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San Francisco: At least 7,012 fires in California have burnt 1.5 million acres of land in the state so far this year, according to authorities. At this time last year, 4,292 fires had burned 56,000 acres, Xinhua news agency quoted…

Washington: US President Donald Trump has urged universities to reopen their campuses, despite reports of Covid-19 cluster outbreaks among students across the country. The virus is very dangerous for older people, "but for university…

New York: A remarkable soundbite -- "It is what it is" -- from a 37-minute US President Donald Trump interview telecast on HBO is emerging as a bizarre anthem for the catastrophic American experience with the coronavirus pandemic as the…

Washington: US President Donald Trump has said that he will ban the popular Chinese-owned video app TikTok from operating in the country through an executive order as early as Saturday, according to media reports. Speaking to reporters on…

New Delhi/Washington: The US Consulate in Chengdu was closed on Monday after China asked it to be shut down last week as a retaliatory move against Washington's decision to close the Asian giant's mission in Houston. A US State…

Houston: Tropical storm Hanna, which made landfall as a hurricane in Texas, has caused floods and power outage in the US state. Hanna, the first of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, made two landfalls on Saturday afternoon and evening…

Washington: US President Donald Trump has blamed the surge of coronavirus cases in the country on the nationwide Black Lives Matter protests triggered by the May 25 death of George Floyd under police custody, the media reported.…

Washington: US President Donald Trump's administration is considering a sweeping ban on travel from members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and their families, a media report said. The presidential proclamation is still in its draft…

Washington: The US has registered a new single-day spike in the number of COVID-19 cases with a total of 63,643 infections, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Besides the record high cases, Friday also saw 774 coronavirus…

New York: COVID-19 cases in the US state of New York crossed 400,000 mark, reaching 400,299 by Friday morning with a death toll of 32,307, according to Johns Hopkins University. Once the epicenter of the pandemic, it took the Empire…