Biden calls Xi amid growing tensions
Washington: President Joe Biden spoke with China’s Xi Jinping on Thursday amid growing frustration on the American side that high-level engagement between the two leaders’ top advisers has been largely unfruitful in the early going of the Biden presidency.
Seven wounded in Illinois shooting
East St. Louis (US): Three people suspected in a shooting that wounded seven people in southern Illinois were arrested early on Friday, hours after a wild incident that included a getaway car crashing into a commuter train, police said.
Japan vaccine min seeks to be next pM
Tokyo: Japan’s outspoken vaccinations Minister, Taro Kono, announced that he is running to become head of the governing party, who usually is chosen Prime Minister, and pledged to be reform-minded.