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A Tesla Model 3 exploded in an underground residential parking garage in Shanghai on Tuesday, Chinese media reported.

Joe Biden was inaugurated in a smaller and heavily fortified bipartisan ceremony, facing economic and health crises and he succeeds Donald Trump.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order to rejoin the U.S. into the Paris climate agreement, his first major action on global warming.

There's also an understanding that the administration needs to work with rest of East Asia and China on global issues, said Kishore Mahbubani.

The crumbling relationship between Washington and Beijing intensified under the Trump administration.

All presidents watch the Fed closely, and Biden won't be an exception as he looks to get through the current crisis.

Tech billionaire Peter Thiel — previously one of Trump's top allies in Silicon Valley — was among those the White House listed as supporters of Levandowski's pardon.

Amanda Gorman made history Wednesday when she became the youngest inaugural poet during President Joe Biden's swearing-in ceremony in Washington.

Biden will sign more than a dozen executive orders on Wednesday aimed at combating Covid and rolling back some of Trump's directives.

Dr. Anthony Fauci is scheduled to give remarks on Thursday as the United States' head delegate for the WHO's annual executive board meetings.

The EU has fined Valve and five other firms for restricting sales of video games based on the geographical location of users.

Kamala Harris was sworn in Wednesday as the nation's first female, Black and South Asian American vice president.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is confident that U.S. President Joe Biden will be an "ally" when regulating tech firms.

The variant, known as B.1.1.7., has an unusually high number of mutations and is associated with more efficient and rapid transmission.

The facility is expected to generate its first hydrogen toward the end of the year.

On Inauguration Day, European officials weren't afraid of expressing their happiness at Biden's forthcoming term and ambitions for the new administration. 

Alibaba founder Jack Ma has emerged after weeks out of the spotlight that has sparked speculation about his whereabouts as his companies face increased scrutiny.

More than half a year since Covid-19 stalled its spread within mainland China, new cases have emerged in and around the capital city of Beijing.

The U.S. will remain important in oil markets, even if President-elect Biden is less vocal than President Trump, says UAE Energy Minister Suhail al-Mazrouei.

Janet Yellen, Biden's nominee for Treasury Secretary, reportedly said she would consider taxing unrealized capital gains to boost government revenues.