Shanghai Disneyland was closed Monday over a single coronavirus case, as Chinese authorities pressed ahead with their zero-infection strategy ahead of the Winter Olympics. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida declared victory on Monday after leading his ruling coalition to a strong majority in national elections. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
China has been able to beat back successive waves of Covid-19 thanks to the widespread deployment of snap lockdowns, strict quarantines and some of the world's tightest travel controls. Yet, the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Climate negotiators at the COP26 summit were banking on the world's most powerful leaders to give them a boost before they embark on two weeks of fraught discussions over who should do what to slow... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The world must move from aspiration to action to limit rising global temperatures, British PM Boris Johnson will tell world leaders at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow as he commits to increase the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
On the coastline near India's southern tip, workers toil on a pier carrying a conveyor belt that cuts a mile into the Indian Ocean where the azure waters are deep enough for ships to berth and unload... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's security detail allegedly used violence against Brazilian reporters covering his trip to Rome for the Group of 20 major economies meeting, local media reported on... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Two trains collided at Fisherton Tunnel in the southwestern English city of Salisbury on Sunday, injuring a number of people, police said, declaring the crash a major incident. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva on Sunday urged world leaders gathered at the COP26 summit in Glasgow to show greater policy ambition, calling climate change a "grave threat to macroeconomic and... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Tens of thousands of travellers were expected to touch down in Bangkok and the holiday island of Phuket on Monday as Thailand reboots its tourism industry after 18 months of Covid curbs. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US was "absolutely in lock step" with Britain, Germany and France on getting Iran back into a nuclear deal, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday, but he added it was unclear if Tehran... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US President Joe Biden said on Sunday that the agreements made at the G20 summit including pledging to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees above Celsius, proved "the power of America showing up". https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US President Joe Biden praised Pope Francis on Sunday for his empathy and humanity, calling the pontiff "a fine, decent, honourable man". https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US biotech firm Moderna said Sunday that American officials have delayed approving its COVID-19 vaccine for teenagers to allow more time to better assess the potential risk of developing myocarditis,... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday said Australia's Prime Minister outright lied to him over a cancelled submarine deal, deepening an already fraught diplomatic crisis. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Sunday she has tested positive for COVID-19, after deciding not to travel to Europe with US President Joe Biden when members of her family contracted the virus. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Families reunited in emotional scenes at Sydney's international airport on Monday, as Australia's border reopened almost 600 days after a pandemic closure began. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
With the UK hosts warning that "lights are flashing red on the climate change dashboard", the COP26 UN climate summit kicked off on Sunday in Glasgow, marked by pointed warnings of growing threats as... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US President Joe Biden on Sunday expressed his disappointment that Russia and China "basically didn't show up in terms of any commitments to deal with climate change" at the G20 summit. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The G20 major economies committed on Sunday to the key goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, but disappointed leaders warned more was needed to make a success of UN climate talks... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday that Britain must give ground in a post-Brexit fishing dispute or France will trigger trade reprisals this week, saying: "The ball is in Britain's court." https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Representing the world's leading developed and developing economies, the G20 leaders on Sunday indicated they are against premature withdrawal of support measures initiated by the various countries to... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday urged world leaders attending the UN climate change conference in Glasgow to commit to cutting carbon emissions, warning efforts to halt runaway global... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Three rockets on Saturday hit a Baghdad neighbourhood near the high-security Green Zone where the US embassy is located without causing any casualties, an Iraqi security official said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Beijing lashed out against a US intelligence review into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic on Sunday, calling it "political and false" while urging Washington to "stop attacking" China. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the UK comes at a time when India-UK bilateral relations are on a positive trajectory and potentially at the threshold of a new era, India's High Commissioner... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
From pumpkins to pranks and communication with the dead, Halloween is a patchwork holiday stitched together with religious and occult traditions that span across centuries. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The supreme leader of the Taliban mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada has made his first-ever public appearance, officials announced Sunday, addressing a meeting of supporters in southern city Kandahar. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Japanese voters decide on Sunday whether to endorse the conservative government or to weaken Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and possibly return the world's third-largest economy to a period of political... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Financially crippled Lebanon finds itself in a new tug-of-war between regional kingpins Saudi Arabia and Iran after Riyadh and other wealthy Gulf states expelled the Lebanese envoy, analysts say. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
American Airlines has had to cancel hundreds of flights this weekend due to staffing shortages triggered by weather-related disruptions, according to FlightAware data. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet Sunday in Rome with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, the State Department said, in only their second face-to-face session amid acute tensions between... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies sit down for a second day of talks on Sunday faced with the difficult task of bridging their differences on how to combat global warming ahead of a crucial... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Hundreds of activists rallied in Glasgow on Saturday to urge world leaders to act on climate change, in the biggest protests yet in the Scottish city ahead of the crucial COP26 summit. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Taliban asked the US and other countries on Saturday to recognise their government in Afghanistan, saying that a failure to do so and the continued freezing of Afghan funds abroad would lead to... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US actor Alec Baldwin said the shocking death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was killed when he fired a prop gun on set, was a "one in a trillion episode," footage aired by TMZ showed... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States and the European Union have agreed to end a festering dispute over US steel and aluminum tariffs imposed by former US President Donald Trump in 2018, removing an irritant in... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Israel's ambassador to India has taken a swipe at Iran for calling him "childish" over his remarks that Iran was seen as a destabiliser in the region. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United Arab Emirates said Saturday it was withdrawing its diplomats from Lebanon, following a similar move by Saudi Arabia over a Lebanese minister's criticism of the Riyadh-led military... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The leaders of the United States, Germany, France and Britain on Saturday expressed their "grave and growing concern" at Iran's nuclear activities, after a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Emmanuel Macron on Saturday sought to enhanceties with India and Indonesia, France's presidency said, after Paris was locked out of a defence pact between the US, UK and Australia. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Leaders of the G20 world's major economies approved a global minimum tax on the largest companies on Saturday, but were still haggling over the pressing issue of climate change. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Members of the banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan party reportedly used sub-machine guns (SMGs) against policemen during anti-government protests in Lahore, a media report said on Saturday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Prime Minister held a one-on-one meeting with the Pope today ahead of the delegation-level talks during which they are expected to discuss a range of issues such as COVID-19. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has ranked Pakistan at the ninth spot this year on its annual Global Impunity Index, which spotlights countries where members of the press are singled out... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A Pakistan military court has convicted the son of a retired major general of the Pakistan Army to five years prison term for asking Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa to resign. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Climate change and the relaunch of the global economy will top the G20 agenda as leaders of the world's most advanced nations meet Saturday, the first in-person gathering since the pandemic. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city which has endured nearly nine months of lockdowns since the start of the pandemic, saw people flocking to shops and gigs for the first time in months on... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US intelligence agencies said on Friday they may never be able to identify the origins of COVID-19, as they released a new, more detailed version of their review of whether the coronavirus came from... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A US government watchdog on Friday accused the State Department and Pentagon of suppressing information that lawmakers and the public need to understand the collapse of Afghanistan. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Prime Minister Boris Johnson described France on Friday as one of Britain's best, oldest and closest allies, promising to try to ease tensions with President Emmanuel Macron when they meet at the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Effective vaccines, without a needle: Since the start of the Covid pandemic, researchers have doubled down on efforts to create patches that deliver life-saving drugs painlessly to the skin, a... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Russian billionaire Oleg Tinkov was required to pay nearly $509 million to settle US charges of tax evasion, the US Justice Department said Friday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Britain's Prince Andrew on Friday rejected Virginia Giuffre's accusations that he sexually abused her more than two decades ago when she was 17, and urged a US judge to dismiss her civil lawsuit. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Real guns can safely be used on movie sets so long as protocols are followed, US actor Matthew McConaughey has told AFP in an interview, as calls mount to ban firearms from filmmaking in the wake of... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
