Kamala Harris crashed through one of the world's highest glass ceilings to be elected America's first woman vice president, making history and helping bring to an end Donald Trump's turbulent rule. Harris came into the presidential election already a repeat trailblazer as California's first Black attorney general and the first woman of South Asian heritage elected to the US Senate. By winning the vice presidency, she will be a heartbeat away from leading the United States and poised on a stepping stone to the ultimate prize. AFPTV looks back at the moments that brought her there.

Nigeria, Africa's largest country by population is also forced to depend on the limited amount of Covid-19 vaccines produced internationally. Here are the reasons why Nigeria can’t produce COVID-19 vaccines now.

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PGA of America announces it will move the 2022 PGA Championship away from Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey

"The message is still that of hope... I feel like I've completed kind of the marathon - I've closed the loop," says critical care nurse Sandra Lindsay after receiving her second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at a New York hospital. Lindsay was the first American to receive a Covid-19 vaccine approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

Georgia's Senate runoff elections will decide whether Joe Biden's agenda is destined for doom or triumph. And it is clear that the race will be a close one. DW reports from Atlanta.

Chile, Costa Rica and Mexico begin vaccinations against Covid-19 with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, while Argentina receives the Sputnik V vaccine and Brazil the CoronaVac vaccine against the new coronavirus.

US President-elect Joe Biden introduces his nominees for foreign policy and national security positions in his cabinet, including the first woman ever nominated to lead the intelligence community and the first Latino and immigrant nominated to run the Department of Homeland Security. "They embody my core beliefs that America is strongest when it works with its allies," Biden says of the team he has selected.

France-based American jazz trumpeter Hermon Mehari has released a powerful second record called "A Change for the Dreamlike". Recorded in the French countryside during the first lockdown, it's more personal than his 2017 debut record "Bleu". He describes it as a "modern mixtape of dreams". Mehari drew inspiration from his childhood in the American Midwest as well as his family history. He tells FRANCE 24's Florence Villeminot about the track "A Conversation with My Uncle", where he plays along to a story his uncle tells about his father escaping Eritrea.

From the pandemic to his tax and spending plans, US President-elect Joe Biden faces an uphill battle as soon as he takes office. DW looks at five challenges he must overcome to convince voters that "America is back."

US President-elect Joe Biden has spoken to the leaders of European allies, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Many European leaders have expressed hopes that relations with the US can be repaired under Biden.

The Pentagon confirmed that an American hostage who was abducted in neighboring Niger has been freed. Africa's Sahel region is struggling with a jihadist insurgency that has claimed thousands of lives.