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United States carries out rare execution during presidential transition

Four more federal executions, including one Friday, are planned in the weeks before President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration

Vaccine, financial relief near as coronavirus ravages US health, economy

The chief advisor to the Trump administration's Operation Warp Speed vaccine development program said the first US injection could happen on Sunday or Monday

India's weapons procurement from the US jumps to $3.4 billion in 2020

India's weapons procurement from the United States jumped from meagre USD 6.2 million to a whopping USD 3.4-billion in the final year of the Donald Trump administration, according to official data. The jump in sale of American weapons to India comes at a time when sale of weapons from the US to other countries has dipped to USD 50.8 billion in 2020 from USD 55.7 billion 2019. In 2019, the sale of US weapons to foreign countries was USD 55.7 billion, according to data from the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). In 2017, the sale of US weapons to other countries was USD 41.9 billion. According to the statistics released by the DSCA, major buyers of American weapons in 2020 were India (USD 3.4 billion up from USD 6.2 million in fiscal year 2019), Morocco (USD 4.5 billion up from USD 12.4 million), Poland (USD 4.7 billion up from USD 673 million), Singapore (USD 1.3 billion up from USD 137 million), Taiwan (USD 11.8 billion up from USD 876 million), and the United Arab Emirates

US in talks with Huawei CFO Meng on resolving criminal charges: Report

Meng, 48, was arrested in Canada in December 2018 on a US warrant

US labour market adds fewest workers in 6 months in Nov as Covid cases rise

Local governments continued to shed more workers, especially at schools, causing overall government payrolls to drop by 99,000 jobs, the third straight monthly decline

More than 40 states plan to file lawsuit against Facebook next week: Report

The complaint would be the second major lawsuit filed against a Big Tech company this year. The Justice Department sued Alphabet Inc's Google in October

US prosecutors probe suspected bribery scheme to buy a presidential pardon

The disclosure of an alleged attempt to purchase a pardon comes as Donald Trump's presidential term winds to an end, traditionally a time when pardons are meted out

Our focus is to make an IPO-ready company, says OYO chief Ritesh Agarwal

'We'll look at various things like the market situation, opportunities outside, and so on, and the board will consider and then potentially advise on the timeline,' Agarwal said

Scaling back global ambitions, HSBC may dump US consumer banking business

The US retreat would follow a sweeping restructuring earlier this year that called for 35,000 cuts

Cyber Monday set to be biggest online shopping day in US history

Shoppers have seen nearly two months of offers from retailers looking to recover sales lost due to mall and store closures.

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Zambia's default sparks fears of debt tsunami

Pandemic puts AIDS-related gains at risk, Museum of London asks citizens to share Covid dreams, virus revives debate on value of high-stake exams, and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Happy days in Europe? Not so fast, monsieur

Trump's defeat has raised hopes of a return to the happier days of transatlantic relations, but experts warn against pitching expectations too high

Americans in holiday rush despite highest Covid-19 death toll in 6 months

Across New York City, lines at COVID-19 testing sites wrapped around the block on Wednesday, video on Twitter showed

Air India plans direct flight to US from Bengaluru and Hyderabad from Jan

These twice-a-week non-stop flights will be operated from Bengaluru to San Francisco (SFO), and from Hyderabad to Chicago

Despite coronavirus warnings, US air travel soars ahead of Thanksgiving

Some 1 million passengers passed through airport screenings on Sunday, the highest number since the pandemic swept into the United States in mid-March

US hits highest death toll since May with hospitals already full

The death toll reached 2,157 on Tuesday - one person every 40 seconds

United States economy surges by record 33.1% in the third quarter

The gain was the largest quarterly gain on records going back to 1947

Amazon partners with US government agency to combat counterfeit goods

The joint effort will analyse data and conduct targeted inspections at US ports of entry aimed at preventing counterfeit products from entering the US supply chain.

Safe or unsafe? The best and worst places to be in the Covid-19 era

The result is an overall score that's a snapshot of how the pandemic is playing out in these 53 places right now

Evidence builds that an early mutation made the pandemic harder to stop

Scientists were initially skeptical that a mutation made the coronavirus more contagious. But new research has changed many of their minds