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Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Thursday, buoyed by hopes the U.S. Congress may finally deliver fresh aid to help American businesses and families weather the pandemic.

Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia on Wednesday declined to rule out a formal protest of Democrat Joe Biden's victory when Congress convenes next month to certify the presidential election results.

The Owaisi-Rajbhar meeting comes a day after the Aam Aadmi Party announced that it will contest the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls in 2022.

The Senate has confirmed an Indiana prosecutor to replace Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on a federal appeals court based in Chicago.

n the absence of a "mandi fee", buyers will naturally be encouraged to buy outside the APMC markets and thus, farmers will also be forced to sell their produce outside such markets, SJM co-convener Ashwani Mahajan said.

The Modi government has strengthened national security and modernised the armed forces. "Today India has Rafales and our jawans have bulletproof vests and bunkers to face the enemy fire," he said.

World markets were mixed Thursday after selling of technology and health services companies shares ended a winning streak on Wall Street.

Sources said Pawar is likely the man for the job as Sonia Gandhi's replacement should be someone who is a veteran and astute politician, and who can negotiate with other parties as well.

With the implementation of the tenancy law, the government will also constitute a rent authority in the state.

Members of Congress pledged on Wednesday to deepen their investigations into sexual assault, harassment and other problems at Fort Hood, Texas, and explore legislation, zeroing in on what officials say are glaring deficiencies in the Army criminal investi...

U.S. President Donald Trump issued a formal threat on Wednesday to veto congressional efforts to block his plans for $23 billion in military sales to the United Arab Emirates.

Presidentelect Joe Biden will nominate retired General Lloyd Austin to be his defense secretary as soon as Tuesday, a person familiar with the decision said, and will publicly introduce the health team that will lead his administration's fight against the...

Asian stocks came under pressure in early trade on Tuesday as investors struggled to balance hopes for more economic stimulus and vaccines with anxiety over the growing number of COVID19 cases.

The U.S. Congress will vote this week on a oneweek stopgap funding bill to provide more time for lawmakers to reach a deal on COVID19 relief and an overarching spending bill to avoid a government shutdown.

The Nasdaq closed at a record high on Monday after investors moved into megacap growth stocks even as a new round of COVID19 restrictions underscored the continuing economic impact of the pandemic on the United States.

The U.S. air pollution monitoring network has fallen into disrepair after years of budget cuts and neglect, leaving tens of millions of Americans vulnerable to undetected bad air quality from events like wildfires to industrial pollution, according to a r...