India and Australia are looking at announcing an early harvest trade deal by December, according to

BERLIN( AFP)-The three parties working to form Germany's next coalition government said on Thursday( Oct 21) they were aiming for Finance Minister Olaf Scholz from the Social Democrats to be installed as chancellor in the week of Dec 6." The timeline is ambitious," said Mr Volker Wissing, general secretary of the liberal Free Democrats( FDP), at the start of formal coalition talks with the centre-left SPD and the Greens." Germany needs to have a stable government as soon as possible," he added.

A 15-year-old boy was charged with three counts of armed robbery after he was arrested and identified as participating in a robbery of two men in the West Loop.... The boy was arrested Tuesday shortly after 7 p.m.in the 2200 block of West Washington Boulevard after an armed robbery that happened earlier in the 2000 block of Madison Street.... 3 robbery in the 800 block of West Van Buren Street that happened shortly after 9: 30 a.m.at a retail business, police said....

early to predict the exact impact on banks.“ We await the announced outcome and allow banks to distil

LOS ANGELES--Smoke from California’s wildfires choked people on the East Coast.... The Caldor Fire, burning about 100 miles( 161 kilometers) to the south, blew up since Aug.... But that kind of spread is becoming more common today.“ The Harlow Fire of 1961 was one of a kind in its day, ” Hawkins said....

increase in December.... Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen had warned that the U.S. would hit its

BEIJING: China's factory activity unexpectedly accelerated in December, but only by a small margin

place on December 14. According to The Times, the “ raucous ” party held on December 14 was attended

In late October, the British Parliament supported the holding of early elections, scheduled for

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia hopes it will be able to fully reopen to international tourists as early as