Now the Republican president-elect, who will assume his second term in the White House on Monday, is seeking to protect TikTok from a new law that gives TikTok parent ByteDance until Sunday to sell the app to an American buyer or be banned in the U.S. President Joe Biden, with just three days left in […]
Germany has only one case of the disease, Oezdemir said on German radio Deutschlandfunk. Germany announced the country’s first outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in nearly 40 years on Jan. 10 in a herd of water buffalo on the outskirts of Berlin in the Brandenburg region. German authorities are intensively testing animals on farms in the […]
The rebound in gold prices has hammered demand, and buyers are now waiting for prices to correct, said a Mumbai-based dealer with a private bullion importing bank. Domestic gold prices in India rose to 79,270 rupees ($915.60) per 10 grams this week and were not far from all-time highs, tracking gains in international spot gold […]
“I don’t put any hope in him,” the 20-year-old student told Reuters in Kyiv’s city centre. “In the end, it depends on us.” Her sense of scepticism is shared by many Ukrainians who have scant faith in Donald Trump’s promises to swiftly strike a peace deal after he enters the White House on Monday. “Our […]
Trump, who was elected for the second time in November, will be sworn into office in Washington on Monday. Last month, his transition team confirmed that Trump had broken with precedent to invite Xi and other world leaders to the ceremony. Beijing’s foreign ministry said Friday that Han would attend as Xi’s “special representative”. “China […]
Israel’s assault on Gaza is likely to define the foreign policy legacy of the outgoing Biden administration, despite a deal reached with Palestinian group Hamas on Wednesday on a ceasefire in exchange for the release of hostages. “Criminal! Why aren’t you in The Hague,” shouted Sam Husseini, an independent journalist and longtime critic of Washington’s […]
The fires that officials said could rank as the most devastating natural disaster in U.S. history continue to rage after several days with desert winds and a parched landscape presenting extremely hazardous conditions. Governor Gavin Newsom has already moved to assure Angelenos will be ready to host the Games, a massive undertaking even under the […]
The state majority-owned fund manager is seeking a partner in the U.S. to roll out funds catering to American retail investors despite the likelihood of increasing tensions between Washington and Beijing, said CEO Li Yimei. China Asset Management (ChinaAMC), which manages $350 billion, is also awaiting Beijing’s approval to launch a cross-listing exchange-traded fund (ETF) […]
Such a jolt could potentially have a devastating 8-9 magnitude, trigger colossal tsunamis, kill several hundred thousand people, and cause billions of dollars in damage, experts say. The Earthquake Research Committee said it has increased its estimate of the probability to between 75 and 82 percent from between 74 and 81 percent previously. It concerns […]
Taking to the microblogging platform X, Bumrah dismissed the reports as fake news. “I know how easy it is to spread fake news, but this one made me laugh,” he posted, accompanied by several laughing emojis. On Wednesday, January 15, several Indian media outlets claimed that Jasprit Bumrah, who has been dealing with a back […]
