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BERLIN: The United States will deploy an additional 500 troops to Germany, Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin said during a visit to Berlin, marking a reversal of former President Donald Trump’s plans to withdraw about 12,000 troops from the Nato country. “We have ceased planning (for a troop drawdown),” Austin …

LONDON: US infectious disease official Anthony Fauci said AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine had good efficacy, but safety concerns needed to be straightened out and it might not be needed for Americans because of supplies of other shots. “I think that the AstraZeneca vaccine from a standpoint of efficacy is a good …

TOKYO: The United States on Tuesday said Japan “appears to have adopted an approach in accordance with globally accepted nuclear safety standards” in its decision to release water contaminated at the wrecked Fukushima atomic power station following treatment. The Japanese government has “been transparent about its decision,” the US Department …

TOKYO: The United States on Tuesday said Japan “appears to have adopted an approach in accordance with globally accepted nuclear safety standards” in its decision to release water contaminated at the wrecked Fukushima atomic power station following treatment. The Japanese government has “been transparent about its decision,” the US Department …

WASHINGTON: The United States had administered 187,047,131 doses of Covid-19 vaccines and distributed 237,796,105 doses as of Sunday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Those figures are up from the 183,467,709 doses the CDC said had been administered by April 10, out of 237,791,735 doses delivered. The …

NEW DELHI. In an unusually provocative move, the United States announced that it conducted operational patrols in the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) this week, without deliberately seeking any prior consent, to assert its `navigational right and freedoms’. The US Navy regularly conducts such patrols in the contentious South China …

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden and his Attorney General Merrick Garland announced limited measures to tackle gun violence in the United States on Thursday, in what the White House described as a first step to curb mass shootings, community bloodshed and suicides. The new measures include plans for the Justice Department …

​Brazil this week became just the third country, after the US and Peru, to report a 24-hour tally of Covid-19 deaths that exceeded 4,000. India hit a peak of almost 127,000 new cases in 24 hours, and Iran set a new coronavirus infection record for the third straight day, reporting …

WASHINGTON: All adults across America will be eligible for Covid-19 vaccines within two weeks, President Joe Biden announced Tuesday, as economic powerhouse California set a June 15 target to fully reopen businesses. The positive news from the United States — which has reported the most coronavirus deaths of any country …

WASHINGTON: The United States on Tuesday said that it encourages India and Pakistan to have a direct dialogue between them on issues of concern. However, the State Department refrained from commenting on the recent decision of the Pakistani Cabinet not to import sugar and cotton from India. “I wouldn’t want …