US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be quarantining after coming in contact with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus. He although had tested negative, the US State Department said on Wednesday.

US Secy of State Pompeo to quarantine after contact with Covid-positive person

The United States set a grim double record Wednesday notching more than 3,700 deaths and over 250,000 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours. The tally marks the third time in the past week that the United States has crossed the 3,000 deaths threshold.

US sets a grim record with over 3,700 Covid deaths; vaccine campaign grows

US Vice-President Mike Pence and his wife will get the Covid-19 vaccine Friday in a public display designed to boost national confidence. Pence and his wife Karen Pence "will publicly receive a Covid-19 vaccine to promote the safety and efficacy of the vaccine and build confidence among the American people," the White House said in a statement late Wednesday.

US Vice-President Mike Pence to get Covid vaccine Friday

An unmanned Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the Moon returned safely to Earth early Thursday, completing the first mission in four decades to collect lunar samples.

Chinese spacecraft returns to Earth with rocks from Moon

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he would receive the Sputnik V coronavirus jab once it is approved for people his age, praising the vaccine as safe and effective.

Putin says will get vaccine when possible; won't comment on Covid-19 source

The largest burden of Covid-19 has undoubtedly fallen on people older than 65, accounting for around 80 percent of deaths in the United States. But if we momentarily eclipse that from our mind’s eye, something else becomes visible: The corona of this virus.

People thought COVID-19 was relatively harmless for younger adults. They were wrong

WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden’s allies have begun an ambitious campaign to raise millions of dollars from corporations and individuals by offering special “VIP participation” in reimagined inaugural festivities that will be largely virtual because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Biden’s inaugural will be mostly virtual, but money from donors will be real

Human Rights Watch accused Egypt Thursday of imposing punitive conditions on hundreds of inmates at one of its most notorious prisons in collective punishment for a foiled September escape attempt.

HRW accuses Egypt of 'collective punishment' of inmates

China will share data and samples from the moon obtained by its Chang`e 5 probe on the basis of international conventions though "unfortunate" U.S. restrictions on cooperation might prevent it getting any, the deputy head of its space agency said.

China says will share lunar samples with other countries

Eating fruit and drinking from plastic bottles, two Sumatran orangutans stared from their cages at Bangkok airport on Thursday before flying home to Indonesia, years after being smuggled into Thailand.

Two smuggled Indonesian orangutans fly home from Thailand

Eight prominent Hong Kong democracy activists were charged Thursday with taking part in an "illegal assembly" on the day after Beijing imposed its broad security law, bolstering an already sweeping crackdown on dissent.

Eight Hong Kong activists charged for security law protest

A new report claims that technology giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has facial recognition technology which can specifically pick out members of China's Uighur minority.

Alibaba facial recognition tech can specifically pick out Uighur minority, new report says

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