Jupiter and Saturn in rare celestial ‘Great Conjunction’
Solar system's two biggest planets come within planetary kissing range, an intimacy that won't occur again until 2080.
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iCar? Apple eyes ‘next level’ battery tech for electric vehicles
Apple is targeting 2024 to produce a car that could include its own breakthrough battery technology, Reuters reports.
US sanctions Nicaraguan officials, Cuba-related companies
The sanctions are the latest from the Trump administration targeting Nicaraguan officials supporting Daniel Ortega.
British pound plunges amid COVID mutation, Brexit fears
Sterling tumbled 2.5 percent but bounced back after the prime minister made another offer to salvage Brexit talks.
US California hospitals discuss rationing care as virus surges
With about 98 percent of intensive care beds full, California hospitals are making contingency treatment plans.
Kilauea volcano erupts on Hawaii’s Big Island
The eruption started with multiple fissures opening on the walls of Halemaumau Crater.
Navalny says pranked Russian agent to admit poison underwear plot
Kremlin critic says he tricked Russian secret agent into disclosing details of the botched plot to kill him.
Barr publicly breaks with Trump in final days as attorney general
On the election results, Hunter Biden and the source of a cyberattack, Barr and Trump do not see eye to eye.
US issues additional visa restrictions on Chinese officials
The administration of US President Donald Trump has increased tensions with China during his final weeks in office.
Turkish court sentences Kurdish former MP to 22 years in jail
Guven convicted on three separate terrorism charges after losing parliamentary immunity in June this year.
Coronavirus: Denmark to exhume millions of mink from mass graves
Move comes amid health risk fears after mink carcasses rose from the ground, pushed up by gasses from decomposition.
‘Russia, Rwanda sent troops’ to Central African Republic
CAR gov't says foreign troops sent to the country after alleged coup bid ahead of presidential and parliamentary polls.
Kenya: Doctors on strike against inadequate benefits, PPE
Strike began on Monday after union said there was no resolution of grievances raised over the last eight months.
‘No money’: Christmas woes for a Zimbabwe in crisis
High inflation, low disposable income, other economic hardships have forced a muted festive season for most Zimbabweans.
UK, ‘sick man of Europe’, holds crisis talks amid mutant virus
France closes borders and several countries ban UK passengers in bid to limit mutant virus strain gripping nation.
Al Jazeera journalists hacked using Israeli firm’s spyware
Watchdog suspects Saudi Arabia, the UAE behind the attack on 36 journalists earlier this year.
Hong Kong’s top court upholds mask ban at protests
Top court says Hong Kong government has the right to invoke colonial-era emergency law to ban face masks at protests.
Greece: Activists, journalists decry crackdown on protests
Blanket bans on protests that restrict freedom of expression and assembly cannot be justified, rights groups said.
Jupiter, Saturn merging in night sky, closest in centuries
The two largest planets will be one-tenth of a degree apart in what is being dubbed the 'Great Conjunction'.
Which countries have banned UK travel over COVID concerns?
At least 27 countries ban flights and travellers from the UK after the detection of a new coronavirus strain in England.