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Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) data scientist Prof. Mark Last sees the end of the coronavirus peak in Israel and believes that New York and California may have reached herd immunity.more

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in the world has exceeded 25 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, data released yesterday evening. About 845,000 people have died from Covid-19 to date.more

Six US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bombers flew yesterday over all 30 NATO allies, training together with Allied aviation, the Alliance announced. Its secretary general emphasized that the event illustrated the US commitment to NATO.more

Powerful Hurricane Laura battered the Louisiana coastline Thursday morning after sweeping ashore as the region's strongest storm in over a century.more

The Gulf Coast will get walloped by a tropical storm and a hurricane this week, bringing torrential rain, fierce winds and ferocious storm surges.more

Robert O'Neill, a former commando who claims to have killed Osama bin Laden, was banned from traveling on U.S. Delta Air Lines after he removed his face mask while in flight, AP said.more

Photos from the visit of the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, to the White House, appeared in a new election spot by Donald Trump published on Twitter.more

In New York City, there has been an increasing demand for the company's helicopter service from the suburbs to Long Island. The cost of a one-way flight is currently $ 795.more

What could be the highest temperature ever reliably recorded on Earth - 130F (54.4C) - may have been reached in Death Valley National Park, California.more

Robert Trump, the youngest sibling of President Donald Trump, died Saturday night in a New York hospital. He was 71.more

Canada's border with the United States will remain closed for another 30 days until September 21 this year. - Canadian Public Security Minister Bill Blair informed yesterday on Twitter.more

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday rounded out his four-nation tour of Europe, signing a new defense pact in Poland that will increase the number of U.S. troops stationed in the eastern European country.more

The number of vacant apartments for rent or for sale in Manhattan, New York City, rose to its highest level last month, exceeding 13,000. This is a record since data collection on this subject was initiated 14 years ago.more

Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore reported today that 1,499 people have died from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours in the US, and 55,910 new coronavirus infections have been diagnosed. The total number of SARS-CoV-2 cases since the start of the pandemic is 5,242,184. 166,971 people have died. more

Prince Harry's wife has confessed that she will vote in the upcoming US presidential election. Her decision runs counter to the British royal family's tradition of not getting involved in politics. For a Duchess who has recently decided to leave the court and settle in America, voting is vital.more

In the United States, the number of people infected with the coronavirus has exceeded 5 million, according to data from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Over the last 24 hours, over 50,000 were registered for another day in a row. infections, this time 54 203.more

Former US First Lady Michelle Obama has said she is suffering from "low-grade depression" because of the pandemic, racial injustice and the "hypocrisy" of the Trump administration.more

The US Department of State has announced it is lifting the recommendation for US citizens to avoid all travel abroad in connection with the coronavirus pandemic.more

Worldwide economic recovery will be faster if the future coronavirus vaccine is made available to everyone as a public good, World Health Organization (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday.more

Facebook, YouTube and Twitter removed content posted by accounts linked to US President Donald Trump on Wednesday due to breaching the Covid-19 false information policy. In the video, Trump maintained that children were "almost immune" to the coronavirus.more

Several experts in different fields have told CBC News they don't expect the Canada-U.S. border to reopen this year.more

The first mission to send NASA astronauts into orbit on a commercially owned spaceship came back down to Earth today with the splashdown of a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule in the Gulf of Mexico.more

President Donald Trump has announced he is banning the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok in the US. He told reporters he could sign an executive order as early as Saturday.more

The Long Island family in New York announced the death of their German Shepherd, which was the first dog in the US to test positive for Covid-19. He started having trouble breathing in mid-April.more

"The business owners are black" - such signs appear on the windows of some premises in Washington. This is happening on the wave of the social campaign "Buy at Black People". Proponents of the initiative explain that it is "to help reduce social inequalities, the sources of which date back to the times of slavery and segregation."more