White House says Indian-American physician Ashish Jha is effective communicator on tackling COVID-19

White House says Indian-American physician Ashish Jha is effective communicator on tackling COVID-19

Jha, the Dean of Public Health at Brown University, replaces outgoing COVID czar Jeffrey Zients, and will take up the position on April 5. America’s new COVID-19 czar Dr Ashish Jha is an effective communicator for the country on how to approach and tackle the coronavirus, the White House has said after President Joe Biden … Read more

Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin to hold first summit in Geneva

Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin to hold first summit in Geneva

US President Joe Biden and Russian leader Vladimir Putin will hold their first summit next month in Geneva, both sides said Tuesday, though no breakthrough is expected in the fraught relationship. The meeting in the wealthy Swiss city — home to many UN organizations and location of a historic 1985 summit between Soviet leader Mikhail … Read more

Microsoft users may have suffered China-linked hack

Microsoft users may have suffered China-linked hack

Businesses and government agencies in the US that use a Microsoft email service have been compromised in an aggressive hacking campaign that was probably sponsored by the Chinese government, Microsoft said. The number of victims is estimated to be in the tens of thousands and could rise, some security experts believe, as the investigation into … Read more