Notably, China claims the democratic island of Taiwan as its own territory and says it should be taken by force if necessary. Taiwan resists, saying it is an independent country and will defend its freedoms and democracy in the face of China's aggression. Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama (FilePhoto / REUTERS). CopyLink... ....
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia blamed the European Union on Wednesday for the migrant crisis on the border between Belarus and Poland, accusing it of trying to “strangle” Belarus with plans to close part of the frontier and urging it to talk directly with Minsk... “This is nothing other than further attempts to actually strangle Belarus,” he said ... Sign Up.
JAKARTA (Bernama). Malaysia and Indonesia have agreed to implement a travel corridor between the two countries through a TravelCorridor Arrangement or Vaccinated Travel Lane as both countries recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. Read full story ... .
SeniorNASA officials on Tuesday provided an updated timeline for returning humans to the Moon under the agency's ArtemisProgram, and they discussed costs and other issues related to it ... The agency was also unable to provide milestone payments. Read 14 remaining paragraphs . Comments. .
Now you hear it, now you don’t. So how are you going to kill it, if you don’t know where it is. There’s a heckuva lot of deep, blue ocean out there, and today’s stealth submarines — US, French and Russian — can hide, and stay submerged for months ... They will be armed with Trident D5 missiles to continue the United Kingdom’s continuous at-sea deterrent.
Conspiracy theoristJacob Chansley, popularly known as “QAnon Shaman,” quoted Forrest Gump in his latest memo requesting that the time he has already spent in jail be considered as his sentence. The memo was Chansley’s fifth plea for freedom ahead of his sentencing next week for participating in the US CapitolHill riots on 6 January ... .
Linz, Austria - US Open champion Emma Raducanu ended her breakthrough season on Tuesday when she was knocked out of the WTA event in Linz, losing her second round match 6-1, 6-7 (0/7), 7-5 to world number 106 WangXinyu... "I'm definitely very excited to work with him throughout the pre-season and into next year," said Raducanu ... AFP .
By Foo Yun Chee. LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – Alphabet unit Google lost an appeal against a 2.42-billion-euro ($2.8-billion) European antitrust decision on Wednesday, a major win for the bloc’s competition chief Margrethe Vestager in the first of three court rulings that will strengthen the EU’s push to regulate big tech ... MARKUS FERBER, EU LAWMAKER ... ....
Electric vehicle-maker Rivian AutomotiveInc. priced shares in its initial public offering at $78 apiece to raise about $11.9 billion, according to people familiar with the matter ... .