China's market regulator on Friday proposed a long list of responsibilities it said it wanted the country's internet platforms to uphold, in the latest effort by Beijing to establish an oversight... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Ikea will pay a total of 110 million euros ($128 million) in bonuses to employees worldwide as reward for their work during the pandemic, Ingka Group, the company that operates most Ikea's stores,... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States is discussing Turkey's request to buy F-16 fighters after a deal for more advanced F-35s was scrapped due to Ankara's purchase of a Russian missile system, officials said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The top U.S. representative in Taiwan, Sandra Oudkirk, said on Friday that the United States is committed to helping Taiwan defend itself amid heightened tensions between Taipei and Beijing. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The armorer responsible for weapons on the film set where Alec Baldwin shot and killed a cinematographer has "no idea" why there were live rounds present, her lawyers said Friday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held the first in-person meeting with his Italian counterpart Mario Draghi on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Rome during which the two leaders had extensive... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II will take medical advice and rest for "at least" another two weeks, Buckingham Palace said Friday, having recently spent a night in hospital to undergo "preliminary... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US President Joe Biden said on Friday that Pope Francis told him he was a "good Catholic" who can receive communion, widening a gulf between Francis and conservative US bishops who want to deny it... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US President Joe Biden, only the second Catholic to hold his office, had a private audience with Pope Francis on Friday at the start of a European trip aimed at reasserting US international... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo was on Thursday charged with a misdemeanor sex crime for forcible touching, a court spokesperson said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Facebook Inc's algorithms demote rather than promote polarising content, its global head of safety told British lawmakers on Thursday, adding that the US company would welcome effective government... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
After seven decades of relentless service, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has reached a "turning point" after a night in hospital forced her to take advice to slow down and cut back on engagements. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday announced the parent company's name is being changed to "Meta" to represent a future beyond just its troubled social network. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Lawyers for Julian Assange on Thursday dismissed US assurances about the treatment awaiting the WikiLeaks founder if he is extradited from Britain, as two days of hearings wrapped up in London. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The World Health Organization said Thursday its plan to secure and deploy vaccines, tests and treatments to combat the Covid-19 pandemic needed $23.4 billion over the next 12 months. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The UK will remove next week the last seven countries on its coronavirus "red list", which currently requires newly arrived travellers from these destinations to spend 10 days in hotel quarantine,... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
China on Thursday submitted a renewed emissions cutting plan that promised to peak carbon pollution before 2030 but which experts said stopped short of the radical decarbonisation required of the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A school district in New York state said Thursday it had banned children from wearing Halloween costumes from Netflix sensation "Squid Game" over concerns they might glorify violence. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Beijing city is demanding a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot for some key workers, making it the first key Chinese metropolis to publicly articulate a booster mandate, as the country combats a fresh... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US President Joe Biden announced Thursday a revised $1.75 trillion social spending plan that he is confident Democrats will support, ending weeks of wrangling and delivering a political victory hours... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Russian scientists have already created several effective COVID-19 vaccines, and now new treatments are in the progress, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Thursday, reported TASS. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Thursday said that India has been forthcoming on the issue of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Laotian police have carried out Asia's biggest-ever single seizure of illegal drugs, finding more than 55 million methamphetamine pills in the back of a beer truck, a United Nations official confirmed... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The businessman who organised the 2019 flight that crashed, killing Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala, was Thursday found guilty of endangering the safety of an aircraft. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Japan's health ministry said it has decided to offer COVID-19 booster shots to anyone who has already received two vaccine doses, news agency Jiji reported on Thursday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dropped about 20 kilograms (44 pounds), South Korea's spy agency believes, and it dismissed speculation he was using a body double. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison by telephone on Thursday for the first time since the diplomatic crisis over a scrapped submarine deal last month,... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
China will build a base for police in Tajikistan near the Afghan border, a Tajik official said Thursday, amid concerns from both countries about the Taliban's ability to keep a lid on extremist... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) said on Thursday it has agreed with China to upgrade their relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership, a day after reaching a similar deal... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra visited Uzbekistan as an international observer for the October 24 presidential election there. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Oxfam has called on G20 leaders to take urgent action to dramatically scale-up manufacturing and access to Covid vaccines around the world, promote a fair economic recovery, fight hunger and help the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
China placed a third city under lockdown on Thursday to tackle Covid-19 numbers, with around six million people now under orders to stay home as Beijing chases zero cases before the upcoming Winter... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Australia's conservative government on Thursday proposed laws requiring voters to prove their identity when casting a ballot, a move slammed by the opposition as an attempt at voter suppression. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A few border cities in northeastern China started to tighten COVID-19 measures, restricting travel and limiting gatherings in public spaces, and some declared a "pre-war" mode of vigilance and... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine could start to be used in children and teens in the United States within weeks, its chief executive said in an interview ahead of the Reuters Total Health conference,... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The British policeman guilty of murdering Londoner Sarah Everard in a crime that rocked the country launched an appeal on Wednesday against his life sentence. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
NASA is teaming up with SpaceX once more to send four astronauts to the International Space Station on Sunday, including three first-timers. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
President Joe Biden said on Wednesday the United States would stand with Southeast Asian allies in defending freedom of the seas, democracy and human rights and backed efforts to hold the Myanmar... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Criminal charges against actor Alec Baldwin, who shot dead a cinematographer and wounded a director on the set of his latest movie, have not been ruled out, the local district attorney said Wednesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States on Tuesday forcefully criticized Israel for the first time in years on its settlements, with President Joe Biden's administration saying it "strongly" opposed new construction on the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday more than 700 members of its community remain in danger in Afghanistan under the Taliban regime. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Australia will lift a ban on citizens travelling overseas without permission, the government announced Wednesday, with the country's border set to open to skilled workers and international students by... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Australia on Wednesday authorised booster shots of Covid-19 vaccines for over-18s, with the third dose expected to be offered to the entire population from next month. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Three social media networks massively popular with the youngest users -- TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube -- tried to convince skeptical US lawmakers Tuesday they are safe as worry about Facebook's... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Today's Google doodle celebrates the life and legacy of Otto Wichterle, a Czech chemist who invented the soft contact lens. Wichterle was born on this day in 1913 in Prostejov, the Czech Republic... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Internet infrastructure firm RightForge will host former US President Donald Trump's new social media platform, the hosting company's Chief Executive Officer Martin Avila told Axios. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A Brazilian Senate commission voted to approve a damning report that recommends criminal charges be filed against President Jair Bolsonaro, including crimes against humanity, for his controversial... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A Senate panel probing Brazil's pandemic response asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to suspend President Jair Bolsonaro from social media, as it prepared to vote on a damning report accusing him of... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A medical panel of US government advisors endorsed the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in five-to-11-year-olds Tuesday, paving the way for younger children to get their shots within weeks. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
