A Hong Kong teenager was found guilty on Friday of insulting China's national flag and unlawful assembly as Beijing accelerates its crackdown on dissent and the city's pro-democracy movement.

Hong Kong teen found guilty in China flag insult case

Singapore has approved a Covid test kit for use in testing saliva from deep within the throat. The test is the first of its type to receive approval from Singapore's Health Sciences Authority, Advanced MedTech said in a statement on Thursday.

Singapore approves Covid test using saliva from inside throat

US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have been chosen as Time magazine's 2020 "Person of the Year". The pair made history on November 7 when they beat Donald Trump in a bitter US election.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris named Time 'Person of the Year'

US President-elect Joe Biden announced several administration picks Thursday, including Obama-era officials such as former national security advisor Susan Rice as White House Domestic Policy Council director and ex-chief of staff Denis McDonough as veterans affairs secretary.

Biden taps Susan Rice for domestic policy role, other Obama vets

South Korea Superfreeze Inc's coldest warehouse is being prepared for the tonnes of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines that will soon make their way to the country. Located 65 km (40 miles) below Seoul and boasting temperatures frostier than an Antarctic winter, the facility would be the best, perhaps only, place in South Korea suitable for bulk storage of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, says company CEO Kim Jin-ha.

South Korean ultra-cold warehouse prepares to store Pfizer Covid vaccine

Cuba will unify its two currencies, the Cuban peso and convertible peso, as of January 1, ending a unique system that has existed for nearly three decades, President Miguel Diaz-Canel said Thursday.

Cuba to unify its two currencies as of January 1

The United States has said it believes reports of Eritrean military involvement in the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region are "credible." A spokesperson for the US State Department further called on any Eritrean soldiers there to pull out.

US believes in reports of involvement of Eritrean troops in Tigray conflict

Victims of Bernie Madoff, the mastermind behind the worst financial scam in history, will receive $488 million in additional payments through a victim fund, the US Justice Department has said.

Bernard Madoff victims to receive more money, 12 years after his arrest

The United States is poised to impose sanctions on Turkey over its acquisition last year of Russian S-400 air defence systems, a report said. According to Reuters, this move is likely to worsen already problematic ties between the two NATO allies.

US set to sanction Turkey over Russian defence system

A panel of outside advisors to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has voted to endorse the emergency use of Pfizer Inc's coronavirus vaccine. Among other things, the overwhelming vote has paved the way for the agency to authorise the shot for the nation.

US FDA advisors recommend authorisation of Pfizer Covid vaccine

Indian-American Rahul Dubey, who had opened the doors of his Washington DC home to over 70 people demonstrating in the Black Lives Matter protests has featured in TIME magazine's 'Heroes of 2020' list.

Indian-American features in Time's 'Heroes of 2020' for giving shelter to 70 BLM protesters

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