Pelosi lights up Christmas tree at The Capitol

US regulators have cleared Boeing's 737 MAX to return to service. The fleet has been grounded around the world since March 2019 following two deadly crashes involving the model. Some 346 people lost their lives in the accidents in Indonesia and Ethiopia.

German authorities have tightened restrictions on public life for the second time, to fight the spread of the coronavirus. Bars and hotels are closed, and restaurants may only offer takeout food. How do people in Berlin view the situation?

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi attends the lighting of the Christmas tree at The Capitol. This year's tree is a 55-foot Engelmann Spruce from Colorado.

"Thank you very much and a very Merry Christmas to all. It's going to be a great year," says US President Donald Trump during the National Tree Lighting ceremony, which was pre-recorded due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The President was joined by the First Lady Melania Trump who had the honor of lighting the 30-foot Colorado blue spruce at the White House.

A light aircraft has made a dramatic emergency landing on an interstate as cars cruised down the highway at night.

Nancy Pelosi, the only woman to serve as US Speaker of the House, was narrowly reelected to the position Sunday in a new and deeply divided Congress that convened in the final weeks of Donald Trump's presidency.

Donald Trump supporters lay flowers and pray outside the US Capitol at a makeshift memorial for Ashli Babbitt, the woman who was fatally shot as backers of the president stormed the building Wednesday in Washington, DC.

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says US President Trump must be 'removed immediately' due to the 'danger he poses' as members of the House of Representatives weigh in on a resolution that would call on Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment and allow a majority of the Cabinet to remove President Donald Trump from office.

The success of the "Lupin" series on Netflix is reviving public interest in Maurice Leblanc's novels about the gentleman burglar. "The book that we see very regularly in the hands of Omar Sy and his son in the series is already out of print," says the manager of a bookshop on the outskirts of Paris.

The film "Borga" tells the story of a Ghanaian migrant who wants to make it big in Europe. But the reality of his new life in Germany largely shatters those dreams.

"I’m so excited. I just can't hide it," says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Joe Biden's relief plan, which is on the verge of clearing Congress in a final vote on Wednesday. The American Rescue Plan promises to offer a lifeline for millions of American families and businesses, as well as stimulating an economy emerging from the pandemic. "It's a remarkable, historic, transformative piece of legislation," says Pelosi.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces the approval in Congress of a $1.9 trillion relief package, as the floor erupts into cheer and applause. The bill, which cleared the Senate last weekend, now heads to the White House, where Biden -- who made the American Rescue Plan his top legislative priority -- said he plans to sign the measure into law on Friday.