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A fire at a Louisiana chlorine plant erupted with thick, billowing smoke Thursday after Hurricane Laura plowed through part of the country's petrochemical corridor with storm surges and fierce wind, forcing residents around the plant to shelter in their h...

Hurricane Laura ripped through southwestern Louisiana on Thursday, destroying buildings in towns across the southwestern corner of the state and killing a 14yearold girl after making landfall as one of the most powerful storms to hit the area.

A judge said Thursday he will rule soon on a request from President Donald Trump's reelection campaign to invalidate 50,000 requests for absentee ballots submitted by voters in Iowa's secondlargest county.

Investors raised their bets on higher U.S. inflation after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell introduced a new strategy to allow the rate to rise above the 2% target, but market players still saw inflation remaining stubbornly below that level.

SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal said there is no change in the present policy of the purchase of agriculture produce through MSP through state agencies.

Greece ratified an accord on maritime boundaries with Egypt on Thursday, hours after Turkey extended the operation of a seismic survey vessel in the Eastern Mediterranean and said it will hold firing exercises in the region next month.

Bengaluru police commissioner Kamal Pant said those who contracted the disease are only one per cent of the total work force. Most of the infected policemen have recovered and 1,100 have resumed their duty.

Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said Phase 5 of this mission will be completed on August 31.

When Augusto Briceo hugged his mother in her bed in the COVID19 intensivecare ward, he said he sensed the warmth of her body through his protective gloves, and felt full of peace.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo committed an egregious violation of the Hatch Act by delivering a videotaped speech from Israel to the Republican National Convention, according to a complaint filed by two law professors with the State Department's inspecto...

On Thursday, PCC president Govind Singh Dotasra said the students are pressing their demands for postponement of exams in view of the continuous spread of coronavirus in the country but the central government is adamant on its stand about conducting the e...

The DMRC did not have requisite permissions to undertake work on a 5.34-km stretch of Road Number 26 between Vikas Puri and Peeragarhi Chow,k and a 1,300-meter square portion of the Najafgarh drain, which are deemed forest areas.

The company said that the attire has an impact on its image. These violations may invite action.

Of those infected, only one inmate in Andhra Pradesh has succumbed to the infection, while 380 had fully recovered, said Director General of Prisons Mohd Ahsan Reza.

The Federal Reserve on Thursday rolled out an aggressive new strategy to restore the United States to full employment and lift inflation back to healthier levels in a world where it now believes that "downward risks to employment and inflation have increa...

President Donald Trump will make a crucial pitch for a second term in the White House on Thursday with a keynote address at the Republican National Convention highlighting his record in office and charting a path for the next four years.