Verstappen, who finished second with Valtteri Bottas third for Mercedes, leads 9-8 on wins, however -- meaning that the Dutch 24-year-old will be champion if neither he nor Hamilton scores another point.

India's spinners wasted little time in removing New Zealand's remaining batters on Monday as the hosts sealed a record 372-run victory in the second test at the Wankhede Stadium to secure the series 1-0.

The country has been paralysed by protests, and the military junta's deadly crackdown on its opponents, which it calls "terrorists", has led to more instability

Anti-military protests are continuing despite the killing of more than 1,300 people since the February 1 coup.

Locals in Nagaland have frequently accused forces of wrongly targeting innocent locals in their counterinsurgency operations against rebel groups.

Scientists do not yet know whether Omicron is more infectious than other variants, whether it causes more severe disease or whether it will overtake Delta as the most prevalent variant.

Raheem Sterling's early header paved the way to a comfortable win for Pep Guardiola's side who made the most of morning leaders Chelsea's earlier 3-2 defeat at West Ham United.

Milley declined to state publicly his estimate of the number of Russian forces near Ukraine but suggested his concerns went beyond the raw numbers of Russian troops.

The country, whose hospitals bore the brunt of a record second surge in infections and deaths in April and May due to the Delta variant, has seen new cases plateauing around 10,000 in the past few weeks.

Covid-19 cases fuelled by the Omicron variant has been reported in at least two dozen countries, and started gaining a foothold in Asia this week, with cases reported from Australia, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and India.

India was set to restart international flights on December 15, but on Wednesday scrapped that plan and said a resumption date would be announced in due course.

Peng’s whereabouts became a matter of international concern following a nearly three-week public absence after she posted a message on social media in early November, alleging that China’s former Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli had sexually assaulted her.

Omicron's impact will vary by country and region due to the diverse nature of global airlines as well as their business models.

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A nine-member UN credentials committee will likely defer its decisions on the representation of Afghanistan and Myanmar on the understanding that the current ambassadors for both countries remain in the seats.