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SpaceX capsule with 4 astronauts closes in on international space station

SpaceX's newly launched capsule with four astronauts closed in Monday on the International Space Station, their new home until spring

Double-tanker truck carrying gas explodes in Mexico, killing 13

A double-tanker truck carrying liquified cooking gas lost control and flipped on a highway in western Mexico, caught fire and exploded, killing at least a dozen people in nearby vehicles

Donald Trump to order US troop reductions in Afghanistan, Iraq by Jan 15

The Trump administration is expected to cut the number of US troops in Afghanistan almost in half to 2,500 by Jan 15

Hurricane Iota now a Category 5 storm near Central America

Hurricane Iota rapidly strengthened Monday into a Category 5 storm that is likely to bring catastrophic damage to the same part of Central America already battered by a powerful Hurricane Eta

Biden vows to strengthen economy despite exploding coronavirus pandemic

Joe Biden said his administration would strengthen the country's vulnerable economy despite the exploding pandemic as he pushed forward with the business of preparing to assume the presidency

Biden seeks window on Covid-19 vaccine plans as Trump stalls handoff

Joe Biden's scientific advisers plan to meet with vaccine makers in coming days even as a stalled presidential transition keeps them out of the loop on plans to inoculate Americans against Covid-19

Nearly 2 dozen arrested in protest over Trump's defeat in US elections

Demonstrations over Trump's loss at the polls have resulted in charges against nearly two dozen people in Washington

Mexico breaches 1 million coronavirus cases mark, nears 100,000 deaths

Mexico has registered more than 1 million total coronavirus cases and nearly 100,000 test-confirmed deaths, though officials agree the number is probably much higher

China, ASEAN set world's biggest trade pact, leave door open for India

Officials said the accord leaves the door open for India, which dropped out due to fierce domestic opposition to its market-opening requirements, to rejoin the bloc

Thousands rally behind Donald Trump, believing he won race he lost

Fervent supporters of Donald Trump rallied in Washington on Saturday behind his spurious claim of a stolen election and swarmed his motorcade when he detoured for a drive-by on his way out of town

UN World Food Program warns 2021 is going to be worse than 2020

The head of the World Food Program says the Nobel Peace Prize has given the UN agency a spotlight and megaphone to warn world leaders that next year is going to be worse than this year

Joe Biden likely to break barriers, pick a woman to lead Pentagon

Her selection would come on the heels of a tumultuous Pentagon period that has seen five men hold the top job under President Donald Trump

President Trump skips Southeast Asia summit for third year in a row

Trump attended the ASEAN summit in 2017, but sent only representatives during the last two meetings

Amid surge in coronavirus cases, Paris hospitals begin to see signs of hope

Although France now has more patients hospitalised with the virus than during the April peak of the initial wave, there are about 2,000 fewer in intensive care

Joe Biden faces tough choice of whether to back coronavirus lockdowns

During his first public appearance since losing the election, Trump noted on Friday that he wouldn''t support a lockdown

Can Donald Trump win with 'fantasy' electors bid? State GOP says no

Republican leaders in four critical states won by President-elect Joe Biden say they won't participate in a legally dubious scheme to flip their state's electors to vote for President Donald Trump.

Covid-19: Italy extends partial lockdown as Naples hospitals struggle

Naples hospitals made headlines this week when a video that went viral showed an elderly man lying dead on the floor of an emergency room bathroom

Democrats keep winning the popular vote in US elections. That worries them

Democrats won the popular vote in this year's presidential election yet again, marking seven out of eight straight presidential elections that the party has reached that milestone

GM recalling nearly 69,000 Bolt electric cars worldwide due to fire risk

General Motors is recalling nearly 69,000 Chevrolet Bolt electric cars worldwide because the batteries have caught fire in five of them.

Elon Musk gets mixed coronavirus test results on the eve of crew launch

SpaceX chief Elon Musk may have to steer clear of NASA's Kennedy Space Center after getting mixed COVID-19 test results on the eve of his company's second crew launch.