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COVID-19 cases rise in U.S. Midwest and Northeast, deaths fall for third week

(Reuters) – Several states in the U.S. Midwest and Northeast have seen new COVID-19 cases increase for two weeks in (More…)

U.S. CDC reports 188,688 deaths from coronavirus

(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Tuesday the number of deaths due to (More…)

U.S. House members ask Trump to probe Navalny poisoning, suggest sanctions

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee called on President (More…)

U.S. passenger airline traffic rising, but still down sharply over 2019

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. passenger airline traffic continues to rebound over historic lows after the coronavirus pandemic, but is still (More…)

Uber promises 100% electric vehicles by 2040, commits $800 million to help drivers switch

By Tina Bellon

(Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc on Tuesday said every vehicle on its global ride-hailing platform will be (More…)

U.S. envoy meets new Taliban chief negotiator as Afghan peace talks near

By Abdul Qadir Sediqi and Jibran Ahmad

KABUL/PESHAWAR (Reuters) – U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has held a meeting in (More…)

U.S., European COVID vaccine developers pledge to uphold testing rigor

By Ludwig Burger, Patricia Weiss and Caroline Copley

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Nine leading U.S. and European vaccine developers pledged on (More…)

Pakistan court sentences Christian to death on blasphemy charges

By Mubasher Bukhari

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – A Pakistani court on Tuesday sentenced a Christian man to death on blasphemy (More…)

Senate to vote on COVID-19 aid as soon as this week: McConnell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-led U.S. Senate will introduce a new proposal on coronavirus relief legislation on Tuesday and could (More…)

House Democrats call for U.S. postal chief’s suspension, launch probe

(Reuters) – The head of the House Oversight panel on Tuesday urged the immediate suspension of U.S. Postmaster General Louis (More…)