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Gita Gopinath to take on new role at IMF as First Deputy Managing Director
Indian-American Gita Gopinath, the chief economist of International Monetary Fund, is being promoted as IMF’s First Deputy Managing Director, the fund announced Thursday.
She would replace Geoffrey Okamoto who plans to leave the Fund…
Shinzo Abe warns China invading Taiwan would be ‘economic suicide’
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said China should be aware that any crisis with Taiwan would pull in Japan and its ally the US, warning of the disastrous effect on the economy of any military action.
The comments drew a protest…
Snow in Scandinavia forces sleepover at IKEA in Denmark
As the snow blanketed Scandinavia on Wednesday evening, six customers and 25 employees at an IKEA near the city of Aalborg found themselves stranded and forced to spend the night on the beds and sofas of the Swedish furniture superstore.…
Davis Cup: Medvedev puts Russia back in semifinals
Daniil Medvedev maintained his perfect record at the Davis Cup Finals to put Russia into the last four.
Medvedev defeated Mikael Ymer 6-4, 6-4 Thursday to give Russia an insurmountable 2-0 lead over Sweden in the quarterfinals of the…
US sets up 1st prodn unit to extend life of ‘Gravity Bomb’
Washington, Dec 3 (UNI/Sputnik) The US government has successfully set up its First Production Unit (FPU) to extend the operational life of the nation’s arsenal B61 directly dropped or “gravity bomb” nuclear weapons, the National Nuclear…
Merkel, Scholz announce new curbs for un vaccinated, back mandatory shots
Berlin, Dec 2 (UNI/Sputnik) The outgoing German chancellor and her successor announced sweeping new restrictions for the unvaccinated and backed mandatory anti-coronavirus shots on Thursday.
Both Angela Merkel and Olaf Scholz, who will…
Alec Baldwin breaks down in first interview after fatal Rust shooting, denies pulling the trigger
Alec Baldwin told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos in an interview airing Thursday that he did not pull the trigger on a prop gun he was holding on a New Mexico film set when it went off, killing a cinematographer. “I didn’t pull the trigger,”…
Suspect in Waukesha parade carnage says he feels ‘demonized’
The man accused of driving his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, killing six people and injuring dozens, said Wednesday that he feels like he’s being “demonized.”
Darrell Brooks Jr., in an interview with Fox News from…
China’s silence on peng shuai shows the limits of Beijing’s propaganda
When Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai accused a former top leader of sexual assault in November, authorities turned to a tried-and-true strategy. At home, the country’s censors scrubbed away any mention of the allegations. Abroad, a few…
Michigan school shooting: What we know so far
In another deadly school shooting in Michigan, a teenager shot and killed three fellow high school students and wounded eight other people on Tuesday afternoon. The 15-year-old shooter opened fire with a semi-automatic handgun at Oxford…
U.N. chief slams Covid-19 ‘travel apartheid’ as unacceptable
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that travel restrictions imposed over Covid-19 that isolate any one country or region as “not only deeply unfair and punitive – they are ineffective.”
Speaking to…
Airlines told to keep data on travellers to US from southern Africa
Federal health officials are requiring airlines to gather contact-tracing information on passengers heading to the US who have been in southern Africa in the previous two weeks.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said…
US Supreme Court conservatives appear willing to gut abortion rights
Conservative US Supreme Court justices on Wednesday signalled a willingness to dramatically curtail abortion rights in America and perhaps overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalised the procedure nationwide as they…
In China, Tesla is a catfish and turns auto companies into sharks
Forty-two years ago, Liu Siong Song built machines to help factories make cheap toys and watches. Then he made them for motorcycle companies.
Now he helps Tesla, in the words of Elon Musk, “make full-size cars in the same way that toy…
Novak Djokovic wins twice to lead Serbia to Davis Cup semifinals
After having to play in an empty arena in the group stage, Novak Djokovic relished being in front of Davis Cup fans again.
Djokovic fed off the energetic crowd from the start on Wednesday, leading Serbia into the semifinals with a 2-1…
Davis Cup: Germany beats Britain for first semifinal since 2007
Germany came from behind to upset Britain in the Davis Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday after Kevin Krawietz and Tim Putz won the decisive doubles match.
The German pair defeated British teammates Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski 7-6 (10), 7-6…
South Korea to establish task group to tackle Omicron spread
'At least 226 cases of Omicron COVID-19 strain confirmed in 20 countries'
Twitter Appoints India born Parag Agrawal as CEO, Succeeds founder Jack Dorsey
New York, Nov 30 (UNI/Sputnik) Twitter Inc I announced the appointment of new India born Parag Agarwal s company CEO, replacing Jack Dorsey who decided to step down as Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors has unanimously…
Sri Lankan envoy meets Rajnath Singh, discusses boosting defense ties
New Delhi, Nov 30 (UNI) Sri Lankan High Commissioner Milinda Moragoda on Tuesday met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh here and explored avenues of further augmenting defence and security cooperation with India.
In a tweet, the Sri Lankan…
Saudi Arabia reopens Consular Office at Embassy in Kabul
Moscow, Nov 30 (UNI/Sputnik) Saudi Arabia has reopened the consular office at its embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul, the country's foreign ministry announced on Tuesday.
"Given the desire of the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi…
