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Biden will seek an increase in the tax on capital gains to 39.6% for those Americans earning more than $1 million, according to reports.
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President attempts to persuade more countries including China to follow suit
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Oregon health authorities say federal officials are investigating the death of a woman in her 50s who developed a blood clot and low platelets within two weeks of receiving the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
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The CSU Chancellor called the directive "the most comprehensive and consequential university plan for COVID-19 vaccines in the country." It will affect more than 1 million students and employees.
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"The COVID-19 pandemic is a common enemy of all mankind that necessitates international solidarity and mutual assistance," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said.
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Here's what you need to know at the end of the day.
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Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Thursday evening.
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Rapid COVID-19 tests are now available at pharmacies in the U.S. Dr. Michael Mina of Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health says these can help people wondering if they are infectious right now.
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Before passing legislation to curb hate crimes against Asian and Pacific Island Americans, Senate Democrats stopped Republicans from including discrimination against Asian Americans in college admissions.
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Edward Wagner, 28, who prosecutors said had been in a custody dispute over his daughter, apologized for the Rhoden family murders.
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"I have an 18-year-old ... and I tell him, unfortunately, never called the cops for anything because ... things can unfortunately end up like this," a neighbor said.
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 Russia ordered its top military brass to return troops to their permanent bases from Friday, saying it had concluded a "snap inspection" of its forces in the country's east and west, near the Ukrainian border.
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In an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote, the Senate voted 94 to 1 to pass the COVID Hate Crimes Act on Thursday.
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India's COVID-19 caseload plummeted to record lows in February. Now a startling spike is causing health systems — and possibly law and order — to break down. What went wrong?
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A new poll found 81 percent of Asian Americans believed attacks against them were on the rise in the U.S.
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The country records 314,835 new daily cases as Delhi hospitals fear running out of oxygen in hours.
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The research, tracking thousands of people from age 50 on, suggests those who sleep six hours or less a night are more likely to develop dementia in their late 70s.
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A Republican Arizona state senator broke ranks and voted against a GOP-backed measure that could remove tens of thousands of voters from the state's early ballot mailing list.
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The Singapore-listed shares of Top Glove, the world's largest medical glove maker, have risen 18.4% so far this month.
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The failure comes as Republicans across state legislatures introduce hundreds of bills which would restrict access to the ballot box.
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Under a proposal to raise federal rates reportedly being considered by President Joe Biden, the wealthiest residents of California would pay a combined top capital gains tax rate of 56.7, while the richest New Yorkers would pay 52.22 percent.
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Real-world data found the AZ and Pfizer jabs worked equally well in over-75s and younger people.
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There's growing interest in the German model, where fans hold a controlling stake in the clubs.
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Growth stocks, which could come under selling pressure on higher capital gains taxes, led the intraday decline on Thursday.
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The House of Representatives passed a bill to make the District of Columbia the U.S.'s 51st state. The cause has unprecedented levels of political support but meets an uphill battle facing the Senate.
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Frantic phone calls, secret meetings and high-stakes threats: The inside story of how a billion-dollar European soccer superleague was born, and then collapsed, in less than a week.
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The mother of the infants, a boy and a girl, was in custody but had not been charged in the deaths, officials said.
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The research adds to a growing number of findings suggesting the Pfizer and Moderna shots are protective against the variants identified so far.
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Working to avoid being cut out of the process, they presented a $568 billion blueprint that is a fraction of the size of President Biden's proposal.
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With foreign forces due to leave later this year, what progress have Afghans seen in their lives?
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Chipmaker enjoyed boost from PC sales but margins are under pressure
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The Rev. Al Sharpton delivered the eulogy for Mr. Wright, the 20-year-old Black man who was shot and killed by a police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minn., last week.
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Russia's opposition leader could die, warn the doctors who had treated him before he was jailed.
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Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger announced earlier this month that the company plans to invest $20 billion in new microchip manufacturing plants.
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Leicester open a four-point gap to fourth place in the Premier League with victory over relegation-bound West Brom.
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 A funeral service for Daunte Wright saw him remembered as a beloved father, brother and son, as hundreds gathered to honour the life of the 20-year-old man who died at the hands of police following a traffic stop in Minnesota.
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In recent weeks, as mass shootings across the United States dominated headlines, many Americans have observed that the country seems to be returning to something like a pre-pandemic state — shootings included.
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Navalny, who has been on hunger strike for more than three weeks, was taken to a civilian hospital Tuesday for tests.
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Hundreds of people gathered in the Shiloh Temple in Minneapolis Thursday for the funeral of 20-year-old Daunte Wright, killed April 11 when he was shot by a suburban Minneapolis police officer.
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"The bodies were everywhere, they were being cremated on sidewalks meant for walking. I have never [seen] such a flow of dead bodies in my life."
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• This company is selling mystery bags of food to combat restaurant waste
• Go There: Fred Pleitgen reports from Moscow as Putin and other leaders attend climate summit
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The five-year spending outline is much more narrowly focused on traditional infrastructure than the president's sweeping proposal.
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There is only one way for the Biden administration to make good on its emissions commitments.
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Two veterinarians in Chile have been fined after it was discovered they had administered canine coronavirus vaccines to dozens of people, which does will not actually protect them from COVID.
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Today is Earth Day, and 40 world leaders are participating in a virtual climate summit. President Joe Biden opened the event by pledging to cut fossil fuel emissions by more than half by 2030 - the most ambitious U.S. climate effort yet.
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More than a million people are estimated to have been detained at camps in the region of Xinjiang.
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A Model Y made multiple trips on a test track without a human in the driver's seat, engineers found.
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The two California school systems would likely be the first public universities in the U.S. to make the vaccine mandatory.
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The country remains out of step with other major nations by refusing to commit to deeper emissions cuts.
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A Pew poll shows that the party's voters increasingly oppose measures that would expand access to the ballot.
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The death of Daunte Wright, who was shot near Minneapolis earlier this month, sparked mass protests.
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It comes as a further 55 cases of the so-called India coronavirus variant are reported in the UK.
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"This is where George Floyd took his last breath under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer, under the watch of three other officers," a sign reads.
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With a population of 1.3 billion people and growing acceptance of digital payments, India would be a huge market for Revolut.
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Women have been hit harder by the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic as more women work in low-paying, insecure and informal jobs. This includes migrant domestic workers. Nan Zar Ni Myint is a domestic worker from Myanmar and a volunteer in her community based in Bangkok, Thailand. She has mobilized her network of domestic workers to support other domestic workers in Thailand, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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