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Late last month the ACM ordered Apple to make changes for apps on offer in the Apple App Store in the Netherlands by Jan. 15 or face fines. [...]

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The North has so far rejected the Biden administration’s open-ended offers to resume talks. [...]

Sotheby’s calls the 555.55-carat black diamond — believed to have come from outer space — “The Enigma” [...]

He tried to kill Israeli soldier: Army [...]

Ash, contaminated water pose threat [...]

Incident comes ahead of visit by U.S. diplomats seeking to revive transition to civilian rule in country [...]

It is their first meeting since the two nations cut ties in 2016 [...]

Chinese President pledges to send an additional 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine to other countries [...]

Swiss media reported that Mr Horta-Osorio had violated quarantine rules, including traveling to Britain in December and to the Wimbledon tennis tournament over the summer [...]

Xi also called for regulation and standardisation to plug regulatory loopholes and prevent "monopolies and disorderly expansion of capital" in the world's second largest economy. [...]

The birth rate was the lowest since 1949, when the statistics bureau began collating the data [...]

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the North likely fired two ballistic missiles from an area in Sunan, the location of Pyongyang's international airport, but didn't immediately say how far they flew [...]

Dubai doesn't require travelers to be vaccinated, though they must show a negative PCR test to board a flight. [...]

Besides painting and lithography, Alekos Fassianos also illustrated books, designed theatre costumes and settings and dabbled in sculpture. [...]

Reports of a deal angered critics who said a it would undermine the rule of law. [...]

The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army militant group has been accused of assassinating political opponents, running narcotics and instilling a climate of fear in the camps. [...]

“A suicide bomber jumped onto a vehicle." [...]

Officials across the country have urged residents to stay in their cities for the new year, instead of traveling back to their hometowns. [...]

WHO flags hoarding/stockpiling in rich countries, and a lack of sharing of licenses, technology and know-how by pharmaceutical companies [...]

Some 600 migrants hoping to reach the United States set off in a caravan on January 15 from the northern Honduran city of San Pedro Sula.Hundreds of [...]

A man had held people captive as he demanded the release of a Pakistani neuroscientist who was convicted of trying to kill U.S. Army officers in Afghanistan. [...]

Beijing says it will ‘continue to oppose illegal unilateral sanctions against Tehran’ [...]

Restaurateur and martial artiste Dev Raturi’s upbeat videos of life in lockdown have been very popular [...]

Imminent credit facility of $1.5 billion to help Sri Lanka reviewed [...]

Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted after a month-long trial in which prosecutors maintained that she recruited and groomed teenage girls for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse from 1994 to 2004. [...]

The launch came hours after Pyongyang’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement berating the United States for imposing new sanctions over the North’s previous tests [...]

Paxlovid, which combines nirmatrelvir and ritonavir in a tablet, will require a prescription, [...]

“Pakistan, under its policy of peace at home and abroad, wishes to improve its relationship with India,” said the 110-page document, unveiled by Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad. [...]

At that time people in Britain were banned from meeting more than one person outside their households to curb the spread of COVID-19 [...]

Ukraine's foreign ministry spokesperson said it was too early to say who could be behind the attack but said Russia had been behind similar strikes in the past. [...]

The Biden administration on Wednesday imposed sanctions on five North Koreans over their roles in obtaining equipment and technology for the North’s missile programs. [...]

However, it allows the administration to proceed with a vaccine mandate for most health care workers in the U.S. [...]

Two members of a family were sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment after months in pre-trial detention for filming the unprecedented protests last year [...]

Ex-Vice Minister Sun Lijun’s sudden downfall started following his criticism of the Communist Party [...]

“The verdict is a breakthrough for Syrian victims.” [...]

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin called the State Department report “Limits in the Seas” an attempt to “distort international law, confuse the public, sow discord and disrupt the regional situation” [...]

Biden administration has not yet clarified whether it will impose sanctions on India under the provisions of the CAATSA for procuring the S-400 missile systems [...]

Colombo-headquartered SAHR also flags crackdown on human rights organisations [...]

Sri Lanka ruled out an IMF bailout on Wednesday and said it plans to seek another loan from China to address an economic crisis that has led to food a [...]

North Korea has carried out its third hypersonic gliding missile test [...]

Number of deaths remain stable [...]

With around 100,000 combat-ready Russian troops backed by tanks, artillery and heavy equipment massed just across Ukraine’s eastern border, Wednesday’s gathering has taken on great significance, yet it still seems destined to fail. [...]

Mr. Johnson has previously said that he personally broke no lockdown rules, but his troubles are mounting. [...]

Tirumurti, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, said that during the first year of its 2-year UNSC tenure, India has taken a “firm but constructive” stand on a range of issues, including Afghanistan and Myanmar. [...]

‘Regime built a layer of rich people’ [...]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Tuesday for a new summit with France, Germany and Russia to resolve the conflict in his country, at t [...]

Moscow has demanded security guarantees from alliance [...]

The United Nations says 22% of Afghanistan’s 38 million people are living near famine and another 36% are facing acute food insecurity [...]

Such drone strikes have been reported almost daily in Tigray, a humanitarian worker in the town of Shire. [...]