Oscar winner Tom Hanks will host a 90-minute primetime TV special celebrating the inauguration of Joe Biden as president of the United States on 20 January, with performances by Justin Timberlake, Jon Bon Jovi, Demi Lovato and Ant Clemons, news wires reported.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Wednesday backed the messaging platform's ban of US President Donald Trump, but said it sets a "dangerous" precedent and represents a failure to promote healthy conversation on social networks, AFP reported.

A team of experts from the World Health Organization arrived in Wuhan on Thursday to start a highly politicised probe into the origins of the coronavirus, as China announced first death from Covid-19 in eight months, news wires reported.

The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to make Donald Trump the first US president ever to be impeached twice, formally charging him in his waning days in power with inciting an insurrection just a week after a violent mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol.

The US House of Representatives is voting Wednesday on whether to impeach President Donald Trump over his role in the 6 January attack on the US Capitol. House Democrats introduced a single article of impeachment for "incitement of insurrection" on Monday.

Anyone flying to the US will soon need to show proof of a negative test for COVID-19, health officials announced Tuesday.

The UK’s biggest supermarket chains warned Wednesday that food supplies in Northern Ireland face disruption because of new checks imposed by Britain’s departure from the European Union.

England’s health care system may move patients into hotels to ease pressure on hospitals struggling to handle rising COVID-19 admissions.

Google-owned YouTube on Tuesday temporarily suspended President Donald Trump's channel and removed a video for violating its policy against inciting violence, AFP reported. "In light of concerns about the ongoing potential for violence, we removed new content uploaded to Donald J. Trump's channel for violating our policies," YouTube said in a statement.

The US Vice President Pence on Tuesday rebuffed calls from House speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from office, news wires reported. "I do not believe such a course of action is in the best interest of our Nation or consistent with the Constitution," Pence wrote in a letter to Pelosi released Tuesday night.