At least 11 people were killed late Tuesday in an attack on a village in eastern Iraq blamed on the Islamic State group, security sources said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The lawyer defending a man on trial over the 2019 plane crash that killed Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala said on Tuesday his involvement in the tragedy was "purely a paperwork issue". https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Myanmar's ruling junta said on Tuesday it was not attending a regional summit because the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) did not invite officials from its government. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Britain's 95-year-old Queen Elizabeth II will not attend the COP26 UN climate conference in Glasgow, after "advice to rest" from doctors following an overnight hospital stay, her Buckingham Palace... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, held online last year due to the pandemic, will go ahead in person in December with the 2021 laureates both in attendance, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said Tuesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
After days of political slugfest in Pakistan, Lieutenant General Nadeem Ahmad Anjum has been appointed as the Director General of the country's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US Food and Drug Administration is considering authorizing a COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11. The vaccine from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE has been available in the United States to kids... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
An executive at social media app TikTok, owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, denied during a U.S. congressional hearing on Tuesday that it has given information to the Chinese government and said that... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The COVID-19 crisis is far from over, the World Health Organization's emergency committee said Tuesday as it called for research into next-generation vaccines for long-term control of the pandemic. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Indian-origin Canadian politician Anita Anand was on Tuesday appointed as the country''s new Defence Minister in a Cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Under the Imran Khan government, inflation in Pakistan has reached the highest level in the past 70 years, which has led to protests by the opposition parties and the common man, local media reported. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
For the first time in months, members of Afghanistan's all-female Zohra orchestra have reassembled in Doha, their music once again filling the air as they face an uncertain future. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Britain's Queen Elizabeth carried out her first official engagement on Tuesday since spending a night in hospital and being ordered to rest by her doctors. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend a Rome summit of the Group of 20 leading economies in person, a source close to the matter said on Tuesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Police in central China were hunting Tuesday for a man who killed seven people including a village Communist Party chief before jumping off a bridge, officers said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US President Joe Biden will announce plans to provide up to $102 million to expand the U.S. strategic partnership with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations at a virtual summit with the 10-nation... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
China's President Xi Jinping called for efforts to "break new ground" in military equipment and weapons development for the People's Liberation Army, China's armed forces, according to a report from... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chinese President Xi Jinping today agreed to further bolster their bilateral ties, including full realisation of the potential offered by the Phase-II of the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
China is demanding faster and more accessible COVID-19 testing services in its latest effort to reinforce a zero-tolerance policy against the virus, even when cities have already scrambled to test... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
China placed Lanzhou, a northwestern city of four million, under lockdown on Tuesday in a bid to stamp out a domestic coronavirus spike, with residents told not to leave home except in emergencies. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
After a four-year engagement, Princess Mako, the emperor's niece, is marrying her longtime boyfriend, Kei Komuro. And because Japan's imperial law strips women of their royal status after marriage,... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Japan's Princess Mako, the emperor's niece, has married her commoner college sweetheart on Tuesday and left the royal family after a years-long engagement beset by scrutiny that has left the princess... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Billionaire Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin on Monday unveiled plans to develop a commercial space station called "Orbital Reef" with Boeing, aiming to launch the spacecraft in the second half of this... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In 2016, an unnamed "authoritative person" gained international prominence by laying out the long-term economic thinking of China's top leaders, saying that the government should prioritize cutting... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The de-facto leader of South Korea's sprawling Samsung group Lee Jae-yong was convicted Tuesday of illegally using the anaesthetic drug propofol, the latest legal travail to beset the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Chen Ing-wen strides up to a rocky outcrop some 3 km (1.9 miles) from China's coast on Taiwan-controlled Kinmen island and demonstrates how as a soldier he used to shoot from there at Chinese trawlers... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Two people were killed Monday and four others were injured -- including a police officer -- when a gunman opened fire in a shopping mall in the US state of Idaho. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Britain's spy agencies have given a contract to Amazon Web Services (AWS) to host classified material in a deal aimed at boosting the use of data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) for... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The state-backed Russian hacking group that carried out last year's massive SolarWinds cyberattacks is behind a new and ongoing assault against US and European targets, Microsoft said Monday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
China continues to bully its neighbours to try to coerce them into behaviour that is more in keeping with its national security or economic interests, the Pentagon said on Monday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin the loaded weapon that killed a cinematographer had been sacked from a previous production for gun safety violations, the company said Monday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US President Joe Biden on Monday signed an order imposing new vaccine requirements for most foreign national air travelers and lifting severe travel restrictions on China, India and much of Europe... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Japan's Princess Mako finally marries her university sweetheart Kei Komuro on Tuesday, but it won't be a lavish affair, with the couple forgoing traditional rites after years of controversy. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The EU's drug watchdog on Monday approved booster doses of Moderna's Covid vaccine for all over-18s, amid concerns that protection levels dip after initial jabs. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Taiwanese and U.S. officials have discussed how Taiwan can "meaningfully" participate at the United Nations just days before Chinese President Xi Jinping will give a speech to mark his country's half... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
President Xi Jinping vowed on Monday that China would always uphold world peace and international rules, amid concerns expressed by the United States and other countries over the nation's increasing... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A Munich court will decide on Monday whether a German woman believed to have joined the Islamic State jihadist group is guilty of the war crime of letting a five-year-old Yazidi "slave" girl die of... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States government will on Wednesday begin an appeal to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face trial for publishing military secrets, after a British judge blocked a request... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A group of recyclers in the Philippines is trying to ease the country's worsening plastic waste crisis by turning bottles, single-use sachets, and snack food wrappers that clog rivers and spoil... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A former top Saudi intelligence official who is living in exile accused Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of targeting him and made an unprecedented public plea to Biden administration to help obtain... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A former Saudi intelligence official who says Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is out to kill him alleged in a U.S. television interview that he knows of a video in which the prince boasted he could... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
China's new Covid-19 infections will increase in coming days and the areas affected by the epidemic may continue to expand, a health official said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Australian regulator behind a law forcing large internet platforms to negotiate licencing deals with media outlets said on Monday he was "concerned" about Facebook Inc's cooperation, seven months... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Actor James Michael Tyler who played coffee shop manager Gunther on the hit sitcom "Friends" died Sunday at age 59, US media reported. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday declared the fight against climate change a "national security" priority and pledged to "facilitate" investments in green energy. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States was losing the war to the Taliban so it chose negotiations as an alternative, said the former US special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Calls were multiplying in Hollywood Sunday to ban the use of firearms on movie sets, three days after actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in a shocking on-set tragedy. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Australian officials plan to roll out COVID-19 booster shots soon to prevent a resurgence of cases, as residents in the two largest cities of Sydney and Melbourne begin to enjoy more freedoms after... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Archaeologists in Iraq revealed Sunday their discovery of a large-scale wine factory from the rule of the Assyrian kings 2,700 years ago, along with stunning monumental rock-carved royal reliefs. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States chose the calendar-based approach in its decisions on the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and did not take into account the real situation in the country, former US Special... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A container fire that broke out on Saturday on a cargo ship carrying mining chemicals off British Columbia is smoldering and appears to be under control, Canadian Coast Guard officials said on Sunday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
After months of fierce political wrangling, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday she expects agreement on a huge social spending package and a vote on a cross-party infrastructure bill this week,... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Despite warnings from the local puja management committee after the violence in Cumilla earlier, the Bangladesh police were underprepared for the communal attack in Hajiganj upazila of Chandpur on... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Fully vaccinated travellers returning to England from countries not on the travel ban red list can use a COVID-19 negative Lateral Flow Test (LFT) instead of the more expensive Polymerase Chain... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Chief of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority has accused the United States of sabotaging the multi-billion dollar project, the economic lifeline of Pakistan, a media report said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
