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Washington : US President Joe Biden on Thursday called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin's announcement of a military operation in Ukraine as "an unprovoked and unjustified attack" and that the "world will hold Russia accountable" for…

Washington : In response to Russia declaring the two rebel regions of Ukraine as independent states, US President Joe Biden has imposed tough new sanctions on Moscow in the wake of what he called "the beginning of a Russian invasion" of…

Washington : After replacing faulty control mechanisms, all core stage rocket engines on NASA's moon rocket have performed successfully in a recent series of tests, the US space agency said.Last month, a faulty controller on the RS-25…

Washington : White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced that President Joe Biden has "accepted in principle" a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.Psaki's confirmation late Sunday night of a potential Biden-Putin summit…

Washington : The James Webb Space Telescope is nearing completion of the first phase of the months-long process of aligning the observatory's 18-segmented primary mirror.The alignment was done using the Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam)…

Washington : NASA's Perseverance rover has successfully completed the first year since touching down on Mars on February 18, 2021.Weighing roughly 1,025 kgs, Perseverance is the heaviest rover ever to safely land on Mars, and also return…

Washington : US space agency NASA has released the first science images from its new Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer IXPE that was launched on December 9, 2021.NASA said that all instruments are functioning well aboard the observatory,…

Washington : US President Joe Biden's plan to ship 500 million free coronavirus tests to Americans was largely lauded, but those who serve the nation's most vulnerable said the tests should have been distributed more equitably, according to…

Washington : US President Joe Biden on Tuesday said the United States is still pursuing a diplomatic solution to the current standoff between Russia and the West over Ukraine, meanwhile warning Russia of severe sanctions should it choose to…

Washington : Although Covid cases are seeing a decline in the US, it is too soon to end restrictions like mask mandates, President Joe Biden has said.A number of states have dropped mask mandates or set plans in motion to lift mask rules in…