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Japan police chief to resign over Former PM Shinzo Abe's assassination case

Japan's national police chief said he will resign to take responsibility over the fatal shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a campaign speech last month

Tropical Storm Ma-on makes landfall in southern China's Guangdong

The Guangdong Meteorological Public Service Center said Ma-on was packing sustained winds of 118 kilometers (73 miles) per hour and moving slowly northwest at about 25 kilometers (15 miles) per hour

Jailed Malaysian ex-PM Razak returns to court for second corruption trial

The country's top court rejected his final appeal in his first graft case linked to the looting of the 1Malaysia Development Berhad fund

Six months into war, Russian goods continues to flow to US amid sanctions

When we impose sanctions, it could disrupt global trade. So our job is to think about which sanctions deliver the most impact while also allowing global trade to work, Ambassador Jim O'Brien

Biden administration seeks to bolster legal protection for DACA recipients

The Biden administration unveiled a regulation aimed at fending off legal challenges to a decade-old program that shields immigrants from deportation if they arrived as young children

Gauff, Nadal play in US Open exhibition to collect $1 mn for Ukraine

Tournament director Stacey Allaster said $1.2 million was raised as part of the USTA's effort to generate at least $2 million to benefit Ukraine by the end of the U.S. Open, which starts Monday

EPL teams advance in English League Cup; Man City-Chelsea in 3rd round

Newcastle, Leeds and Brighton carried their strong Premier League form into the English League Cup by beating lower-league opposition in the second round

Barcelona and Manchester City draw in friendly to help raise funds for ALS

Barcelona and Manchester City drew 3-3 in a friendly to raise money and awareness for the fight against ALS

Rohingya must be part of Myanmar's political crisis solution: UN chief

Dujarric said greater access to affected areas for UN humanitarian and development officials and their partners is crucial

North Korea sees suspected COVID-19 cases after victory claim by leader

North Korea said there have been no confirmed COVID-19 cases in any part of the country since August 10 when Kim declared victory over the virus

Tropical storm Ma-on heads to China at 30 km/hr after hitting Hong Kong

In Guangdong, several cities suspended high-speed rail and ferry service and evacuated workers on offshore projects

Airstrikes in eastern Syria intended to send message to Iran, says US

Iran-backed militia groups and Syrian forces control the area and have often been the target of Israeli war planes in previous strikes

Amazon to shutter virtual health care service Amazon Care by Dec 31

"The closure underlines how hard making inroads into the health market is," Saunders said

US Prez Joe Biden appoints new Secret Service director amid Jan 6 scrutiny

President Joe Biden named Kim Cheatle, a veteran Secret Service official, to be the agency's next director as it faces controversy over missing text messages during the Capitol attacks

Russian attack on Independence Day in central Ukraine kills 15 citizens

Russian force launched a rocket attack on a train station in central Ukraine on the country's Independence Day, killing at least 15 people and wounding about 50

NASA to test high-stakes new moon rocket next week, 50 years after Apollo

Years late and billions over budget, NASA's new moon rocket makes its debut next week in a high-stakes test flight before astronauts get on top

US securities regulators question Twitter on how it counts fake accounts

U.S. SEC is under the process of questioning Twitter about how it counts fake, spam and fraud accounts on its platform

Biden administration responds to Iran's offer on 2015 nuclear agreement

The Biden administration responded to Iran's latest offer to resume its compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal, but neither side is offering a definitive path to revive the agreement

Twitter backs spam account methodology in response to SEC letter

The letter says that Twitter makes its estimates of false accounts with an internal review of sample accounts.

US first lady Jill Biden has 'rebound' Covid case, president negative

Biden's deputy communications director Kelsey Donohue said she has experienced no reemergence of symptoms, and will remain in Delaware where she has reinitiated isolation procedures.