The US President Donald Trump reveled in one of his signature achievements on Monday at a White House ceremony to celebrate the Senate confirmation of his Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, eight days before the election, Reuters reported.

US scientists have found molecular water and cold 'water traps' on the moon, they said in two articles published on Monday, news wires reported. Molecular water was detected on the lunar surface, where areas were also found that trap water in the form of ice, US researchers wrote in the Nature Astronomy journal.

Chileans poured into the country's main squares on Sunday night after voters gave a ringing endorsement to a plan to tear up the country's Pinochet-era constitution in favour of a new charter drafted by citizens, Reuters reported.

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell, and US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, met via telephone to discuss a range of issues of common interest in the context of the Transatlantic Partnership, the EEAS and Department of State announced in a joint press release, published Friday evening.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved antiviral drug remdesivir for treating patients hospitalised with Covid-19, making it the first and only drug approved for the disease in the US, news wires reported. Remdesivir, given intravenously, was one of the drugs used to treat US President Donald Trump.

US President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden offered sharply contrasting views on the still-raging coronavirus pandemic at 22 October final presidential debate, seeking to persuade the few remaining undecided voters 12 days before their 3 November contest.

A NASA spacecraft touched down on the rugged surface of the Bennu asteroid on Tuesday, grabbing a sample of rocks dating back to the birth of our solar system to bring home, Reuters reported. The minivan-sized OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin, extended its 3.35 m robotic arm toward a flat patch of gravel near Bennu’s north pole and plucked the sample of rocks, the space agency's first handful of pristine asteroid rocks. 

The final debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden will feature a mute button to allow each candidate to speak uninterrupted, Reuters reported. Organisers said on Monday, that it can avoid the disruptions that marred the first matchup.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will lead a US delegation traveling to Israel, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates on 17-20 October, the Treasury Department said in a statement on Friday.

More than 21 million people have already cast their ballots in the US election as of Friday, using various early voting options, with just over two weeks left until the official election day. The data from the Elections Project would mean that 15.7% of the total votes counted in the 2016 general election have already been cast this time around.