reiterated his belief that the contagion will 'at some point... sort of just disappear, I hope'

2 July 2020 9:13 AM IST

Remdesivir, developed by Gilead Sciences, is the first drug approved by licensing authorities in the US to treat COVID-19. AP Photo

US hoards global stock of COVID-19 drug remdesivir

The Trump administration has now bought more than 5,00,000 doses, the entire batch produced for July and 90% of August...

1 July 2020 6:46 PM IST

A pro-government supporter hands out newspapers in front of a Chinese national flag. (AFP)

China to announce reciprocal curbs on US media

The United States in June said that it would start treating another four major Chinese media outlets as foreign...

1 July 2020 3:08 PM IST

President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin, left. (AP)

Trump and his two Russia paradox

When it comes to Russia, the Trump administration just can't seem to make up its mind

1 July 2020 12:34 PM IST