The Buzz | UK judge to rule on US extradition for WikiLeaks’ Assange

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will find out today whether he can be extradited from the U.K. to the U.S. to face espionage charges over the publication of secret American military

The Buzz | Cambodia’s first commercial extraction of oil begins

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that the country’s long-awaited first commercial extraction of oil has finally begun. Speaking nationwide on state television, Hun Sen said the first drop of

The Buzz | UK warns of ‘bumpy’ post-Brexit transition despite deal

First came the Brexit trade deal. Now comes the red tape and the institutional nitty gritty. Four days after sealing a free trade agreement with the European Union, the British government

The Buzz | At least seven killed in knife attack in northeastern China

At least seven people were killed and another seven injured in a knife attack in northeastern China, state media reported yesterday. The attack in the city of Kaiyuan in Liaoning province

The Buzz | China to provide financial support to key foreign companies

China’s government said it will provide financial support to some foreign companies to help them offset the impact of the pandemic and resolve funding difficulties, part of its efforts to

The Buzz | US regulators OK genetically modified pig for food, drugs

U.S. regulators have approved a genetically modified pig for food and medical products, making it the second such animal to get the green light for human consumption. But the company

The Buzz | Noun describing social distancing is Dutch word of the year

One-and-a-half-meter-society has been voted the Dutch word of the year by a (social) distance. Anderhalvemetersamenleving, a compound noun describing life under the Dutch government’s 1.5-meter social distancing requirement, was the runaway

The Buzz | 3 dead, 5 missing after ships collide on Chinese river

Rescuers in China were searching yesterday for five sailors missing after a collision between two ships at the mouth of the Yangtze River that left at least three dead. State broadcaster

The Buzz | Flamethrower drone incinerates wasp nests in China

A drone has been converted into a flying flamethrower in central China in a fiery campaign to eradicate more than 100 wasp nests. Blue Sky Rescue, a volunteer group that conducts

The Buzz | Portugal immigration chief quits after Lisbon airport death

Portugal’s immigration chief quit yesterday after an outcry over the death of a Ukrainian man suspected of being tortured by officials before dying in custody at Lisbon airport. The Interior

The Buzz | UK investigates possible allergic reactions to COVID-19 shot

U.K. regulators said yesterday that people who have a “significant history’’ of allergic reactions shouldn’t receive the new Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine while they investigate two adverse reactions that occurred

The Buzz | German experts defuse WWII-era bomb found in Frankfurt

German explosives experts successfully defused and disposed of a 500-kilogram bomb in the country’s financial capital Frankfurt, which was dropped during World War II and discovered during recent construction. About 13,000

The Buzz | St. Nicholas visits Czech children while adapting to virus

Every year on Dec. 5, Nicholas appears in costume on streets across the European country, joined by a winged angel and a masked devil rattling a metal chain. The trio goes

The Buzz | Singapore becomes first country to approve sales of lab-created meat

Eat Just Inc., a maker of meat and egg substitutes, has been approved to sell its laboratory-created chicken in Singapore, which becomes the first government to allow the sale of

The Buzz | Australia hosts first group of overseas students since virus

Australia has welcomed its first group of international students to arrive since the coronavirus pandemic began, with more due to follow. A charter flight carrying 63 students from mainland China, Hong

The Buzz | Oil retreats on signs of OPEC+ discord ahead of key meeting

Oil dropped below $45 a barrel as a consensus within OPEC+ to postpone an output hike planned for January remained elusive ahead of a meeting of the cartel’s power brokers

The Buzz | China won’t hike rates soon as it exits stimulus, says state media

China is very likely to exit from some of its stimulus measures as the economy improves, but there won’t be any interest rate hike soon, a leading state newspaper said on its front page

The Buzz | Philippines targets 60 million for vaccination

Philippine officials say about 60 million Filipinos are being targeted for vaccination against the coronavirus next year at a cost of more than 73 billion pesos ($1.4 billion) to develop

The Buzz | Alibaba chairman says China’s antitrust rules ‘necessary’

The chairman and CEO of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group praised Chinese regulators yesterday in a possible attempt to repair ties after the stock market debut of its former financial services

The Buzz | Bodies of man and his slave unearthed from ashes at Pompeii

Skeletal remains of what are believed to have been a rich man and his male slave attempting to escape death from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago

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