As President Donald Trump’s time in office comes to a close, there are reports he’s considering a number of potential pardons for family members and his attorney Rudy Giuliani. CNN’s Kaitlin Collins reports.
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Donald Trump makes a previously-unannounced, pre-recorded speech on the election, released on Facebook, on December 2, 2020.
The threats of climate change and COVID-19 are converging, according to a new report by the Lancet Countdown. The threats of climate change and COVID-19 are converging, according to a new report by the Lancet Countdown.
The United Kingdom has become the first country in the world to approve the coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech.
Days after a metal monolith was found in the Utah desert, another similar structure was discovered in Romania.
The goals of the UN Paris climate agreement are getting “within reach”, new analysis suggests. The Climate Action Tracker group looked at new climate promises from China and other nations, along with the carbon plans of US President-elect Joe Biden. These commitments would mean the rise in world temperatures could be held to 2.1C by the end of this century. Previous estimates indicated up to 3C of heating, with disastrous impacts. But the experts are worried the long-term optimism is not matched by short-term plans to cut CO2.
Attorney General Bill Barr told The Associated Press during an interview that the Justice Department hasn’t found fraud “on a scale that could have affected the outcome of the election.
Research is learning more about why some people who get a mild case COVID-19 end up experiencing other symptoms for months, known as ‘long-haulers.’ Doctors say they often have symptoms that resemble a common blood circulation disorder known as POTS.
Kaavan, a 36-year-old bull elephant, began his new life in Cambodia this week by making contact with another elephant – the first time in eight years since his partner died in 2012. The elephant was brought to an animal sanctuary in the country after efforts by animal rights groups and American singer Cher resulted in his relocation. It came months after Pakistan’s high court ruled the zoo in which Kaavan was living should be closed due to abysmal conditions as a result of systemic negligence. Sean Previl has more on his journey.
Dramatic video from captures the moment when a 816-tonne platform came crashing down on the Arecibo Observatory, shattering one of the world’s largest telescopes and striking a crushing blow to the global scientific community. The catastrophic collapse happened on Dec. 1, less than two weeks after the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) warned that such a disaster was imminent. The NSF had already shuttered operations at the facility after a suspension cable snapped and slashed a hole in the dish last month. The telescope was the largest of its kind when it opened in 1963, and it has contributed to all manner of astronomical discoveries over the years, from asteroids to planets to mysterious radio signals in space. It also won a place in pop culture as the set for such films as Contact and GoldenEye, the first James Bond movie starring Pierce Brosnan.