As Serbia and its neighbour, Kosovo's relations undergo a strain, Serbian armed forces as per the nation's Defence Minister Milos Vucevic have been put on the "highest level" of alert.

Amid tensions with Kosovo, Serbia beefs up armed forces, puts troops on high alert

Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday issued an ultimatum to Ukraine and said that "the enemy" knows Moscow's proposals for settlement and that if Kyiv fails to fulfil them for good the Russian army will take the matter into their own hands and decide the issue.

‘For your own good’: Russian FM Sergei Lavrov issues ultimatum to Ukraine

M23 rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are reportedly holding civilians hostage for their alleged collaboration with opposing militias. As per an AFP report citing local sources, the rebels initially detained around 50 people, 18 of which are still in their grasp.

M23 rebels in DR Congo hold civilians hostage on suspicion of collaboration with rival militias

The 69-year-old French man accused of gunning down three Kurds in a shooting on Friday has confessed to "pathological" hatred towards foreigners. One woman and two men were killed in the attack on a Kurdish cultural centre and nearby Kurdish cafe in Paris' busy central 10th district.

Paris shooting suspect confesses to a 'pathological' hatred of foreigners, shares suicide plan

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Shots were fired in Kosovo near a NATO patrol, said the organisation on Sunday. No injuries have been reported. As per a Reuters report, no injuries were reported, and the NATO patrol car too escaped unharmed.

Amid fresh tensions, shots fired near NATO patrol in Kosovo

China's rising number of COVID-19 cases has sparked the worry that the surge might unleash a new mutant variant of the deadly virus into the world. As per Dr Stuart Campbell Ray, an infectious disease expert at Johns Hopkins University, China's large population has limited immunity, which "seems to be the setting in which we may see an explosion of a new variant.

China a 'fertile breeding ground' for a potentially dangerous Covid mutation: Experts

The latest and the ninth instalment of the 'Twitter Files' has uncovered a web of coordination between the tech giant and US government agencies. Releasing the latest instalment on Christmas eve, Substack writer Matt Taibbi claims that it goes beyond the FBI which was acting as the "doorman to a vast programme of social media surveillance and censorship, encompassing agencies across the federal government – from the State Department to the Pentagon to the CIA.

Twitter Files 9.0 reveals a web of ‘social media surveillance, censorship’ by not just FBI, other agencies too

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday said that China is ready to work with India towards a steady and sound growth of relations between the two countries. Talking to reporters, Yi as per ANI said that the two nations "have maintained communication through diplomatic and military-to-military channels", adding that the two countries are "committed to upholding stability in border areas".

China ‘ready to work with India’ for steady growth of relations: Foreign Minister Wang Yi

Almost half a million people in the Chinese city of Qingdao are being infected by Covid-19 every day, said a senior health official. Bo Tao, the municipal health chief reportedly said that the Chinese coastal city with a population of around 10 million people was seeing "between 490,000 and 530,000" new Covid cases a day and that it was "in a period of rapid transmission ahead of an approaching peak".

Chinese health official says half a million people in Qingdao infected with Covid daily; censored

Britons hoping for a new year's, holiday season salary bump amid high inflation and cost of living crisis will likely be met with disappointment. As per a new estimate the average worker's pay next year will fall back to a level last seen more than a decade ago.

UK average ‘real’ wages in 2023 likely to fall to their lowest level in more than a decade: PwC

China's National Health Commission will no longer be publishing daily data on COVID-19 case figures for the country. The health agency, which as per Reuters has been publishing the numbers for the past three years, has said that starting Sunday, it won't release such data.

China’s top health body says it will no longer publish daily Covid infection numbers

Ten months into the ongoing armed conflict with Russia, Ukraine remains defiant. In a message on Saturday, the war-torn nation's President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukrainians will show the Russian aggressors that they remain unbowed despite the relentless attacks that have plunged millions into darkness, and that they will create their own Christmas magic.

Defiant Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine will not bow down, but create its own ‘Christmas miracle’

The Indian Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) is set to roll out a mandate that will significantly speed up the check-in process at airports. Under it, passengers may soon be able to zip through airport security checks without having to take out their laptops, phones and chargers.

India to install new scanners at airports; passengers won't have to remove electronic devices from bag

In Spain, lawmakers today (December 22) will vote on a groundbreaking transgender rights bill that will allow anyone over 16 years of age to change the gender on their ID card.

Spain divided over bill that allows transgender people over 16 to change gender in ID

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is once again embroiled in controversy and this time it's over an alleged "sex call". As per reports an alleged recording of the leader with an unknown woman has come to light in which he can be heard engaging in a sexually explicit, lewd conversation.

Imran Khan lands in hot soup once again, leaked audio of a vulgar call invites hate; PTI claims it's fake

The United States has stepped up pressure on Tehran over its crackdown on the ongoing anti-hijab protests. It has imposed sanctions on top Iranian officials including the prosecutor general and key military officials.

US sanctions top Iranian officials over crackdown on anti-hijab protests

The eight-vehicle crash last month on San Francisco's Bay Bridge which involved a Tesla Model S car reportedly happened due to the malfunctioning of the vehicle's Full-Self Driving (FSD) mode.

Driver of Tesla car that caused eight-car pile-up in San Francisco blames 'Full-Self Driving' feature

Tesla is set to lay off more employees. As per reports, the electric car maker has notified its employees that it will be implementing a hiring freeze and that another wave of layoffs is also in the cards.

Tesla plans to implement hiring freeze, lay off more employees in 2023: Report

A video of US President Joe Biden saying that the Iran Nuclear Deal is "dead" is making the rounds on the internet. Apparently, the leader last month said that the multi-state deal to limit Tehran's nuclear deal is dead.

'It is dead, but we are not going to announce it,' says Biden about Iran nuclear deal. Watch!

Just a week back, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had expressed hope that the COVID-19 emergency might be ending, turns out "the end is (not) in sight". Global health experts have warned the sudden surge China is experiencing represents a "wild card" and that we may be in a different phase of the pandemic.

Explained: Is China a threat to the world? Beijing's new Covid wave a 'wild card', warn experts

Holiday plans are battling or are set to suffer the brunt of bad weather as the United States and Canada experience freezing temperatures. In America as per the Guardian close to 50 million are currently under winter storm watches, alerts and warnings, while another 50 million are under a winter chill alert.

US, Canada experience freezing temperatures, forecast service warns it'll cause frostbite in five mins

After a damning poll in which 57 per cent of the respondents voted for the removal of Elon musk from his post as the "Chief twit", the Twitter CEO has finally broken his silence.

Elon Musk breaks silence after damning poll called for his resignation as Twitter CEO

The United States on Monday halted the scrapping of a key policy that has been in place since the last days of the Donald Trump administration and blocked the entry of migrants at the country's southwest border.

US Supreme Court stays 'Title 42' which blocks Mexican migrants from entering the country

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