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FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump departs on travel to West Point, New York from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, US, December 12, 2020. REUTERS/Cheriss May/File Photo

Trump is heading for second impeachment. Here's what to expect

Trump was impeached by the Democratic-led House in December 2019 on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress over his dealings with Ukraine about political rival Joe Biden, now...

FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump departs on travel to West Point, New York from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, US, December 12, 2020. REUTERS/Cheriss May/File Photo

How will Trump get his message out without social media?

A collection of Bitcoin (virtual currency) tokens are displayed in this picture illustration taken December 8, 2017. Photo: REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/Illustration

What is Bitcoin and is it really the future?

FILE PHOTO: A test tube labelled with the Vaccine is seen in front of AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

How does AstraZeneca's vaccine compare with Pfizer-BioNTech?

"Scientifically, it is highly likely that the immune response by this vaccine also can deal with the new virus variant," said Ugur Sahin, chief executive of the company.  Photo: Collected

Where are we in the Covid-19 vaccine race?

Anti-Brexit protesters hold flags outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain October 15, 2019/ Reuters

Brexit trade deal will lessen, but not kill, the economic pain

Countries can share borders with more than one country at a time and having border disputes with many of them is common. Photo: Collected

Bangladesh-India border is among world's most dangerous borders

What's in the $900 billion US Covid-19 aid package?

What's in the $900 billion US Covid-19 aid package?

A caged mink looks on, amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, at a mink farm in Hjoerring in North Jutland, Denmark October 8, 2020. Picture taken October 8, 2020. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen via REUTERS

The mink link: How Covid-19 mutations in animals affect human health and vaccine effectiveness

FILE PHOTO: Voters fill out their ballots on Election Day in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, US, November 3, 2020. REUTERS/Rachel Wisniewski

Why Trump's lawsuits are unlikely to change the outcome of the election

US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden are reflected in the plexiglass protecting a TV camera operator from the coronavirus as they take part in their second debate in Nashville, Tennessee, on 22 October/ Reuters

Transitioning from Trump to Biden: What happens between voting day and the inauguration

US President Donald Trump (Left) and Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden (Right). Picture: Reuters

US Election 2020: Why different news outlets have different tallies?

FILE PHOTO: Some of the hundreds of thousands of early mail-in ballots are processed for scanning by election workers at the Orange County Registrar of Voters in Santa Ana, California, US, October 16, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

Red mirage, blue mirage: Beware of early US election wins