North Korea's recent ballistic missile tests were "concerning and counterproductive" for efforts to reduce tensions, and Pyongyang should instead engage in talks, the US envoy for North Korea said on... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Underling that the scourge of high inflation has swallowed the prosperity of Pakistan, Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan ( MQM-P) -- the key government ally -- Saturday backed calls to hold the early... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A car chase and shootout between gang members and law enforcement near Mexico's northern border left three members of the powerful Gulf Cartel dead along with one bystander, officials said on... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Pakistan government on Saturday rejected media reports about the possibility of signing an agreement with the US on the use of the country's airspace for operations against terrorists in... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Bathukamma, the floral festival of Telangana went global on Saturday as the world's tallest building Burj Khalifa was lit up in colours depicting the festival. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Former US president Barack Obama urged voters Saturday to back the Democrat in a neck-and-neck state election touted as a test of the party's prospects in next year's midterm elections -- casting the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
One person was killed and eight people were injured in a shooting incident on Saturday night near student campus of the Fort Valley State University in the US state of Georgia, local authorities said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
UK Foreign Minister Elizabeth Truss on Saturday said her country and India believed in freedom and democracy and can make the world safer and prosperous. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Russia on Saturday placed a former prison inmate who leaked harrowing videos of rape and torture inside a Russian prison on a wanted list. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Colombia's most-wanted drug trafficker, Dairo Antonio Usuga, also known as "Otoniel," was arrested by the country's authorities, the government said Saturday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A banner protesting the Saudi takeover of Newcastle by Crystal Palace supporters is being investigated by Metropolitan Police on suspicion of racism. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United Kingdom said on Saturday that talks with the European Union over post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland had been constructive, but substantial differences remained. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Israel said Saturday the United States had been informed in advance on its decision to designate six Palestinian civil society groups as "terrorist organisations", after criticism from the State... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The police investigation into a fatal shooting with a prop gun fired by actor Alec Baldwin on a film set was focusing Saturday on the specialist in charge of the weapon and the assistant director who... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday told his foreign minister to expel the ambassadors of 10 countries including Germany and the United States who appealed for the release of a jailed... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
An aromatherapy spray, manufactured in India and being sold in the US, has been found to contain a bacteria that sickened four people earlier this year, of which two persons died, America's public... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Jacobabad city in Pakistans Sindh on Friday shut down after Hindu leader Lalchand Seetlani - president of the Hindu Panchayat Committee (HPC) - and his son Shiva, accused of keeping and selling... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The police investigation into a fatal shooting with a prop gun fired by actor Alec Baldwin on a film set was focusing Saturday on the specialist in charge of the weapon and the assistant director who... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Namibia has discontinued the use of Russia's Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine following concerns raised by neighbouring South Africa, the health ministry said on Saturday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A number of Afghans gathered at the Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan on Friday after reports emerged about the resumption of pedestrian movement. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
TRUTH Social: Digital World Acquisition Corp Shares ended at $94.20, more than doubling its value from Thursday and more than nine times the price on Wednesday afternoon before the venture was... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A former Facebook worker reportedly told US authorities Friday the platform has put profits before stopping problematic content, weeks after another whistleblower helped stoke the firm's latest crisis... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Swarming the streets of Pakistan, opposition parties on Friday demonstrated in various cities across the country to put pressure on the government amid surging inflation. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The USmilitary killed senior al Qaeda leader Abdul Hamid al-Matar in a drone strike in Syria on Friday, a USCentral Command spokesman said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US real estate mogul Robert Durst, already serving a life sentence for killing his best friend, has been charged with his wife's 1982 murder, officials said Friday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Sexual abuse victims in Colombia will be allowed to publish accusations against their alleged attackers on social media following a decision by the country's top court published on Friday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The UN said Friday it feared an even greater human rights catastrophe in Myanmar amid reports of thousands of troops massing in the north of the Southeast Asian country, which has been in chaos since... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed strengthening European defenses in a telephone call Friday, the White House said, as Washington seeks to mend ties after a bitter... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A former Colombian military officer wanted by Haitian authorities over the assassination of President Jovenel Moise has been captured in Jamaica, Colombian authorities said on Friday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Islamic State terrorist group's Afghan branch on Friday said it was behind an explosion that brought down electricity lines and plunged Kabul into darkness. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
NASA said Friday it is now targeting February 2022 for the uncrewed lunar mission Artemis 1, the first step in America's plan to return humans to the Moon later this decade. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States hopes to soon relocate around 150 US-trained Afghan Air Force pilots and other personnel detained in Tajikistan for more than two months after they flew there at the end of the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Canada has scrapped an official advisory urging its citizens to shun non-essential foreign travel, given its successful campaign to inoculate people against COVID-19, the country's top medical officer... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Angela Merkel encouraged more women to get involved in German politics as she prepared to leave office after 16 years as the country's first female chancellor, saying it was still too male-dominated... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The USNavy and Army tested hypersonic weapon component prototypes on Wednesday that will inform development of new weapons, the Pentagon said, calling the three tests successful. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
At least two Pakistani policemen were killed on Friday in clashes with supporters of a banned radical Islamist party, which has previously called for the expulsion of the French ambassador. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Israel designated six leading Palestinian civil society groups as outlawed "terrorist organisations" Friday in a move swiftly condemned by the Palestinian Authority and international human rights... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
When a handful of scientists tried to publish rapid research into the role of climate change in record rainfall that lashed Britain in 2015, they were told their high-speed approach was "not science". https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear legal challenges on November 1 to a restrictive abortion law passed in Texas, but declined to block the controversial legislation in the meantime. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
British health officials on Friday said they were formally looking into a subvariant of the Delta strain of the coronavirus, after it was seen in a growing number of cases. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Myanmar's military government said on Friday it rejected a decision by its Southeast Asian neighbours to invite only a non-political figure to an upcoming regional summit in a snub to the leader of... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States on Friday sought to prevent an escalation with China, saying there was no change in Taiwan policy after President Joe Biden promised to defend the island from attack by Beijing. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Hollywood star Alec Baldwin said Friday his "heart is broken" after he fatally shot a cinematographer in a shocking on-set tragedy. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Chinese fighter jets crowding Taiwan's radar screens are Beijing's latest tool to ramp up pressure on the democratic island, sparking fears that one mistake could suddenly turn a festering cold... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In the dark of night, a drone takes off from a Toronto hospital rooftop, the hum of its rotors barely audible over the bustling sounds of the cars and pedestrians below in Canada's largest metropolis. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
People across the U.S. have been advised to throw away all unlabeled red, white and yellow onions after a mass salmonella outbreak sickened hundreds of people across 37 states. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A Taiwanese government delegation is visiting three eastern EU members to the dismay of China, which is irritated by any signs of Taiwan acting as an independent country. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Many small business owners in South Korea recognise themselves in the cash-strapped characters of the wildly popular Netflix drama 'Squid Game', who vie desperately for a chance to win $38 million,... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
President Joe Biden on Thursday said the United States would come to the defense of Taiwan if the island were attacked by China, which considers it part of its territory. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Storm "Aurore" swept across parts of northern Europe on Thursday, leaving four dead in Poland and causing substantial damage in Germany, France, the Netherlands and elsewhere. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
