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A group representing major U.S. airports said Thursday it expected to see a $40 billion impact over two years from the steep decline in passenger traffic because of the coronavirus pandemic, and called for a new round of government assistance.

The community with a crucial 13-15 per cent vote share in North Bengal has announced that it will only support that political party which will fulfil its demands, primarily for setting up a Nashya Development Board and another campus of Aliah University i...

Laos started a fiveyearly congress of its longruling Communist Party on Wednesday to decide on the country's leadership and agree on a new economic strategy, as it faces challenges from the coronavirus pandemic and a potential debt default.

"We will see what the Centre does. If need be and the Centre does not provide the vaccine free of cost, we will make it available free of cost for the people of Delhi," Kejirwal told reporters here. The Chief Minister also appealed for not spreading rumou...

Democrats will give President Donald Trump one last chance on Tuesday to leave office days before his term expires or face an unprecedented second impeachment over his supporters' deadly Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.

PayPal Holdings Inc said on Monday it has blocked the Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo after it helped raise funds for people who attended last week's event in Washington when supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol.

Facebook Inc's operations chief Sheryl Sandberg said on Monday the world's largest social network had no plans to lift its block on the accounts of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Shares of social media and other tech companies slid Monday amid fallout the siege on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump's supporters.

The United States is in violation of the Olympic charter and potentially the World AntiDoping Agency (WADA) Code, raising questions over whether the 2028 Los Angeles Games should proceed, senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound told Reute...

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke to the top U.S. military commander on Friday about taking precautions to ensure that Republican President Donald Trump cannot initiate hostilities or order a nuclear strike in his remaining 12 days in office.

The U.S. government is introducing new "robust safeguards" when the third round of the country's main small business pandemic aid program launches on Monday after fraudsters and ineligible companies claimed cash last year, administration officials said on...

A trip to Los Angeles proved to be just what the San Antonio Spurs needed to snap out of an earlyseason slump.

Washington may sanction those involved in the arrest of over 50 people in Hong Kong and will send the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations to visit Taiwan, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday, drawing anger and the threat of retaliation from...

Wall Street hit record levels on Thursday as market participants bet on more coronavirus relief aid under a Democratcontrolled U.S. Congress to help the economy ride out a steep pandemicinduced downturn.

President Donald Trump's role in inciting violence at the Capitol and his refusal to acknowledge his election defeat is prompting some lawmakers to urge his removal from office through the 25th Amendment.