The Amazon’s largest city is currently suffering a brutal second wave of COVID-19 cases

Like all viruses, SARS-CoV-2 mutates in order to maximise its survival chances

Globally, the virus has killed more than two million people, infected millions of others and hammered economies

It is one of several new variants discovered in recent months, including others first found in England and Brazil

The strain has also spread to more than 60 nations according to the WHO

COVAXIN is an inactivated vaccine that introduces dead virus into the body to trigger an immune response

Some 7,000 National Guard personnel are expected to stay at least through the end of the month, officials have said

In the wake of the attack on the US Capitol by supporters of former President Trump

India, a country of 1.35 billion people, has so far reported 10.63 million COVID-19 cases - the highest after the US

She would be the highest-ranking transgender official in the US government

Some Native American viewers say This Land Is Your Land song celebrates ‘indigenous genocide’, ‘stolen land’

Trump administration’s had barred people from a number of mostly Muslim-majority nations from coming to US

Experts say self-pardon violates basic principle that no person should be judge in his or her own case

Former US president's trial to commence in the week of Feb 8

Indian cabinet gives nod to 850-megawatt Ratle hydroelectric power project in IIOJK despite Pakistan's objections

Imams are using Friday sermons and their influential standing within Muslim communities to argue vaccines are safe

Ten confirmed cases were found in a factory which slaughters 50 million chickens a year

The new administration planned a full review of the US approach to North Korea says Antony Blinken

The two leaders highlighted the strategic importance of the US-Canada relationship

Mexico has a major role to play in Biden’s plans for immigration reform

Thousands dying daily from the Covid pandemic, with badly damaged economy and a surge in political violence

Chief of UN health agency says agreement will help stabilize global health systems

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