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U.S President Donald Trump holds an event to announce his nominee of U.S. Court of Appeals for...

Trump announces 'brilliant' conservative to replace RBG

President Donald Trump has announced conservative appellate judge Amy Coney Barrett as his third US Supreme Court appointment, setting off a scramble in the Republican-led Senate to confirm her before Election Day.

Trump assails Biden as he accepts Republican nomination

President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-ups next to first lady Melania Trump and their extended...

Trump assails Biden as he accepts Republican nomination

A defiant President Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination for a second term on Thursday with a blistering attack on Democratic rival Joe Biden.

President Trump announces younger brother's death

US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Trump National Golf Club in...

President Trump announces younger brother's death

US President Donald Trump said that his younger brother, Robert Trump, died on Saturday night, a day after the president visited him in a New York hospital.

Biden selects Kamala Harris as running mate

Former Vice President Biden and Senator Harris shake hands before the start of the second night...

Biden selects Kamala Harris as running mate

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has tapped Senator Kamala Harris as his choice for vice president, making her the first woman of Black or Asian descent to be on a major party presidential ticket in US history.

US Navy battles for second day to save burning warship

Boats combat a fire on board the US Navy amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard. Photo: U.S...

US Navy battles for second day to save burning warship

Hundreds of firefighters battled through a second day from the air, land and water to save a US war vessel swept by flames while moored at a San Diego shipyard, as the number of people injured in the blaze rose to nearly 60.

US sets one-day record for Covid-19 cases

A medical worker walks past a row of ambulances parked outside of Houston Methodist Hospital as...

US sets one-day record for Covid-19 cases

The governor of Texas temporarily halted the state's reopening on Thursday as Covid-19 infections and hospitalisations surged and the country set a new record for a one-day increase in cases.

Disinfectant makers steer consumers away after Trump's comments

Donald Trump at a news briefing in which he suggested ingesting of injecting disinfectant could...

Disinfectant makers steer consumers away after Trump's comments

Makers of household cleaners on Friday took the unusual step of urging people not to drink or inject their products, after US President Donald Trump suggested researchers try using them to cure...

A grim milestone: US logs world's highest virus death toll

People walk through a nearly empty Times Square in New York City. Photo: Reuters

A grim milestone: US logs world's highest virus death toll

The United States surpassed Italy on Saturday as the country with the highest reported coronavirus death toll, recording more than 20,000 deaths since the outbreak began, according to a Reuters tally.

Tiger at New York zoo tests positive for coronavirus

Nadia, a 4-year-old female Malayan tiger at the Bronx Zoo, which the zoo says has tested positive...

Tiger at New York zoo tests positive for coronavirus

A tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City has tested positive for the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, in the first known case of a human infecting an animal and making it sick, the zoo's chief veterinarian says.

Hospitals reel as US leads world in coronavirus cases

Ambulance staff lift a patient that was identified to have coronavirus disease (COVID-19) into an...

Hospitals reel as US leads world in coronavirus cases

The US has surpassed China and Italy as the country with the most coronavirus cases, according to a Reuters tally, as New York, New Orleans and other hot spots faced a surge in hospitalisations and looming shortages in supplies, staff and sick beds.

In crushing blow to Sanders, Biden scores big in Michigan

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden. Photo: Reuters

In crushing blow to Sanders, Biden scores big in Michigan

Joe Biden won Michigan's crucial Democratic nominating contest on Tuesday, taking a big step toward the party's presidential nomination and dealing a stinging blow to rival Bernie Sanders' fading...

Washington man becomes first US Covid-19 fatality

The Life Care Center of Kirkland where a number of seniors are at risk of novel coronavirus in...

Washington man becomes first US Covid-19 fatality

A Washington state man in his 50s with underlying health issues became the United States' first fatality from the coronavirus, officials said on Saturday, as the Trump administration stepped up...

US and Taliban sign troop withdrawal deal

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the leader of the Taliban delegation, and Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S....

US and Taliban sign troop withdrawal deal

The United States have signed a deal with Taliban insurgents that could pave the way toward a full withdrawal of foreign soldiers from Afghanistan and represent a step toward ending the 18-year-war in the nation.

Senate acquits Trump in historic vote

Donald Trump was at a campaign rally in Battle Creek, Michigan when he was impeached on Wednesday...

Senate acquits Trump in historic vote

President Donald Trump has been acquitted in his U.S. Senate impeachment trial, saved by fellow Republicans who rallied to protect him.

Rape accuser seeks DNA sample from president Trump

US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters

Rape accuser seeks DNA sample from president Trump

A magazine advice columnist who is suing Donald Trump for defamation for denying he raped her about 24 years ago wants him provide a DNA sample to see if he came into contact with the dress she said she wore.

Iran protesters demand leaders quit after plane downed

Iranian people gather to show their sympathy to the victims of the crash of the Boeing 737-800...

Iran protesters demand leaders quit after plane downed

Protests erupted across Iran for a second day on Sunday, piling pressure on the leadership after the military admitted it had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian airliner at a time when Tehran feared US air strikes.

Chain-reaction crash kills 5, injures 60 in US

Chain-reaction crash on Pennsylvania Turnpike kills 5, injures 60. Photo: Twitter/ @WSJ

Chain-reaction crash kills 5, injures 60 in US

A chain-reaction crash involving a tour bus, three tractor-trailers and a passenger car killed five people and injured about 60 others on the Pennsylvania Turnpike early on Sunday, state police said.

Boeing halts 737 production after two crashes

The 737 MAX has been grounded since March after two crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia killed 346...

Boeing halts 737 production after two crashes

Boeing is temporarily halting 737 production in January for the first time in more than 20 years as the grounding of its best-selling MAX after two fatal crashes looks set to last well into 2020.

US House to pursue impeachment of President Trump

US House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks to the media on the "fiscal cliff" on Capitol Hill...

US House to pursue impeachment of President Trump

House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday she has directed a House committee to draft articles of impeachment against US President Donald Trump, a historic step that sets up a...

Police told school shooting was 'revenge' for bullying

Police vehicles are stationed outside the school following the shooting at the Science,...

Police told school shooting was 'revenge' for bullying

A transgender teenager who told police that he and a friend opened fire at a suburban Denver high school to exact revenge on classmates who bullied him should be tried on murder charges as an adult, a judge ruled.

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