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- With less than a month to go before he takes office, U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has criticized senior officials of some federal agencies for their lack of cooperation with his transition team. Biden says many of the agencies had been “hallowed out” under President Donald Trump. 2. The United States and Britain have expressed concern over a trial of Hong Kong activists accused of smuggling themselves to Taiwan. 3. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have reaffirmed their alliance ahead of a change of the U.S. government in January.
- The Japanese government has suspended entry of non-resident foreign nationals to Japan to prevent the transmission of coronavirus variants. The measure is taking effect on Monday and will continue through January 31. A similar restriction is already in effect for travelers from the United Kingdom and South Africa. 2. U.S. authorities say a 63-year-old man believed to be responsible for the Christmas Day bombing in the southern state of Tennessee died in the blast. A recreational vehicle blew up in downtown Nashville on Friday morning, injuring three people and damaging more than 40 buildings. 3. Japan’s former transport minister Hata Yuichiro, who died on Sunday at the age of 53, has become the first incumbent lawmaker in the country to die of the coronavirus. Hata developed a fever on Thursday and was due to take a PCR test on Sunday. His condition deteriorated suddenly while on his way to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.