US Introduces Nuclear Submarine Construction Technology to Australia to Counteract Chinese Influence

UNICEF says at least one million children in Nigeria will not be able to go to school this year due to the growing number of Nigerian militants abducted en masse. In 2012, militants attacked 20 schools in Nigeria and abducted more than 1,400 students, 200 of whom are still missing.

The White House said in response to a report that US Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Millie had secretly contacted his Chinese counterpart at the end of Donald Trump's presidency. Joe Biden has full confidence in Millie. Millie's spokesman also said the contacts were in line with his duties to ensure strategic stability.

The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on North Korea's missile test, AFP quoted several diplomatic sources as saying.

After Dominic Robb was ousted from the British Foreign Office, Liz Terrace was named the new Secretary of State The Guardian writes that this is the first woman to hold this position in more than a decade. He was previously Minister of International Trade

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has fired Dominic Robb from the Foreign Office and appointed him Minister of Justice and Deputy Prime Minister. Robb's holiday trip to Greece was widely criticized as the Taliban advanced