America

Washington: US President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged Congress to take action to stop US companies from taking advantage of tax loopholes that allow them...

Brasilia: A Brazilian Federal Supreme Court justice on Tuesday ordered Congress to start impeachment proceedings against Vice President Michel Temer, in a...

Washington: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would try to force Mexico to pay for his proposed wall along the US border by blocking...

United Nations: Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark said on Monday she would campaign to be the next UN secretary-general, pledging to improve...

Washington: Climate change can be expected to boost the number of annual premature US deaths from heat waves in coming decades and to increase mental health...

Washington: The US Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld the method all states use to draw their legislative districts, rejecting a conservative...

Los Angeles: Governor Jerry Brown on Monday signed into a law a bill raising California's minimum wage from $10 to $15 an hour by the year 2023, making...

Milwaukee: Donald Trump is fighting to put a difficult week behind him and finish strong on Tuesday in Wisconsin, a state whose primary contest may prove to...

Lima (Peru): Peru's presidential front-runner Keiko Fujimori signed a pledge at a debate on Sunday committing her to avoiding the authoritarian ways of...

Chester (Philadelphia): A locomotive on an Amtrak train carrying about 330 passengers derailed when it hit a backhoe south of Philadelphia on Sunday,...