BBC News - World

• Antony Blinken: Who is America's new top diplomat?
  The 58-year-old is on home turf in the state department, vowing to restore trust after the Trump era.
• Covid Australia: Queensland to reopen to Sydney after outbreak contained
  Travel bans ease across Australia after a Covid outbreak in its biggest city is brought under control.
• What tech can the US president use?
  From the ObamaPad to Joe Biden's Apple Watch and Peloton, being president can be a tech challenge.
• Sani Abacha - the hunt for the billions stolen by Nigeria's ex-leader
  A phone call in the middle of the night led one Swiss lawyer to pursue Nigeria's stolen money.
• German Lübcke trial: Far-right defendant faces killing verdict
  Stephan Ernst admits firing the shot that killed prominent pro-migrant politician Walter Lübcke.
• Chinese New Year: Clamping down on going home for the holidays
  China is striving to curtail the world's biggest mass migration event when people go home to see family.
• Kristal and her students are fighting to eradicate ocean plastic
  Kristal Ambrose set up the Bahamas Plastic Movement in 2013 in a bid to reduce pollution.
• US issues 'heightened threat' alert after transition
  Security chiefs warn that the storming of the US Capitol may embolden some home-grown extremists.
• Biden: 'Time to act' on climate crisis
  President Joe Biden signs executive orders on climate change, saying the US has waited too long.
• Covid-19: US regulators issue warning over 'toxic' Mexico hand sanitisers
  Dangerous levels of toxic ingredients are found in many alcohol-based sanitisers imported to the US.