The United States broke diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba.
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China's Chang'e-4 became the first spacecraft to successfully land on the far side of the Moon.
Jeffery Epstein's associates were revealed in court documents from Ghislaine Maxwell's 2015 trial.
A woman in Rome became the first person to receive a bionic hand that can sense touch.
Workers began construction on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.