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President Biden puts forth virus strategy, requires mask use to travel

President Joe Biden is putting forth a national COVID-19 strategy to ramp up vaccinations and testing, reopen schools and businesses and increase the use of masks

Analysis: President Biden faces a more confident China after US chaos

Biden faces a determined Chinese leadership

US: Senate confirms Biden first Cabinet pick as Democrats control

The new Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., urged colleagues to turn the spirit of the new president's call for unity into action

'Just move on': Republicans enter post-Trump era in Democrat-held Senate

The shift to minority status is always difficult, prompting debates over who is to blame for losing the last election

US: Joe Biden plans temporary halt of oil activity in Arctic refuge

The plans, along with other executive actions, were announced by press secretary Jen Psaki

US: Democrats gaining Senate control as three new members take oath

The three Democrats join a Senate narrowly split 50-50 between the parties, but giving Democrats the majority with Harris able to cast the tie-breaking vote

US: Immigrants cheered by possible citizenship path under Joe Biden

The newly inaugurated president moved to reverse four years of harsh restrictions and mass deportation with a plan for sweeping legislation on citizenship

Donald Trump's global broadcasting chief quits over calls for resignation

Michael Pack resigned as the chief executive office of the US Agency for Global Media just minutes after President Joe Biden was inaugurated on Wednesday. The agency runs the Voice of America

President Joe Biden's inauguration goes off with no security issues

From behind miles of fencing, Joe Biden was safely sworn in as president in a Washington on edge, two weeks after pro-Trump rioters besieged the U.S. Capitol

UN announces talks on new Syria constitution resume January 25

The U.N. special envoy for Syria announced Wednesday that the next round of talks toward revising the war-battered country's constitution will start in Geneva on January 25

Donald Trump exits White House for last time, says 'it's been great honour'

Trump will be the first president in modern history to boycott his successor's inauguration

Donald Trump pardons ex-strategist Steve Bannon, dozens of others

The pardons and commutations for 143 people, including Bannon, were announced after midnight Wednesday in the final hours of Trump's White House term

Japan shares fall on Covid worries, Asia sees rally over Biden inauguration

Hong Kong''s Hang Seng added 0.9% to 29,921.79, while the Shanghai Composite rose nearly 0.4% to 3,579.93

Canada in touch with Biden administration about disputed oil pipeline

Trudeau said that over the last several days, including Tuesday, his officials have communicated arguments in favour of the Keystone XL pipeline to the highest levels of his administration

Mike Pence heading back to Indiana hometown after Biden inaugural

The Republican former Indiana governor and his wife Karen are expected to attend Biden''s inauguration and will then fly into the Columbus Municipal Airport

President Trump expected to issue flurry of pardons on last full day

President Donald Trump was expected to spend his last full day in office issuing a flurry of pardons and bidding farewell to the American public from a near-deserted White House

GM teams up with Microsoft to accelerate rollout of self-driving cars

Microsoft's Azure cloud and edge computing platform would be used to "commercialise its unique autonomous vehicle solutions at scale."

La Liga: Lionel Messi suspended 2 matches for hitting opponent

The Spanish soccer federation suspended Lionel Messi for two matches on Tuesday after he hit an opponent in an incident away from the ball in the Spanish Super Cup final.

Amateur clubs cleared to play in French Cup, says football federation

The French soccer federation says amateur clubs will take part in this year's French Cup after the ministry of sports agreed to the move amid the coronavirus pandemic

Atletico Madrid appeals to CAS in attempt to suspend Trippier ban

Atletico Madrid appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Tuesday to suspend Kieran Trippier's ban for breaching betting rules