Weinstein is being charged both in New York City and in Los Angeles on cases of sexual harassment, which he has strongly denied, insisting all his sexual relationships were consensual.

Boeing announced Tuesday that it expects the 737 MAX to return to service and be ungrounded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) by mid-2020.

At the beginning of the week, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reiterated his oft-repeated call for the removal of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from office.

An Israeli F-35 stealth aircraft revealed to the world both its own location and that of Israel’s primary nuclear facility on Monday when it turned on a publicly viewable transponder signal.

Italian defense company Leonardo recently celebrated a significant milestone in unmanned aircraft technology after its multi-sensor strategic surveillance drone concluded its first flight in Italy last week.

Multiple countries have issued precautionary guidelines to try to prevent the spread of a new deadly virus, known as the 'Wuhan coronavirus', which has left six people dead in China and 227 more in hospital under medical supervision. Cases have already been reported in close to half a dozen other countries.

The question of refugees has overshadowed much of the process of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union with Theresa May previously pledging to provide support for child refugees separated from their parents.

The government of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev resigned last week, shortly after President Putin’s address to the Federal Assembly, in which a number of “fundamental changes” to Russia’s constitution were proposed.

In December 2019, the US House of Representatives voted to approve two articles of impeachment against Donald Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Guaidó led a US-backed coup attempt in Venezuela in 2019 after declaring himself "interim president" of the country. Guaidó also backed US sanctions on his country which the Center for Economic and Policy Research blamed for killing 40,000 Venezuelans between 2017 and 2018.

Earlier, an Iranian lawmaker promised $3 million in cash “to anyone who kills” US President Donald Trump as revenge for the January 3 assassination of Qasem Soleimani, a senior Revolutionary Guards commander.

Last week, Mikhail Mishustin accepted President Putin's proposal to become the country's new prime minister following the resignation of the previous government.

2020 has so far not been a good year for the British Royal Family, with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex involved in a very public spat with Queen Elizabeth II over their future. Now there is trouble Down Under too, with the Royal Household trying to keep secret letters from more than half a century ago.

Authorities across multiple counties in Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming and Kansas have yet to provide a reasonable explanation about the nature and origin of the mystery drones spotted flying in formation over wide swathes of their states since observations began to be reported last month.

The Russian institute has obtained a state grant for the “development of a single digital platform solution enabling effective design and deployment of radio access networks using a globally compatible next-generation open communication standard (5G).”

Despite the harsh words she had to say about Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton seemed reluctant to say whether she would endorse him or campaign for him if he were to win the Democratic nomination for the 2020 presidential election.

Senators will convene on Tuesday for what is widely expected to be a bruising partisan battle over the rules governing the impeachment trial. The Democrats want to bring in witnesses and documents that weren’t part of the House proceedings, and the Republicans are seeking a speedy process and acquittal.

Ukraine International Airlines’ Kiev-bound Boeing 737-800 crashed on 8 January, soon after departing from Iran’s Imam Khomeini Airport. Citizens of Iran, Canada, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom were among the 176 passengers and crew who were killed.

 New Delhi (Sputnik): Directions were issued to airlines and airports after China reported at least six deaths due to the Novel Coronavirus, and 300 confirmed cases of the disease in the city of Wuhan.