It has been an enduring symbol of democracy since the 19th century but Britain's parliament is crumbling, producing an eye-watering bill and urgent calls to fix it. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Barbados has elected its first president, a key step in preparations to become a republic and remove Britain's Queen Elizabeth II as head of state of the Caribbean island. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The ransomware group REvil was itself hacked and forced offline this week by a multi-country operation, according to three private-sector cyber experts working with the United States and one former... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US is concerned about the Chinese hypersonic missiles, President Joe Biden has said, days after a media report claimed that China recently tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile that caught... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A woman has died after being shot during the filming of a movie starring Alec Baldwin, US law enforcement officers said Thursday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Melbourne residents flocked to the city's pubs, restaurants and hair salons in the early hours of Friday after the world's most locked-down city emerged from its latest spate of restrictions designed... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Hundreds of teachers in the western province of Herat gathered and called on the Taliban to pay their salaries, as they have not been paid for over four months, local media reported on Thursday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In a first, a US court has recognized animals as legal persons -- specifically, the descendants of Pablo Escobar's hippopotamuses who have thrived in Colombia since the notorious drug lord was killed... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A new US study has found that people who have received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine are less likely to experience stress. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Queen Elizabeth II spent a night in hospital after being advised to rest and cancel a visit to Northern Ireland, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States successfully tested hypersonic missile technology, a new weapons system which is already being deployed by China and Russia, the US Navy said Thursday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A Haitian man asserting that he represents a gang that kidnapped a group of American and Canadian missionaries said in a video posted on YouTube on Thursday that he is willing to kill "these... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Researchers found that winter weather in US critically depends on this conveyor belt-like system. As the AMOC slows because of climate change, the US will experience more extreme cold winter weather. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi gave Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers advice Thursday on how to gain international recognition, during a visit to the neighbouring capital. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Pakistan will continue to be on the ''Grey List'' of the FATF as it needs to "further demonstrate" that action is being taken against UN-designated terrorists like India's most wanted Hafiz Saeed and... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The report that Facebook Inc. plans to change its corporate name prompted a flurry of online speculation as industry followers rushed to register their guesses. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
From rural poverty to real-estate billions, the fortunes of Xu Jiayin mirrored China's runaway economic growth for much of the past two decades -- but now he is battling to save his Evergrande... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
New Zealand passed a law Thursday forcing banks to reveal the impact of their investments on climate change, describing it as a world-first move to make the financial sector's environmental record... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A gas explosion at a restaurant ripped through a busy street in a major Chinese city on Thursday, killing at least one person and injuring dozens, state media reported. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Apple Inc. will begin to force unvaccinated corporate employees to test for Covid-19 each time they want to enter an office, a move that tightens its virus protocols while still stopping short of a... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The introduction of a digital U.S. dollar could help democratize banking in poorer countries, but it also poses a risk to local currencies if it were readily accessible, according to former Indian... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Countries' fossil fuel-powered Covid-19 recoveries will have long-lasting consequences on human health and risk worsening the food and water insecurity, heatwaves and infectious diseases, a major... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
China has been an aggressor against India along the Himalayan border, a top American diplomat nominated by President Joe Biden as his next envoy to Beijing has told lawmakers, stating that the US must... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Millions in Melbourne are readying to come out of the world's longest COVID-19 lockdown on Thursday night after Victoria state hit a key vaccination target, with pubs, restaurants and cafes racing to... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Former US president Donald Trump announced plans Wednesday to launch his own social networking platform called "TRUTH Social," which is expected to begin its beta launch for "invited guests" next... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Meghan Markle called Wednesday for the United States to provide paid family leave, confessing in an open letter to congressional leaders to feeling "overwhelmed" by the arrival of her daughter. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Former US president Donald Trump announced plans Wednesday to launch his own social networking platform called "TRUTH Social," which is expected to begin its beta launch for "invited guests" next... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A US commission on religious freedom has said that it is "gravely troubled"over the recent wave of violence against the minority Hindu community in Bangladesh and urged the government of Prime... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Former Taliban terrorist Mohammad Ishaq, who spent years battling Western troops and local forces in Afghanistan, lost his leg in combat and is now learning to walk with a new limb. Standing near him... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
North Korea said on Thursday the United States was overreacting to its recent missile test and questioned the sincerity of Washington's offers of talks, warning of consequences. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A US medical team has succeeded in temporarily attaching a pig's kidney to a person, a transplant breakthrough hailed as a "potential miracle" by the surgeon who led the procedure. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday authorized using a so-called "mix and match" strategy for eligible people who require a booster shot of a Covid vaccine after their primary... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
USPresident Joe Biden said on Wednesday he is concerned about Chinese hypersonic missiles, days after a media report that Beijing had tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic glide weapon. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Rwandan prosecutors said Wednesday they have filed an appeal against a court ruling that sentenced "Hotel Rwanda" hero Paul Rusesabagina to 25 years in prison on terrorism charges. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Russia and Central Asia powerbrokers agreed Wednesday to work with the Taliban to promote security in the region and called on Afghanistan's new leaders to implement "moderate" policies. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma was on the Spanish island of Mallorca where his luxury yacht is anchored, two Spanish newspapers said on Wednesday, on his first trip abroad since he fell out with... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
G20 leaders meeting in Rome next week will help pave the way for UN climate talks that follow, Prime Minister Mario Draghi said Wednesday, urging world powers to take coordinated action. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Daily COVID-19 cases in New Zealand fell on Wednesday after a record jump the day before, with most infections still in Auckland as the Delta variant of the coronavirus continues to affect the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Social media giant Facebook Inc is planning to rebrand itself with a new name next week to reflect its focus on building the metaverse, the Verge reported on Tuesday, citing a source with direct... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Lawmakers investigating the deadly assault on the US Capitol voted unanimously Tuesday to pursue criminal contempt charges for a key ally of former president Donald Trump for refusing to testify. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
U.S. President Joe Biden plans to nominate Donald Blome, currently ambassador to Tunisia, as his top diplomat in Pakistan as Washington works to manage the situation in neighboring Afghanistan... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Travel restrictions between Sydney and Melbourne, Australia's largest cities, eased on Wednesday as Victoria opened its borders to fully vaccinated residents from New South Wales amid a rapid rise in... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday pledged to establish an exemplary rule of law in the country, in an apparent reference to the ongoing tiff between the government and the army over the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has tested positive for COVID-19 and will work from home per health guidelines, spokesperson Marsha Espinosa said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Terminal Two at Britain's Manchester Airport will reopen after Greater Manchester Police found no security threat following reports of a suspicious package, a spokesperson for the airport said on... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The number of people hospitalised for COVID-19 in France went up for the third day in a row on Tuesday, a trend not seen for almost two months, according to French health authorities. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A 61-year old British man drowned on Tuesday while trying to save his two grandsons in the sea off the island of Crete, Greece's coastguard said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A group of USlawmakers said Facebook Inc cannot be trusted to manage cryptocurrency and urged the social media platform to discontinue immediately a small pilot of its cryptocurrency wallet named... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
