The UK government overhauled computing teaching method by adding mandatory programming courses for children in 2014. Computer programming is expected to become a mandatory subject in Japan's elementary schools in 2020.
The US Electoral College voted on Monday to officially affirm the victory of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris, according to US media reports.
The US toy industry is still reeling from last year's liquidation of the major retailer chain Toys R Us. After four straight years of growth, toy sales in the US in 2018 fell 2 percent to .6 billion, from billion in 2017, according to market researcher NPD Group.
The United States has reported more than 15.16 million COVID-19 cases with 286,232 deaths so far, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The United Nations projects that by 2025, half of the countries worldwide will face water stress or outright shortages. By 2050, as many as three out of four people around the globe could be affected by water scarcity, many of them in Asia.
The US Trade Representative on Tuesday started a three-day hearing about the tariffs proposed under the Section 301 of US Trade Act of 1974, following an investigation into China's intellectual property policies and practices. The USTR has received more than 2,700 comments on the tariffs.
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The US space agency hopes to put Americans on the moon again by 2024. Congress has provided .5 billion to the agency in fiscal year 2019, which, adjusted for inflation, is NASA's best budget in a decade, according to Casey Dreier, chief advocate and senior space policy adviser of the Planetary Society in California.
The US Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) slumped to 49.1 in August, the fifth straight monthly decline, which capped a 35-month expansion cycle and was the lowest since January 2016, according to a report released by the Institute for Supply Management on Tuesday.
The United Nations has, since 1993, adopted Olympic truce resolutions every two years to honor peace, one of the Olympic spirits.
The United States has been accusing Russia of interference in the US presidential elections in 2016 and involvement in hacker attacks against the United States, which have been denied by Russia.