China’s foreign minister Wang Yi began a visit to Kenya on Wednesday, where the government has relied on Chinese loans to develop infrastructure.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced on Tuesday that the Biden administration is finalizing contracts for 500 million rapid COVID-19 tests that it plans to distribute for free to Americans who request them, although she did not share details on how soon the tests will be available.

In a heartwarming story from sports, the Vancouver Canucks and Seattle Kraken of the NHL recently gave a $10,000 gift to a young woman credited with discovering a cancerous mole on the team’s equipment manager at a game, quite possibly saving his life.

Hyundai Motor Co envisions an interactive and partly virtual future it calls “metamobility,” where a variety of robotic devices interact with humans to provide a broad range of mobility services, from automated individual transportation to remote control of robots in “smart” factories.

The CDC issued clarification through its website on Tuesday on the rationale behind shortening COVID quarantine recommendations a week ago.

Canada announced on Tuesday two agreements totaling $31.5 billion to compensate First Nations children who were taken from their families and put into the child welfare system and to reform the system that removed them and deprived them of services they needed.

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey announced on Tuesday a new statewide program that provides families facing school closures with up to $7,000 to guarantee that in-person learning remains a viable option.