Germany plans nearly 180 billion euros in new debt for 2021
Germany’s parliamentary budget committee of lawmakers agreed after 17 hours of talks, saying it is the second largest amount of net new borrowing in the...
China gives explanation for pummeling Australia on trade
In a sign some senior members of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s government want to find a circuit-breaker to ease the tensions, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will...
Twitter launches disappearing tweets called Fleets that vanish in a day
Twitter tested the ‘Fleets’ feature in Brazil, Italy, India, and South Korea, before rolling it out globally. Twitter is launching tweets that disappear in 24...
US government announces troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, Iraq
By January 15, five days before the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the US, the number of American forces in Afghanistan...
US approves first self-testing kit for detecting Covid-19
The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization to Lucira Health Inc.’s rapid-result All-In-One Test Kit, according to a statement from the government...
Thai Parliament to vote on constitution as protests turn violent
Lawmakers will vote on how to amend the charter, one of the key demands of pro-democracy groups, who are also calling for monarchy reform and...
Trump fires US defence secretary Mark Esper
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Joe Biden acts on Covid plan with task force
Biden, who had made fighting the pandemic his top priority, named a 13-member advisory board on Sunday to “shape my approach to managing” the surge...
US attorney general William Barr allows prosecutors to probe ‘allegations’ of voter fraud
The letter to prosecutors marked the first time Barr addressed President Donald Trump’s repeated and unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud since last week’s election...
Zoom founder drops USD 5 billion as vaccine hits Covid-19 winners
Zoom Video Communications Inc. has hosted school lessons, family gatherings and business meetings for more than 300 million participants a day during the pandemic. [caption...