Morning news brief: Trump updates on COVID vaccine, Yoshihide Suga to replace Abe and more

"We're very close to having a vaccine. We're within weeks of getting it you know -- could be three weeks, four weeks," he said.

Suga, a longtime aide and chief cabinet secretary under outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, on Monday won a landslide victory to take over the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).

As per this study, 78 per cent of the coronavirus-related deaths of the under 21 year olds, have been from minority communities.

The Saudi cabinet has stressed the need for a "just and comprehensive solution" to the Palestinian issue to resolve the conflict.