Coronavirus deaths in California have hit 30,000 and new infections are rising at a dizzying rate of more than a quarter-million a week. But there may be some light ahead. Hospitalizations in the nation's most populous state finally are leveling off. https://t.co/y4iKlpgTp4

— The Associated Press (@AP) January 12, 2021

Japan to widen state of emergency beyond Tokyo as virus surges: media https://t.co/4pOz0WWZdj pic.twitter.com/WuWUahMOpd

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 12, 2021

Malaysia's parliament will be suspended for more than six months and any efforts to seek a general election will be paused under a new coronavirus emergency approved by the king. The country last declared an emergency in 1969. https://t.co/WfPtBVTuPG

— The Associated Press (@AP) January 12, 2021

Exclusive: China plans further Hong Kong crackdown after mass arrest - sources https://t.co/3Qw8bF0Mwk pic.twitter.com/o9CcAYxEd9

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 12, 2021

#UPDATES Donald Trump and his deputy Mike Pence met in the Oval Office, a senior official says, signaling a common front as Democrats press the vice president to have the president removed from office as unfit https://t.co/i30oJOxXf9 pic.twitter.com/12yTAnBT6f

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) January 12, 2021

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will tap a former career diplomat in William Burns to lead the CIA https://t.co/H88EjYpIx3 pic.twitter.com/yVnDdbOluS

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 12, 2021

...Come again, State department website? https://t.co/4PZKytbmqA pic.twitter.com/BRnyI2tFhF

— Caroline Baxter (@CarolineCBaxter) January 11, 2021