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A COVID-19 vaccine developed in China has shown success in mid-stage trials. There are several vaccines being developed in China, some of which are already being administered. According to the researchers, the S
Facebook and Twitter's chief executives are being cross-examined by US senators for the second time in three weeks. The two were summoned to answer questions about how their platforms had limited distribution of a
A study has indicated people who play video games for long periods of time tend to report feeling happier than those who do not. The Oxford Internet Institute research focused on two games: Nintendo's Animal Crossi
The Boy Scouts of America will be facing at least 92,700 claims of abuse as former scouts have submitted filings against the organization. CNN reports the initial estimate of 82,000 claims was released yesterday.
Early data from US company Moderna shows a new vaccine that protects against COVID-19 is nearly 95% effective. The results come hot on the heels of similar results from Pfizer, and add to growing confidence that va
Four astronauts - three from the US and one from Japan - have launched from Florida on a mission to the International Space Station (ISS). BBC News reports the crew rode to orbit in a rocket and capsule provided by the
A two-month-old Texas girl with injection marks has died after testing positive for heroin. She was rushed to Shannon Medical Centre after police found her unconscious at a residence in west Texas last Saturday.
A school in France has banned parents from throwing their children over its 6ft fence when they're running late. The Primary School in southern France, put up 'no throwing' signs outside the school entrance depicti
US President Donald Trump has not yet admitted defeat, but cracks are starting to show – with the US President admitting he doesn't know whose administration will be leading the US from January 20th. Speaking for
At least 42 people have died and 20 others are missing after Typhoon Vamco made landfall in the Philippines. Flooding on the largest island, Luzon, caused landslides, cut off roads and forced many to flee their hom
Pope Francis has pledged to rid the Catholic Church of sexual abuse and offered prayers to victims of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, a day after the Vatican released a detailed report into the decades long church c
The number of Americans in hospital with COVID-19 reached record levels as more than a million new cases were confirmed this month. There are over 10 million confirmed US cases and 239,732 deaths so far - and the d
The US state of Georgia will conduct a recount of all paper ballots cast in the Presidential election. Officials say mathematically, you actually have to do a full hand-by-hand recount of all because the margin is
The US election still hasn't ended for one person who bet US $1.3 million on Joe Biden to be the next president. The huge wager was placed on October 29th on the Betfair Exchange, the world's largest online betting
U.S. President Donald Trump will be subject to the same Twitter rules as any other user when President-elect Joe Biden takes office in January. Twitter places “public interest†notices on some rule-breaking twe
'Let us be the nation we know we can be' Biden concludes his speech on a note of optimism. "Let us be the nation that we know we can be. A nation united, a nation strengthened, a nation healed," he says.
The international climate community was jubilant on Saturday, as the US presidential election was called for Joe Biden. Four nail-biting days after polling day, Biden secured the swing state of Pennsylvania. On top
The world looked ahead Saturday to new American leadership, with U.S. allies and rivals alike starting to predict what the change in the White House would mean for their relations with the United States and for American
Kamala Harris will become the first female, first Black and first South Asian American vice president. Born to Jamaican father and an Indian mother, Harris is a former attorney general of California. She also
Joe Biden has become US President-elect after winning the pivotal state of Pennsylvania, NBC News projected. The former vice president accumulated 273 Electoral College votes after winning Pennsylvania’s 20 elec
