SHANGHAI, Jan 14: PayPal Holding Inc has become the first foreign operator with 100% control of a payment platform in China, according to Chinese government data, as the U.S. fintech giant eyes a bigger foothold in a booming market for online payments.

Comments on historic second impeachment of U.S. President Trump

Published On: January 14, 2021 09:10 AM NPT By: Reuters

WASHINGTON, Jan 14: The below are comments concerning the House of Representatives vote on Wednesday that made Donald Trump the first U.S. president to be impeached twice.

WASHINGTON, Jan 14: Donald Trump on Wednesday became the first president in U.S. history to be impeached twice, as 10 of his fellow Republicans joined Democrats in the House of Representatives to charge him with inciting an insurrection in last week’s violent rampage in the Capitol.

JAKARTA, Jan 13: Indonesia launched one of the world’s biggest COVID-19 vaccination campaigns on Wednesday with President Joko Widodo getting the first shot of a Chinese vaccine as his country fights one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in Asia.

Luxembourg, EU snub Pompeo in final Europe trip, diplomats say

Published On: January 13, 2021 03:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON, Jan 13: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cancelled his Europe trip at the last minute on Tuesday after Luxembourg’s foreign minister and top European Union officials declined to meet with him, European and U.S. diplomats familiar with the matter said.

Kuwait PM submits cabinet resignation: Kuwait News Agency

Published On: January 13, 2021 02:29 PM NPT By: Reuters

DUBAI, Jan 13: Kuwait’s Prime Minister Sabah al-Khalid al-Sabah on Wednesday presented the resignation of his cabinet to the emir, Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmed al-Sabah, the state news agency KUNA reported.

WASHINGTON, Jan 13: With at least five Republicans joining their push to impeach President Donald Trump over the storming of the U.S. Capitol, Democrats in the House of Representatives stood poised for a history-making vote to try to remove the president from office.

Indonesia starts COVID-19 vaccination campaign with Widodo

Published On: January 13, 2021 11:03 AM NPT By: Associated Press

JAKARTA, Jan 13: Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday received the first shot of a Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine after Indonesia approved it for emergency use and began efforts to vaccine millions of people in the world’s fourth most populated country.

YouTube removes new content uploaded to Trump's channel

Published On: January 13, 2021 10:57 AM NPT By: Reuters

USA, Jan 13: Alphabet Inc’s YouTube has removed new content uploaded to President Donald Trump’s channel as it violated policies for inciting violence, the company said late on Tuesday.

Indonesia confident on finding second 'black box' of crashed plane

Published On: January 13, 2021 09:37 AM NPT By: Reuters

JAKARTA, Jan 13: Indonesian divers believe they are close to finding the cockpit voice recorder of a Sriwijaya Air jet that plunged into the sea shortly after takeoff with 62 people onboard.