FBI agents on Tuesday raided Washington and New York City homes linked to Oleg Deripaska, a Russian billionaire under USsanctions who once employed Paul Manafort, a chairman of Donald Trump's 2016... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States on Tuesday vowed to do all in its power to free US and Canadian missionaries taken hostage in Haiti, after kidnappers demanded $1 million for each of the group of 17. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Boeing is aiming for a test flight of its unmanned CST-100 Starliner capsule in the first half of next year and a potential launch of its crewed spacecraft at the end of 2022, company officials said... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The UN Security Council will hold an emergency closed-door meeting on North Korea on Wednesday, diplomats told AFP after state media said Pyongyang had successfully tested a "new type" of... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A Haitian gang that kidnapped a group of American and Canadian missionaries is asking for $17 million -- or $1 million each -- to release them, according to a top Haitian official. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The senator leading a probe into Brazil's handling of COVID-19 has recommended that Jair Bolsonaro face 13 criminal charges, including homicide, for decisions that allegedly encouraged the virus'... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief economist Gita Gopinath will leave her post and return to Harvard University's economics department in January, the Fund announced Tuesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Africa's fabled eastern glaciers will vanish in two decades, 118 million poor people face drought, floods or extreme heat, and climate change could shrink the continent's economy by 3% by mid-century,... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A plane crashed shortly after takeoff on Tuesday in Texas, with all 21 passengers and crew on board scrambling to safety before the aircraft burst into flames. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Nepal Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka on Tuesday held a telephonic conversation with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi with a focus on further ramping up bilateral relations, including COVID-19 vaccine... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) on Monday appealed to the Bangladesh government to take strict action against the perpetrators of violence, arrange for the security of the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A US envoy made a new appeal Monday for talks with North Korea, insisting the United States has no hostile intent following a spike in tensions. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Spanish renewable energy giant Iberdrola has committed to invest 6 billion ($8.2 billion, 7.1 billion euros) to create Britain's biggest offshore wind development, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Donald Trump is suing to block the release of White House records related to the January 6 insurrection that he was impeached for inciting, according to court documents released Monday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
President Joe Biden's administration on Monday announced a set of recommendations to revamp its use of economic sanctions to make them a more effective tool of U.S. foreign policy. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States on Monday did not confirm Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's comment that Washington had made an offer to Ankara for the sale of F-16 fighter jets but added that it has not made... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Ex-president Donald Trump testified Monday in a lawsuit brought by activists who say they were attacked by his security guards six years ago, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Zalmay Khalilzad, the veteran US envoy whose months of diplomacy failed to prevent the Taliban from taking power in Afghanistan, resigned on Monday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The World Bank mishandled sexual harassment complaints brought by multiple women against a senior official, according to the bank's labor tribunal. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Iran backs talks with six major powers that are result-oriented, Iranian hardline President Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday, as Tehran and six powers struggled to overcome snags hampering the resumption... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States on Monday criticized Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro's suspension of dialogue with the opposition, saying he was putting the fate of an extradited businessman accused of money... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Britain has repeatedly trumpeted its mass vaccination programme against Covid-19, hailing its early approval of jabs as a key part of the long struggle to return to normal life. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
German press group Axel Springer said Monday it had removed the chief editor at tabloid-style daily Bild, Julian Reichelt, over a relationship with a colleague at the country's top-selling newspaper. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Hundreds of female judges in Afghanistan live in fear and anonymity after the Taliban took control of the country in August, a media report said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States said Monday it will not join talks on Afghanistan announced for this week by Russia and also involving China and Pakistan. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Bill and Melinda Gates' eldest daughter Jennifer Gates tied the knot with Nayel Nassar at her home in Westchester, New York. Nayel Nassar is an Egyptian equestrian. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday led tributes to veteran Conservative MP David Amess, who was stabbed to death while meeting constituents, as police probed whether a suspect arrested was... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The old airport in the Siberian settlement of Churapcha has been unusable for years, its runway transformed into a swampy field of puffed-up mounds and reliefs. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Thailand will stop using the COVID-19 vaccine of China's Sinovac when its current stock finishes, a senior official said, having used the shot extensively in combination with Western-developed... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In June 2020, Becca Periera gave her Instagram followers a charitable challenge: The first 20 people who made a minimum donation of C$25 to a nonprofit helping Black Torontonians combat food... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Fully vaccinated travellers from eight countries will be able to enter Singapore without quarantine from Tuesday, as the business hub eases restrictions and gears up to live with the coronavirus. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Mahesh Patrick, 14, and Shaun Emitja, 21, had been reported missing on Tuesday and had become separated in Australia's outback with no access to fresh water or provisions until they were found on... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Sundar Pichai wants to head the first giant company run without emissions around the clock. It will take far more than money to achieve. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
People who received a first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine followed by an mRNA vaccine shot had a lower risk of infection compared to those immunised with both doses of the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Even as Covid-19 pandemic forced companies around world to reimagine workplace, researchers in Iceland were already conducting two trials of a shorter work week that involved about 2,500 workers -... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Myanmar will release more than 5,000 people jailed for protesting against a February coup that ousted the civilian government, the country's junta chief said today. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Netflix estimates that its latest megahit, "Squid Game," will create almost $900 million in value for the company, according to figures seen by Bloomberg, underscoring the windfall that one megahit... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Thousands of children returned to school in Sydney on Monday after months of home learning as Australia's largest city, buoyed by rising vaccination rates, eased more COVID-19 restrictions. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Three white men in the US state of Georgia will go on trial Monday in the high-profile shooting death of a Black jogger that sparked a national outcry and helped fuel last summer's social justice... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A man charged in connection with the death of Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala in a light aircraft crash in 2019 will go on trial in Cardiff on Monday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
One person was killed and another seven injured at a US university shooting early Sunday, police said, just days after another firearm incident at the same school left one dead. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
British petrochemicals manufacturer Ineos on Monday announced it will invest more than 2 billion euros in zero-carbon green hydrogen production in Europe. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Israel does not want war with Lebanon's Hezbollah but is prepared to face about 2,000 rockets a day from the armed group if conflict breaks out, a senior Israeli military official told AFP. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Facebook on Monday announced plans to hire 10,000 people in the European Union to build the "metaverse", a virtual reality version of the internet that the tech giant sees as the future. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Thousands of children returned to Sydney's schools on Monday after nearly four months of home learning as Australia's largest city eased more restrictions just a week after lifting its COVID-19... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Queen Elizabeth II's grandson Prince William presented the inaugural Earthshot prizes at a ceremony in London on Sunday, with projects from Costa Rica, Italy, the Bahamas and India picking up prizes. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Minister of Home Affairs of Bangladesh Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday termed the attacks on Durga Puja pavilions as 'pre-planned' and said these attacks were aimed at destroying the communal harmony in... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
France's ambassador to Belarus has left the country after the authorities in Minsk demanded he leave by Monday, the embassy said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The family of British lawmaker David Amess, who was stabbed to death as he met constituency voters, on Sunday urged people to be tolerant regardless of race, religious or political beliefs. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A father in Pakistan is suspected of killing his two daughters and their four children by setting their house ablaze because one of the women married against his wishes, police said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
"Enter and cry," one sign tells visitors. "I too have anxiety," glows another notice in pink. There are phones in one corner with the names of people you can call when you are feeling down, including... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Former US president Bill Clinton was released from a California hospital Sunday after spending five nights in treatment for an infection. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Ali Harbi Ali, the son of an ex-media adviser to a former PM of Somalia, has been arrested by British police under anti-terrorism laws following the killing of lawmaker David Amess, a source close to... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday began his five-day visit to Israel by laying wreaths at a cemetery for Indian soldiers who laid down their lives in the region during the World War I... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin headed to the Black Sea region Sunday aiming to shore up alliances with countries pressured by Russia and show gratitude for their contributions to the two-decade war... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Warning about the potential of "twindemic" this winter, Chinese health authorities have stressed the need for influenza prevention as flu activity in the southern provinces in the country has... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia operated at full capacity Sunday, with worshippers praying shoulder-to-shoulder for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A USand a Canadian warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait late last week, the American military said on Sunday, at a time of heightened tension between Beijing and Taipei that has sparked concern... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Iran is to resume nuclear negotiations with world powers on October 21 that were suspended in June, an Iranian lawmaker said Sunday after a meeting with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A Hindu temple has been vandalised in Bangladesh in a fresh case of communal unrest amidst days of violence unleashed by unidentified Muslim attackers who went after the minority Hindu community's... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Britain's interior minister on Sunday said MPs' security would be increased, after a lawmaker was stabbed to death as he held a public meeting with constituents, in the second such attack in five... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
