China expressed anger on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law measures to further bolster support for Taiwan and Tibet, which had been included in a $2.3 trillion pandemic aid and spending package.

WION Dispatch: Trump reaffirms Tibetans' right to choose successor

A senior Chinese official arrived in Kathmandu on Sunday to assess the political situation, local party officials said, a first diplomatic step by the neighbouring power after Nepal’s Prime Minister dissolved parliament a week ago.

WION Dispatch: Beijing's CPC leader meets Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli

A Saudi-origin women's rights activist, Loujain al-Hathloul, has been jailed for five years and eight months for participating in terrorism-related activities and crimes after she was arrested in May 2018.

Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul jailed for five years

Cape Town is facing debilitating water supply problems, environmental workers are cutting down invasive trees growing on the outskirts of Cape Town.

Cape Town: Cutting down trees to save water

A cholita hairdresser livens the long hours of waiting for her clients at a hair salon in El Alto, Bolivia with up with traditional indigenous dances.

Singing and dancing cholita hairdresser livens up salon experience

Qatar is home to over seven lakh Indians. The bilateral trade was USD 10.95 billion in 2019-20, according to official data.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on 2-day visit to Qatar

A Pakistani court on Thursday ordered the immediate release of four men accused of orchestrating the 2002 kidnapping and murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl, including the main suspect earlier sentenced to death for masterminding the killing. The Sindh government in a surprise move has now decided not to release killers. Watch this video to know more.

Pakistan's Sindh government not to release four accused in Daniel Pearl’s murder case

Have you heard of the ISI? Pakistan calls it an Intelligence wing. In reality, it is a death squad. The ISI has been linked to 5000+ disappearances in Balochistan, mysterious deaths in Western countries, the murder of an Indian diplomat, and the plot to assassinate of an Afghan President. Palki Sharma Upadhyay tells you all you need about the hit squad.

Gravitas Plus: Pakistan's high-profile assassins

Have you heard of the ISI? Pakistan calls it an Intelligence wing. In reality, it is a death squad. The ISI has been linked to 5000+ disappearances in Balochistan, mysterious deaths in Western countries, the murder of an Indian ambassador, and the plot to assassinate of an Afghan President. Palki Sharma Upadhyay tells you all you need about the hit squad.

Bangladesh is set to move a second batch of Rohingya refugees from neighbouring Myanmar to the remote island of Bhasan Char in the Bay of Bengal this month, officials said on Sunday, despite calls by rights groups not to carry out further relocations.

Bangladesh set to move second batch of Rohingya refugees

16-year-old boy with cerebral palsy raises money for the exoskeleton, that can help him walk. Watch this video to know more.

Russia: Teenager raises money for exoskeleton

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has reached Qatar for a two-day visit that will see him meeting top leadership of the politically significant West Asian country.

Seventh high-level visit from India to West Asia begins as Jaishankar reaches Qatar

Health officials in Ontario said on Saturday that two confirmed cases of the new coronavirus variant first detected in the United Kingdom have appeared in the Canadian province.

Canada's Ontario finds two cases of virus variant first seen in UK

In Mexico City a trio of young entrepreneurs is hoping that their grasshopper-based culinary innovations are taking off, with the aim to provide environmentally friendly and healthy food.

Grasshopper-based food start-up takes off in Mexico city

Birds of a feather normally flock together, but the pandemic has firmly wedged Canada's infamous "snowbirds" in two camps: those staying home this winter and those heading to Florida no matter the cost, financial or otherwise.

Canadian 'snowbirds' weigh Florida mid-pandemic

A parked motor home exploded in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning in what police described as an "intentional act," and fire officials reported taking three people to hospital but none were critically injured.

Vehicle explodes in downtown Nashville, police call it an 'intentional act'

#GravitasPlus | 2020 felt like a Shakespearean Catharsis. We all want to delete it from our lives. Palki Sharma Upadhyay says save it. Here's why.

Gravitas Plus: Don't delete 2020 from your lives

Police and federal agents in Nashville sought clues on Saturday to determine how and why a motor home was blown to pieces in an apparent bombing on Christmas Day that injured three people and damaged dozens of buildings in the heart of America's country music capital.

Police search for clues to mysterious motor home blast in Nashville

It was a muted Christmas in Srinagar this year. On eve of Christmas, Jammu and Kashmir Government organised a special event in Srinagar, to bring cheer among people.

Srinagar: COVID-19 keeps people away from church this Christmas

Daniel Pearl was kidnapped & beheaded by Pakistani terrorists in 2002. 18 years on, a Pakistani court has ordered the 'immediate release' of his killers.

Gravitas: Pak court orders release of Daniel Pearl's killers

Two Afghan policemen were killed in blasts in Kabul on Saturday. The policemen were killed when a sticky bomb attached to their pick-up truck exploded in a central district of Kabul, police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz told reporters.

Two Afghan policemen killed as Kabul hit by bomb blasts

Daniel Pearl's killers are set to walk free on Saturday. The Pearl family has appealed to Pakistan's Supreme Court to provide justice for 'their beloved son'. Palki Sharma Upadhyay tells you why the world must oppose their release.

Daniel Pearl's killers to walk free

The mutant Wuhan virus is spreading. From the United Kingdom & South Africa to Israel & Australia, mutated virus strains have been discovered in multiple parts of the world. What about India? Palki Sharma Upadhyay has a report.

Gravitas: Tracking Wuhan virus mutations

In a video, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny claimed he tricked a Russian spy into confessing to a plot to kill him. Russian Intelligence Agency - The FSB called the video a 'forgery'. But now, an ally of Navalny has been arrested. Palki Sharma Upadhyay tells you more.

Gravitas: Navalny: I got my killer to confess

Christmas festivities have been limited around the world. Palki Sharma Upadhyay brings you a report on how the world is celebrating Christmas with social distancing, lockdowns, online gatherings and in the looming shadow of the Wuhan Virus.

Gravitas: How the World Celebrated Christmas

The FATF had grey-listed Pakistan in 2018. Since then, Pakistan has failed all reviews. But, Islamabad has been given at least 3 extensions. Palki Sharma Upadhyay tells you how the global terror financing watchdog has been toothless against Pakistan.

Gravitas: The FATF: Toothless against a terror state?

Plastic has reached the mother's womb. At least a dozen microplastic particles were found in the placenta of 4 mothers. Experts say plastic may have entered the bodies of the babies too. Palki Sharma Upadhyay asks- is this world safe for our children?

Gravitas: Plastic found in human foetus

Eye-controlled computers are helping disabled children to communicate. These computers enable children to learn unknown words, and type whole sentences. It has become a gateway to a whole new world.

Russia: Eye-controlled computers help disabled children to communicate

The population of masked owls is declining in Australia. A conservationists are trying to save masked owls. Watch this video to know more.

Australia: Conservationists discover masked owls in Margaret River

Crime-driven pollution is growing bigger by the day & world is now paying a price for garbage. After a waste scandal in Tunisia, the environment minister has been arrested - alongside more than 100 people. Palki Sharma Upadhyay brings you the story.

Gravitas: Organised crime wades into waste trade

The UK is facing a Christmas gloom this year. There's mounting fear of a new Wuhan virus strain, most of the country is under lockdown & truck drivers are spending their Christmas on the roads. Palki Sharma Upadhyay tells you more.

Gravitas: Dover mayhem continues through Christmas

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