The Buzz | US charges North Korean computer programmers in global hacks

The Justice Department has charged three North Korean computer programmers in a broad range of global hacks, including a destructive attack targeting an American movie studio, and in the attempted

The Buzz | Australia’s second largest city comes out of third lockdown

Melbourne, Australia’s second largest city, will relax its third lockdown yesterday and allow spectators to return to the Australian Open tennis tournament after a five-day absence. Rod Laver Arena will be

The Buzz | Hong Kong to reopen venues, relax distancing rules as cases drop

Hong Kong will allow restaurant dining-in services until 10 p.m. and relax other social-distancing rules after the Chinese New Year, as the city tries to move past a winter wave

The Buzz | UN experts: North Korea using cyber attacks to update nukes

North Korea has modernized its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles by flaunting United Nations sanctions, using cyberattacks to help finance its programs and continuing to seek material and technology overseas

The Buzz | Mysterious monolith pops up near Turkish World Heritage site

Turkish authorities are investigating the appearance of a mysterious monolith in southeastern Turkey. The metal block was found by a farmer on Friday in Sanliurfa province with old Turkic script that

The Buzz | China rights activist missing after being stopped at airport

Authorities have given no word on the status of Chinese legal rights activist Guo Feixiong after he was blocked from leaving the country last week to join his family in

The Buzz | Mixing vaccines ‘could enhance immune response’ to coronavirus: BBC

A UK trial to see if giving people different Covid vaccines for first and second doses works as well as giving them the same one twice concluded that the mix

The Buzz | China not convinced by Canada’s Wu-Tang Clan explanation

A ruckus brought by China over Canadian T-shirts bearing an altered logo of the New York hip-hop group Wu-Tang clan continued yesterday, with China’s Foreign Ministry saying it didn’t buy

The Buzz | Euro economy shrank at end of 2020 under pandemic’s weight

The European economy shrank by a smaller than expected 0.7% in the last three months of 2020 as businesses in France and Germany weathered a renewed round of anti-COVID-19 lockdowns

The Buzz | Germany looks ahead, eyes vaccine doses for 2022

Germany’s health minister wants to press ahead with securing coronavirus vaccine supplies for 2022, preferably at the European Union level but if necessary nationally. Jens Spahn said yesterday that it’s important

The Buzz | South Korea warns of Lunar New Year virus risks

South Korea says it will maintain elevated social distancing measures for at least two more weeks as health officials raise concerns about a possible surge in coronavirus infections surrounding February’s

The Buzz | China’s big holiday travel season light so far

Efforts to dissuade Chinese from traveling for Lunar New Year appeared to be working as Beijing’s main train station was largely quiet and estimates of passenger totals were smaller than

The Buzz | China’s zero-tolerance Covid approach now includes anal swabs

China is ramping up efforts to neutralize the coronavirus as new outbreaks test its already stringent pandemic strategy, with another weapon added to an arsenal of border curbs, mass testing

The Buzz | China offers flight refunds to curb travel

Chinese airlines are offering refunded tickets as the coronavirus continues to spread in the country’s northeast. The offer yesterday from the government’s aviation authority comes amid a push to prevent people

The Buzz | India, China soldiers brawl again along disputed frontier

Indian and Chinese soldiers brawled last week along the countries’ disputed border, Indian officials said yesterday, as a monthslong standoff between the nuclear-armed rivals continued. The clash in the Naku La

The Buzz | China law empowers coast guard to use force amid disputes

China has authorized its coast guard to fire on foreign vessels and destroy structures on features it claims, potentially raising the possibility of clashes with regional maritime rivals. The Coast Guard

The Buzz | talian police find stolen copy of Leonardo ‘Salvator Mundi’

Italian police have recovered a 500-year-old copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s 16th century “Salvator Mundi” painting of Jesus Christ that was stolen from a Naples church during the pandemic without

The Buzz | Portugal leads in average virus cases per capita

Portugal has the highest seven-day average rate of new cases per capita and the second-highest rate of new deaths in the world, according to Johns Hopkins University. The daily new cases

The Buzz | Xi, Modi expected for ‘virtual’ Davos in era of pandemic

World Economic Forum organizers are expecting leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa for a virtual

The Buzz | China Slams US Covid lab claims as ‘conspiracy theories’

China accused the U.S. of spreading “lies” and “conspiracy theories” after the Trump administration said it had new information suggesting the coronavirus might have emerged from a Chinese laboratory. A U.S.

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