After David Amess, 69, a member of British parliament from Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party, was stabbed repeatedly, it prompted a review of politicians' security. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
An Iranian warship on Saturday repulsed an attack by pirates against two oil tankers that it was escorting in the Gulf of Aden, the country's naval chief said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The vast majority of Afghan girls continue to be barred from attending secondary school, leading some Afghan teens to believe there is "no hope in Afghanistan" for women to pursue careers. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Sri Lanka has sought a USD 500 million credit line from India to pay for its crude oil purchases amid a severe foreign exchange crisis in the island nation. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
As many as 17 American Christian missionaries and their families, including children, were kidnapped on Saturday by gang members in Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince, the New York Times reported,... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A Russian actress and director were set to return to Earth on Sunday after spending 12 days in the International Space Station (ISS) shooting scenes for the first movie in orbit. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Vice-President of ISKCON, Kolkata, Radharaman Das on Saturday condemned the attack on the ISKCON temple in Bangladesh and urged Prime Minister Modi to hold talks with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Former US President Bill Clinton will spend another night at a hospital in California being treated for an infection, his spokesman said Saturday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A fugitive businessman accused of acting as a money launderer for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's regime was extradited Saturday to the United States from Cape Verde, his legal team told AFP. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US real estate mogul Robert Durst, sentenced to life in prison for killing his best friend, has been placed on a ventilator after becoming infected with Covid-19, according to a US media report... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Russian authorities said on Saturday they had arrested two people as part of an investigation into the death of 18 people in the Urals who drank bootleg alcohol, in the second such incident in recent... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Britain on Friday announced it was easing rules on how many deliveries foreign lorry drivers can make, in an attempt to ease a supply chain crisis before Christmas. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
New data out Friday showed $590 million in ransomware-related payments were reported to US authorities in the first half of 2021, setting a pace to beat totals for the previous decade as... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Three astronauts successfully docked with China's new space station Saturday, state media said, on what is set to be the country's longest crewed mission to date. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The former Boeing pilot indicted over his role in the 737 MAX scandal said Friday he should not be made a scapegoat for a pair of deadly plane crashes. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
An Apple employee who led fellow workers in publicly sharing instances of what they called harassment and discrimination at the company said on Thursday that she had been fired. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said late on Friday that it will accept mixed-dose coronavirus vaccines from international travelers, a boost to travelers from Canada and other... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Russia said one of its military vessels chased away a U.S. naval destroyer that attempted to violate Russian territorial waters during Russian-Chinese naval drills in the Sea of Japan on Friday,... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
ISIS claimed responsibility for a suicide bomber attack at a Shi'ite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar which left dozens killed and injured, a statement posted by the group's Amaq news... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A bitter transatlantic rift is over, the European Union's top diplomat declared Friday, a month after France was infuriated with the United States over losing a massive submarine contract in... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The European Union's diplomatic chief Josep Borrell said Friday he was "ready" to meet Iranian leaders in Brussels as part of efforts to revive the faltering 2015 nuclear deal, but warned Tehran it... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
An actress has sued Bill Cosby alleging that the disgraced comedian drugged and raped her in New Jersey 31 years ago, US court documents show. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Taliban has directed local officials to refrain from carrying out punishments in public unless Afghanistan's "top court" issues the order for public execution. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Former US president Bill Clinton was recovering in a California hospital on Friday after several days of treatment reportedly for sepsis, a spokesman and media said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to visit the indigenous community of Kamloops where the remains of 215 children were found in May at a former residential school, it was announced Friday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Sardar Mohammad Zaidi, imam of the Fatima mosque in the Afghan city of Kandahar, had almost reached the end of Friday prayers when gunfire and explosions signalled the start of the second attack on a... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Eight countries and the EU diplomatic chief on Friday urged the Myanmar junta to let a regional special envoy meet ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Russia's government on Friday declared two more popular media outlets "foreign agents", pressing ahead with a crackdown on dissent and freedom of expression. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A former Taliban commander previously accused of kidnapping an American journalist pleaded not guilty on Friday to murdering three U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan in 2008, telling a federal judge that... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
British counter-terrorism officers are leading the investigation into the killing on Friday of lawmaker David Amess, police said, as they probe the second death of a UK politician while meeting voters... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A high level panel of US medical experts voted unanimously Friday to recommend authorizing a second shot of the Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday expressed heartfelt shock after Conservative colleague David Amess was stabbed to death, lauding him as "one of the kindest, nicest, most gentle people... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Drone powerhouse Israel is translating the know-how of air force veterans to the delivery of sushi and ice-cream, as companies tap their expertise to avoid collisions in increasingly crowded skies. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Microsoft on Thursday said it will shut down career-oriented social network LinkedIn in China, citing a "challenging operating environment" as Beijing tightens control over tech firms. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Ransomware attacks are one of most pressing threats faced by public and private sectors, India has told a US-led international meet and has called for taking steps to ensure that country's critical... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Ahmad Khalil Mayan, programme director at a large Kabul orphanage, says he is cutting back on the amount of fruit and meat he gives the children each week because the home is running out of money. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Sydney will end its COVID-19 quarantine for fully vaccinated international travellers from November 1, New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet said on Friday, foreshadowing the full return of... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US real estate scion Robert Durst was sentenced Thursday to life in prison with no possibility of parole for the killing of his best friend. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
COVID-19 cases in Australia's Victoria hovered near record levels on Friday, even as authorities look set to lift lockdown restrictions next week in Melbourne, the state capital, as the state nears a... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Football great Pele said on Thursday he is feeling "better" and joked that he can't wait to get back to playing the beautiful game, just two weeks after leaving hospital following surgery on a colon... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A US federal jury on Thursday charged a former Boeing chief test pilot with misleading the country's aviation regulator during the certification process for the 737 MAX, which was involved in two... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Space exploration company Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc said on Thursday it is delaying its commercial space travel service to the fourth quarter of 2022 and will not conduct another planned test... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
An expert committee on Thursday recommended a booster dose of Moderna's anti-Covid vaccine in the United States for certain at-risk groups, a month after making a similar decision for the Pfizer shot. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
French authorities on Thursday took a suspect in for questioning after the decapitated body of a woman was found at her home in the southern resort of Agde, prosecutors said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States Army on Thursday said it was pushing back the date when it plans to field augmented reality glasses from Microsoft Corp, but that it remains "fully committed" to the contract with... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Thursday called on the United States to put an end to trade rivalries with Europe, stressing that a "strong" France and Europe are in America's interest. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The UN General Assembly on Thursday elected the United States to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, more than three years after the Trump administration quit the 47-member body. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The family of late South African President Nelson Mandela is selling the anti-apartheid leader's personal belongings to help pay for a memorial garden being built in his honor. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
UN chief Antonio Guterres asked to postpone a virtual meeting with Southeast Asian ministers at the last minute to avoid signaling recognition of Myanmar's junta by being in the same online room as... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States has no plans to resume military-led evacuation flights from Afghanistan, but is working to ensure that the existing charter flights become more frequent, the State Department said on... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Lawmakers investigating the deadly assault on the US Capitol said Thursday they were pursuing criminal contempt charges for a key ally of former president Donald Trump for refusing to testify. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US Navy said Thursday that personnel who refuse to be vaccinated against Covid-19 will be expelled from the force, ahead of the November 28 deadline for the injection. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A partially shredded canvas of one of Banksy's most celebrated works sold in London on Thursday for 18.6 million euros ($25.4 million), Sotheby's auction house said, a record price for the British... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
