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UN URGES GLOBAL VACCINE PLAN
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations on Wednesday (Feb 17) led calls for a coordinated global effort to vaccinate against COVID-19, warning that gaping inequities in initial efforts put the whole…
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FACEBOOK BLOCKS NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA
Australians woke to empty news feeds on their Facebook Inc pages on Thursday after the social media giant blocked all media content in a surprise and dramatic escalation of a…
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CHINA BECOMES EU’S LARGEST TRADING PARTNER
China is now the EU’s biggest trading partner, overtaking the US in 2020. China bucked a wider trend, as trade with most of Europe’s major partners dipped due to the…
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ANTHONY FAUCI WINS PRIZE FOR ‘DEFENDING SCIENCE’
The US top infectious diseases expert, Anthony Fauci, has been awarded a prestigious $1m (£717,000) Israeli prize for his commitment to science. Dr Fauci, who was often at odds with…
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BITCOIN REACHES NEW HIGHS
Bitcoin hit a new record high $60 shy of $50,000 on Tuesday, extending a sharp rally that has been mostly fuelled by big investors beginning to take digital assets seriously.…
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MEET THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION’S FIRST BLACK FEMALE LEADER
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is poised to be confirmed as leader of the World Trade Organization on Monday. She will become the first woman and the first African to lead the global…
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JAPAN’S ECONOMY SHRINKS IN 2020
Japan’s economy surged in the fourth quarter of 2020, but it was not enough to keep the country from negative growth for the year. The economy beat expectations to grow…
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ISRAELI STUDY FINDS 94 PERCENT DROP WITH PFIZER VACCINE
Israel’s largest healthcare provider on Sunday reported a 94% drop in symptomatic COVID-19 infections among 600,000 people who received two doses of the Pfizer’s vaccine in the country’s biggest study…
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UK ANNUAL RECORDS SHOW SLUMP IN ECONOMY
The UK economy shrank by a record 9.9% last year as coronavirus restrictions hit output, official figures show. The contraction in 2020 “was more than twice as much as the…
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IS THE STOCK MARKET ABOUT TO CRASH?
Despite a steep 30 percent market correction last year, the longest bull market on record has helped
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