Worldnews

China’s terse response to Australia’s diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter Olympic G-
By PTI BEIJING: China on Wednesday reacted sharply to Australia’s decision to join the US diplomatic boycott of the 2022 ...

Germany on new path as Scholz replaces Merkel as chancellor-
By PTI BERLIN: Olaf Scholz is set to take office Wednesday as Germany’s ninth post-World War II chancellor, succeeding Angela ...

Japanese tycoon takes off for International Space Station-
By PTI MOSCOW: A Japanese billionaire and his producer rocketed to space Wednesday as the first self-paying space tourists since ...

UN Secretary-General isolates after Covid-19 exposure-
By AFP UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was exposed to the coronavirus Tuesday by a UN official who already ...

Finland’s PM caught clubbing after Covid exposure-
By AFP HELSINKI: Finland’s prime minister came under sustained criticism on Tuesday, December 7, 2021, after it was revealed she stayed ...

Israeli stabbed in Jerusalem, suspect flees on foot-
By Associated Press JERUSALEM: An Israeli woman was stabbed and seriously wounded in a tense neighborhood in east Jerusalem on ...

Biden-Putin talks yield no breakthrough-
By Associated Press WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin were still far apart after two hours of talks on ...

Taliban fighters guard city checkpoints, patrol streets in Afghanistan-
By Associated Press HERAT, Afghanistan: Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan more than three and a half months ago amid ...

Boris Johnson under fire over video of staff joking about lockdown Christmas party-
By AFP LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was under fire Wednesday, December after a video emerged of his senior ...

Major outage at Amazon disrupts businesses across the US-
By Associated Press A major outage in Amazon’s cloud computing network Tuesday, December 7, 2021, severely disrupted services at a wide ...