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After exceptional drought severity in 2021, 19 per cent of which is attributable to anthropogenic climate trends, the years from 2000 to 2021 was the driest 22-year period since at least 800 AD, according to the study published in the journal Nature Climate Change.

'Butter' topped the charts in the country with 1.89 million downloads sold, according to an annual year-end report released by MRC Data and Billboard jointly on Thursday (US Time), Yonhap news Agency reported.

"We know that Covid-19 vaccines are safe and effective, and I strongly encourage adolescents ages 16 and 17 to get their booster if they are at least 6 months post their initial Pfizer vaccination series,"

Net worth worldwide rose to $514 trillion in 2020, from $156 trillion in 2000, according to the study.

"The Biden Administration will work closely with the airlines to ensure that these new requirements are implemented successfully."

Washington: Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Washington D.C. and in nearly 300 other US cities in the third annual Women’s March to protest against the policies of President Donald Trump and to stand up for women’s rights. Organisers had hoped to see hundreds of thousands of attendees, the kind of turnout that made […]

San Francisco: Amazon on Tuesday announced a new investment of $10 million in Closed Loop Fund (CLF) to support recycling infrastructure in the US aimed at cutting the amount of waste treated at landfills. Amazon said its investment will increase the availability of curbside recycling for three million homes in communities across the country, making […]

Bengaluru: The Boeing Company on Monday appointed the head of its India operations, Pratyush Kumar, to lead the defence major’s F-15 fighter aircraft programme in the United States. “Kumar has been selected to lead our F-15 fighter aircraft programme and further its business in the US and globally,” said Boeing in a statement here. Kumar […]

Washington: Hurricane Florence made landfall on the US East Coast on Friday, knocking out power to nearly half a million homes and causing buildings to crumble. Rain and surging seas inundated coastal areas. More than 60 people were rescued from a collapsing hotel in North Carolina overnight. The centre of the storm struck Wrightsville Beach […]

New Delhi: The United States wants India and Pakistan to engage in dialogue but feels a conducive atmosphere needs to be created first, a senior State Department official said on Monday. “We have frequent conversations with our Indian partners on (Pakistan) bringing down cross-border terrorism,” said Alice Wells, the US Principal Deputy Secretary of State […]

New Delhi: Hinduja Global Solutions (HGS), a global business process management major, on Thursday announced the opening of its first customer experience centre in the US state of Florida which is expected to generate nearly 500 jobs. The centre, located in Jacksonville, will bring more than 350 new career opportunities in the first phase of […]

Washington: US First Lady Melania Trump promoted “kindness, compassion and positivity” at a youth conference, her first public appearance since her jacket controversy. “Kindness, compassion, and positivity are very important traits in life. It is far easier to say nothing than it is to speak words of kindness. It is easier to judge quickly than […]

Pyongyang: North Korea on Sunday accused the US of pressurising it with the policy of maintaining sanctions on the regime and military threats, and warned that these measures will not contribute to denuclearisation or peace in the region. A Foreign Ministry spokesperson accused the US of “misleading the public opinion” by arguing that the willingness […]

Washington: A former US Navy veteran has been sentenced to life in prison for killing Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla in a racially motivated hate crime at a bar in Kansas city in 2017. Adam Purinton, 51, was sentenced on Friday in Johnson County District Court, where he pleaded guilty in March to a charge of […]