The former head of the Vatican bank, Angelo Caloia, has been sentenced to nearly nine years in prison for money laundering and aggravated embezzlement. [...]

China says it is a 'victim' after Twitter locks embassy account

China says that it is a "victim" of misinformation after Twitter restricted the account of the Chinese embassy in the United States. [...]

Analysis: The China trade war is one thing Joe Biden won't be rushing to fix

US President Joe Biden is inheriting a tense and messy relationship with China from his predecessor. [...]

UAE strongly condemns Baghdad suicide bombing

At least 32 people were killed in the attack on a crowded Baghdad marketplace. [...]

Video: Hindu leader in UAE takes Covid jab

He is the latest faith leader to take the Covid-19 jab. [...]

Twin bombings kill at least 32, injure 110 in Baghdad

Iraqi security forces were deployed and key roads blocked to prevent possible further attacks. [...]

Just in: Five dead in India vaccine plant fire: CEO mourns ‘loss of life’

MUMBAI, India (AFP) — Five people died as a fire tore through a building in the world’s biggest vaccine production hub in western India Thursday, officials said. “Five people have died,” Pune city mayor Murlidhar Mohol told reporters following the fire at the Serum Institute of India. Rescue workers discovered five bodies in the under-construction building after the blaze was brought under control, media reports said, but the company insisted its production of drugs to […] [...]

Magnitute 7.1 quake hits waters off Davao Occidental

(Eagle News) – A magnitude 7.1 quake hit waters off Davao Occidental on Thursday night, Jan. 21, but was felt at lower intensities in surrounding areas because it occurred at a significant depth. In a bulletin issued by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), it said that the tremor happened at 8:23 p.m. Thursday, with the epicenter located in waters 231 kilometers southeast of Jose Abad Santos in Davao Occidental. It had […] [...]

Major fire at Serum Insitute of India vaccine plant but coronavirus drug production goes on

by Ammu KANNAMPILLY Agence France Presse MUMBAI, India (AFP) — Fire tore through part of the world’s biggest vaccine production hub in western India on Thursday, but the company insisted that the production of drugs to counter the coronavirus pandemic was not affected. Serum Institute of India is producing millions of doses of the Covishield coronavirus vaccine, developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University. TV channels showed thick clouds of grey smoke billowing from the […] [...]