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The California Department of Education is finalizing a model ethnic studies curriculum for high school students. It has taken five years to develop -- and still, not all groups are happy with it.

Inauguration Day in America, Mars exploration and what's next on "Bridgerton" -- how well did you follow the news this week? Take the UPI News Quiz for Jan. 22, 2021.

NFL talent evaluators most may have a tougher time judging prospects ahead of the league's draft because February's annual scouting combine, in its typical format, has been canceled due to COVID-19.

Frank Grillo stars in and executive produces the new drama "No Man's Land." Grillo tells UPI he was drawn to the film's themes about the border crisis and father/son struggles.

More than 45% of North Koreans are undernourished, the highest proportion in the Asia-Pacific region, according to a United Nations report released this week.

South Korea's couriers reached an agreement with employers on Thursday to improve exhausting and dangerous working conditions, averting a planned strike ahead of the busy Lunar New Year holiday next month.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in sent a congratulatory message on Thursday to U.S. President Joe Biden and vowed to work closely with his administration on a range of issues including the Korean peace process.

Adarsh Gourav stars in the Netflix original film "The White Tiger" and found himself recreating many incidents from his own life in fiction.

When three new Mars missions reach the Red Planet in February, the first sounds recorded on another planet will be among the scientific milestones.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine stepped down as planned on Wednesday and posted a message on Twitter to thank employees and all who supported his tenure at the space agency.

SpaceX launched another shipment of 60 Starlink satellites from Florida on Wednesday morning, adding to a rapidly growing cluster of high-speed broadband communications spacecraft.

Jared Padalecki reinvented Chuck Norris' "Walker, Texas Ranger" for the modern era. The actor and executive producer said recent political stories inspired him to recreate the show.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in nominated Chung Eui-yong, a veteran of North Korean negotiations, as foreign minister on Wednesday just ahead of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden should build on the 2018 Singapore summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump.

Bank depositors in Lebanon, who woke up one day more than a year ago to face the painful reality that their life savings are stuck in the banks, are now bracing for the worst: Most of their money, if not all, is gone and cannot be recovered. 

California-based Virgin Orbit made its first successful flight to orbit Sunday using a rocket launched from a plane over the Pacific Ocean, announcing later that the satellites aboard were released successfully.