Biden, Xi set for tense final meeting in Peru as Trump era looms

LIMA (WS News) – Joe Biden meets Chinese president Xi Jinping for the last time as US president on Saturday, but...

Internet cut during protests in India’s violence-hit Manipur state

GUWAHATI, India (WS News) – Authorities in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur suspended internet and mobile services and imposed an...

Eight killed in stabbing incident in Wuxi, China

BEIJING (WS News) – Eight people were killed and 17 others injured when a 21-year-old student went on a stabbing spree...

UK mistakes City liberalisation for a growth plan

LONDON (WS News) – Rachel Reeves’ speech on Thursday evening must have been music to the ears of the assembled financial grandees...

Musk says Howard Lutnick would ‘enact change’ if chosen for US Treasury job

WASHINGTON (WS News) – Billionaire Elon Musk, an adviser to US President-elect Donald Trump, said on Saturday that Cantor Fitzgerald CEO...

Venezuela frees more prisoners arrested after election, rights group says

CARACAS (WS News) – At least 60 people detained during protests over Venezuela’s disputed presidential election in July have been released...

Russia cuts gas supplies to Austria

MOSCOW (WS News) – Russian gas giant Gazprom (GAZP.MM), continued to pump steady volumes of gas to Europe via Ukraine on Saturday,...

Three children among six killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon’s Baalbek, ministry says

BEIRUT (WS News) – Israeli airstrikes on the village of Khreibeh in the Baalbek District of eastern Lebanon killed six people...

China ready to work with Trump team, Xi tells Biden in Peru

LIMA (WS News) – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday vowed to work with the incoming US administration of President-elect Donald...

Israeli strike kills 10 at Gaza school sheltering displaced families, medics say

(WS News) – An Israeli strike killed 10 Palestinians and wounded at least 20 others on Saturday at a school in...