The first-ever virtual quad summit will be held on Friday with quad nations' leaders US President Joe Biden, PM Narendra Modi, Australian PM Scott Morrison, and Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga to discuss the Indo-Pacific region's challenges.

First Quad Summit: Quad leaders' virtual summit to discuss Indo-Pacific region's challenges

Should China be worried over Quad meet?

Quad meeting 2021: Focus on vaccines, securing Indo-Pacific on agenda

Quad Summit'21: First Quad leaders’ summit today, focus on cooperation in Indo-Pacific region

President Joe Biden held a sunset moment of silence and a candle-lighting ceremony at the White House and ordered American flags lowered at federal buildings

US Covid-19 deaths cross 500,000-mark

Dr Anthony Fauci has won the $1 million Dan David Prize for defending science and advocating for vaccines now being administered to protect people from the coronavirus pandemic.

Fauci wins $1 million Israeli prize for 'defending science'

In a bid to strengthen the stability and future of American democracy, Microsoft on Friday said it is temporarily cutting off donations to politicians, who supported efforts to overturn President Joe Biden's victory or voted against certifying the US election results.

Microsoft cuts funds to politicians, who didn’t certify US poll results

Ten moderate Republican U.S. senators urged President Joe Biden on Sunday to significantly downsize his sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package to win bipartisan support as Democrats in Congress prepared to push ahead with his plan this week.

Republicans press Biden to downsize $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan

Joe Biden who was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday in an address from the Lincoln Memorial called for unity, liberty and dignity "to unite against common foes hate violence disease and hopelessness.

Pandemic, economic crisis, racial injustice, climate crisis threats to our democracy, says President Biden from Lincoln Memorial