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Actor Daniel Craig tests positive for COVID-19
Washington: James Bond actor Daniel Craig, 54, has tested positive for COVID-19. Craig was supposed to perform in the latest Broadway staging of Shakespeare’s Macbeth but due to his diagnosis, the Longacre…
- World
Former Afghan finance minister now drives Uber in Washington
Washington: Khalid Payenda, who was once Afghanistan’s finance minister, now makes a living in Washington as an Uber driver. A week before the Taliban seized Kabul, Payenda had resigned from his position…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia invites China President Xi Jinping to Riyadh
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit Riyadh, in an effort to strengthen relations between the two countries at a time when relations with…
- World
US expels 12 diplomats from Russia’s mission to UN, Moscow calls its hostile action
United Nations: The US has expelled 12 diplomats from Russia’s mission to the UN, saying they engaged in espionage activities, a move which Moscow described as a “hostile action” and gross violation…
- World
US to shut down Afghan embassy, strip diplomats of immunity
Kabul: Afghan diplomats in the US have been informed that their embassy in Washington will be closed down and will also be stripped of their diplomatic immunity. As per the sources familiar…
- World
China demands US halt Olympics ‘interference’
Beijing: China is demanding the US end interference in the Beijing Winter Olympics, which begin next week, in an apparent reference to a diplomatic boycott imposed by Washington and some of its…
- World
Intelligence reports repeatedly failed to forecast Capitol riot
Washington: Intelligence reports compiled by the US Capitol Police in the days before last year’s insurrection envisioned only an improbable or remote risk of violence, even as other assessments warned that crowds…