NEW DELHI, Dec 1 — India assumes the presidency of the G20 and the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) starting Thursday, reported Sputnik.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 — Governance and cost will force consumer packaged goods manufacturers, brands, and retailers to transform and commit to real, sustainable business models over the next five years to mitigate short and long-term risk, according to a NielsenIQ report.

TOKYO, Dec 1 — The Japanese prefecture of Tottori will cull about 110,000 chickens to stem the outbreak of bird flu, Sputnik quoted Japanese broadcaster NHK’s report on Thursday.

WASHINGTON, Dec 1 — Apple CEO Tim Cook never considered removing the social media platform Twitter from its App Store despite prior reports that the tech giant was threatening to do so, Twitter chief Elon Musk said.

BEIJING, Nov 30 — Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, who led the country for a decade of rapid economic growth after the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989, died on Wednesday at the age of 96, Chinese state media reported.

BANGKOK, Nov 30 — Thailand's central bank on Wednesday decided to raise its key policy rate for a third straight time, by 0.25 percentage points, in an effort to balance efforts between easing inflation and supporting economic growth, reported Xinhua.

JAKARTA, Nov 30 — Indonesia's president said on Wednesday his country would appeal a trade dispute ruling that he stated had gone in favour of the European Union, which had sued Indonesia over its 2020 ban on exports of nickel ore.

WASHINGTON, Nov 30 — The United States, Costa Rica, Netherlands, South Korea and Zambia will co-host the virtual Second Summit for Democracy on March 29, Anadolu Agency reported.

PARIS, Nov 30 — French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne warned on Tuesday of a resurgence of Covid-19 in France, saying that "more than 40,000 new cases" are being detected in the country each day.

WASHINGTON, Nov 29 — Apple is threatening to remove Twitter from its app store and has requested certain modifications to the social media platform, Twitter CEO Elon Musk confirmed on Monday, reported Sputnik.

BUENOS AIRES, Nov 29 — Argentina recorded its first death from monkeypox when an adult male with underlying pathologies died in a hospital here, the Health Ministry announced Monday.

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Nov 29 — The Covid-19 Steering Committee of Brunei announced on Monday the latest amendments to Covid-19 control measures, which will commence on Thursday (December 1).

AL WAKRAH, Qatar, Nov 28 — Cameroon striker Vincent Aboubakar came off the bench to score one goal and set up another as the Indomitable Lions rescued a point in their 3-3 draw with Serbia on Monday that ended a run of eight successive World Cup losses for the African side.

BRUSSELS, Nov 28 — Belgian police detained a dozen people and made one arrest on Sunday after Morocco's victory over Belgium in the World Cup match in Qatar triggered riots in Brussels with a car and some electric scooters set on fire.

BEIJING, Nov 28 — Residents of China's Shanghai took to the streets on Sunday to protest against Covid-19 restrictions and lockdowns imposed by the authorities amid a record number of daily infections, a local resident told Sputnik.

BEIJING, Nov 27 — Authorities in Harbin, the capital of the northernmost Chinese region of Heilongjiang, announced broad restrictions on Saturday after other major cities reinstated lockdowns to curb Covid-19.

NEW DELHI, Nov 27 — Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan said his party will quit all the legislative assemblies as he continues his campaign to force an early general election.

SEOUL, Nov 27 — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country's ultimate goal is to possess the world's most powerful nuclear force, as he promoted dozens of military officers involved in the recent launch of North Korea's largest ballistic missile, state media reported on Sunday.

DAKAR, Nov 27 — Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema has won re-election with 95 per cent of the November 20 vote and his party took all the senate and parliament seats, his son Vice President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue said on Twitter on Saturday.

BANGKOK, Nov 25 — The appointment of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as Malaysia’s 10th Prime Minister received wide media coverage in Thailand.