India has got an invite for the Moscow Format meeting on Afghanistan on October 20 and it will participate in the deliberations, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A North Korean parachutist has lit up social media with his shiny blue jumpsuit as he posed with ranks of olive-green clad military men and leader Kim Jong Un after taking a jump at the opening... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
North Korean defectors in Tokyo symbolically summoned Kim Jong Un to court on Thursday over a repatriation programme they describe as "state kidnapping". https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Mixing Covid vaccines produces as much or more antibodies as using the same shot as a booster, according to preliminary results of a widely awaited US government-sponsored trial. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Clubhouse, the audio-only app designed to be a virtual conference hall, generated heavy buzz during the peak of the pandemic and received a $4 billion valuation earlier this year. In the months since... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
New Zealand reported on Thursday its biggest rise in COVID-19 infections in six weeks, with all cases detected in Auckland, raising prospects of a further extension of lockdown restrictions in the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Indonesia's holiday island of Bali reopened to foreign tourists after 18 months of pandemic hiatus on Thursday, but the island is lacking one crucial ingredient: international flights. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Melbourne will exit months of COVID-19 lockdown next week helped by a faster-than-expected vaccine uptake, Victoria state Premier Daniel Andrews said on Thursday, ahead of schedule even though daily... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Several emaciated dogs lie curled up in and around a walled, ash-covered yard cut off by volcanic lava in the mountainous area of Todoque on the Spanish island of La Palma, until a drone appears in... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Child suicides in Japan are the highest they have been in more than four decades, local media have reported, citing the country's education ministry. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Electricity supply from Uzbekistan to several Afghan provinces and capital city Kabul has been stopped due to technical problems, Afghanistan's state power company, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The father of a two-year-old child who fatally shot his mother in the head while she was on a Zoom meeting, has been arrested in Florida for failing to keep the gun out of the toddler's reach. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
People who received Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 vaccine may benefit from a booster dose of Pfizer or Moderna, preliminary results of a US study published Wednesday showed. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
"Star Trek" actor William Shatner finally became a real space traveler on Blue Origin's second crewed mission Wednesday, calling it the most profound experience of his life. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that battle-hardened terrorists from Iraq and Syria are "actively" entering Afghanistan. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has confirmed he will not get vaccinated against Covid-19, having previously said he would be the "last Brazilian" to do so. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Facebook unveiled fresh protections Wednesday against online attacks on journalists, activists and celebrities as the social media giant battles a crisis over its platforms' potential harms. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States will open its land borders with Mexico and Canada in early November to non-essential travelers who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, a senior White House official announced... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Australia's Trade Minister Dan Tehan said on Wednesday his government trusts Britain to uphold their new trade pact despite London now wanting to renegotiate part of its Brexit treaty with the EU. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A man armed with a bow and arrows killed several people and wounded others in southeastern Norway on Wednesday, police said, adding they had arrested the suspect. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Washington plans to press ahead with its plan to reopen the US consulate in Jerusalem as part of efforts to deepen ties with Palestinians, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The EU on Wednesday offered to reduce customs checks and paperwork on British products intended for Northern Ireland in the hope of averting a new Brexit-related spat. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Some of the world's smallest countries could "disappear" without action at an upcoming UN summit to contain climate change, the secretary general of the Commonwealth warned in a Wednesday interview. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The fossil of a jaw bone could prove that domesticated dogs lived in Central America as far back as 12,000 years ago, according to a study by Latin American scientists. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Danish artist behind a Hong Kong sculpture mourning those killed in Tiananmen Square has instructed a lawyer to secure his work and bring it overseas after the city's flagship university ordered... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
An Australian man has been charged with stealing a monitoring tag from a great white shark, reportedly setting off a string of false shark alarms in Western Australia. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States will open its land borders with Mexico and Canada in "early November" to non-essential travelers who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, a senior White House official announced... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Israeli archaeologists on Monday uncovered a Byzantine-era, industrial-scale wine complex which produced some two million litres of the drink annually and was the world's "largest" such centre at the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle have forged another business partnership -- this time in the world of finance, teaming up with an asset management company promoting socially... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) and other industry groups on Tuesday committed to "net zero" carbon emissions by 2050, as the sector's flagship private jet show kicked off in Las... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US working to expand normalisation agreements between Israel and Arab nations, known as the Abraham Accords, senior State Department officials said on Tuesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Daily exposure to phthalates, a group of chemicals used in everything from plastic containers to makeup, may lead to approximately 100,000 deaths in older Americans annually, a study from New York... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it did not find any signs that U.S. Representative Maxine Waters' Twitter account had been hacked, after an earlier tweet sent from the California Democrat's verified... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Apple Inc is expected to cut down production of the iPhone 13 series by as many as 10 million units due to the global chip shortage, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell on Tuesday called on Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg to preserve all documents related to a testimony last week from company whistleblower... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
G20 trade ministers on Tuesday promised to work towards a fair distribution of Covid-19 vaccines by lifting export restrictions and making the trade system more transparent. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
G20 leaders agreed Tuesday to work together to avoid a humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan, as the EU pledged a one-billion-euro aid package and host Italy stressed the need to maintain contacts with... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
President Joe Biden's opposition to capital punishment will be put to the side Wednesday when the US Justice Department tries to convince the Supreme Court to reinstate the death penalty for Boston... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Protecting children from sexual abuse is an "absolute priority" for the Catholic Church, a French archbishop said Tuesday, walking back previous comments suggesting priests should not violate the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US Commerce Department said on Tuesday it submitted an initial set of recommendations on data security under an executive order signed by President Joe Biden. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US and the Taliban had "productive discussions" on the issue of humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan during meetings in Qatar over the weekend, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Gabby Petito, the young woman who died on an Instagram-chronicled road trip across the United States with her boyfriend, was strangled and her death was a homicide, the local coroner said Tuesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A US nuclear engineer and his wife appeared in court Tuesday days after their arrest for trying to sell submarine secrets for $5 million, as speculation persisted on which country was the targeted... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Three migrants were killed and one seriously hurt on Tuesday when they were hit by a train in southern France, local officials said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Donald Trump's family company is in advanced talks to sell the rights to a prominent Washington hotel in a transaction worth more than $370 million. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Amid raging debate globally over social media regulation and controls, microblogging platform Twitter on Tuesday cautioned that 'Open Internet' is more at risk now than ever before, and asserted the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A surprise shortfall in global milk production has international purchasers scouring for powder, the most easily exported dairy product. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
President Vladimir Putin said he has a cold and he isn't suffering from Covid-19, after he was heard repeatedly coughing at a televised meeting with officials. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Tesla Inc.s co-founder responded to a tweet from Bezos early Monday with a silver medal emoji after the gap between the worlds two richest people increased last week through the surging valuation of... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
At least nine people were killed and 11 others were missing after heavy rain across the Philippines flooded villages and triggered landslides, authorities said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
At least 15 people have died during unseasonably heavy rain and flooding in north China's Shanxi province earlier this month, local officials said Tuesday, after the normally dry region received three... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The IMF Executive Board reaffirmed on Monday its "full confidence" in the Washington-based crisis lender's chief, Kristalina Georgieva, keeping her on as managing director after she was hit with... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Chinese President Xi Jinping is scrutinizing the ties that the country's state banks and other financial institutions have developed with big private companies, the Wall Street Journal reported on... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Thousands of health care workers at Kaiser Permanente facilities in US states Oregon and California given a green light Monday for union officials to call strikes should contract talks fail. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J