On Thursday, the European Medicines Agency announced that they had found the AstraZeneca vaccine to be 'safe and effective,' noting that rare cases of bleeding had occurred but that the benefits of the vaccine far outweigh the risks.

On Wednesday, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, announced a new initiative to address inequalities in testing, which she argued will be key to halting community transmission of the coronavirus.

On Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris offered condolences to the families of the victims of the Atlanta killings, and condemned the surge in attacks against Asian-Americans.

On Wednesday, President Biden said he sympathized with the concern of the Asian community, but said the motivation of the gunman in a string of Atlanta-area massage parlor shootings was still to be determined.

Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, delivers remarks following the Federal Open Market Committee decision on interest rates.

On Wednesday, the secretary of homeland security, Alejandro N. Mayorkas, spoke before the House, warning of the unprecedented situation at the southwestern border.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken condemned the shootings in Atlanta during an appearance at a security conference in Seoul on Wednesday. He noted in his speech that four of the eight victims of the attack were of Korean descent.

Officials provide updates after eight people were shot to death at three massage parlors in the Atlanta area on Tuesday evening.

Chinese state TV has criticized bathroom fixtures brand Kohler and automaker BMW for using facial recognition to identify customers in a possible violation of privacy rules that took effect this year.

On Tuesday, Israeli researchers unveiled dozens of newly discovered Dead Sea Scroll fragments containing biblical texts dating back nearly 2,000 years.