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Biden wants a woman to be his running mate. Here are some names under consideration
The vetting process is underway to help presumptive Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden pick his running mate for the Nov. 3 election. Biden has…
U.S. planning to cancel visas of Chinese graduate students: sources
The United States is planning to cancel the visas of thousands of Chinese graduate students believed by President Donald Trump’s administration to have links with…
U.S. consumer confidence stabilizes; new home sales surprise
U.S. consumer confidence nudged up in May, suggesting the worst of the novel coronavirus-driven economic slump was likely in the past as the country starts…
Thousands of run-down US dams would kill people if they failed, study finds
More than 15,000 dams in the US would likely kill people if they failed, and at least 2,300 of them are in poor or unsatisfactory…
Danger awaits migrant children returned to Mexico and Central America during pandemic
Migrant children forcibly returned from the United States to Mexico and Central America are facing danger and discrimination aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to…
EPA draft would lift US biofuel blending mandates slightly in 2021 – sources
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed lifting the amount of biofuels that refiners must blend into their fuel next year to 20.17 billion gallons,…
WHO chief says he will keep leading virus response after Trump threat
The World Health Organization’s head said on Tuesday he would keep leading the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic, after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened…
US economy risks ’permanent damage’ from long lockdowns, Mnuchin warns
The US economy risks “permanent damage” if coronavirus lockdowns continue for months, the treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin has warned Congress. Mnuchin’s comments came in a…
U.S. solar industry sheds five years of job growth amid the coronavirus
The United States has shed more than 65,000 solar energy jobs in the coronavirus pandemic, industry leaders said on Monday, reversing five years of job…
US Covid-19 vaccine trial shows promising early results
Moderna Inc’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine, the first to be tested in the United States, produced protective antibodies in a small group of healthy volunteers, according…
US facing severe crisis, but not a depression: Fed’s Powell
The US is facing a severe economic downturn amid the global pandemic, but will not suffer another Great Depression and will see a recovery begin…
Leaders ’aren’t even pretending to be in charge’: Obama
Former US President Barack Obama on Saturday criticized the response to the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging America, in what was widely regarded as a rare public…
U.S. online marriages feared providing cover for child brides
Two U.S. states have banned child marriage this month, but experts warned rising use of online marriage licenses during the coronavirus pandemic could weaken protections…
One in four US workers claiming jobless benefits
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits jumped by almost 3 million last week as virus shutdowns continue to weigh on the US economy. The…
Urban air quality improves as coronavirus empties U.S. highways -NOAA
U.S. air quality has improved since the coronavirus crisis emptied the roads of traffic, giving the country a futuristic glimpse of the clearer skies that…
US anti-Semitic acts hit record high: Jewish NGO
The United States saw a record number of anti-Semitic incidents in 2019, the Anti-Defamation League said Tuesday, as it warned that extremists are exploiting the…
Over 80% of U.S. small businesses expect longer impact of pandemic: survey
Eighty-one percent of small U.S. companies surveyed by Veem, a global payments network, expect the new coronavirus pandemic to affect their business over the next…
No ’V’-shape return from devastating U.S. job loss, Fed policymakers say
As many parts of the world’s biggest economy begin to reopen after weeks of stay-at-home orders that slowed the spread of the coronavirus but gutted…
China, US agree to move forward with trade deal despite Covid-19 blame game
Chinese and US trade representatives agreed Friday to ”create favourable conditions” for the phase one trade deal signed in January, Beijing officials said, despite recent…
Critics alarmed by US nuclear agency’s bid to relax rules on radioactive waste
The federal agency providing oversight of the commercial nuclear sector is attempting to push through a rule change critics say could allow dangerous amounts of…
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