A breakthrough COVID-19 vaccine announcement, Georgia's second recount is expected to end and more things to start your Wednesday.

The United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission's latest report comes after a year of deteriorating American-Chinese relations.

Sri Lanka and southern India battened down the hatches for the second time in a week on Wednesday ahead of the scheduled arrival of another cyclone from the Bay of Bengal. Burevi will pack gusts of up to 100 kilometres (60 miles) an hour when it makes landfall late on Wednesday in Sri Lanka before moving west and hitting India around 24 hours later, forecasters said.

The president continues to persist with his claims the election was "rigged," despite failing to present any evidence.

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The president-elect is lining up appointees to fill lower-level jobs that don't require running the gauntlet on Capitol Hill.