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WILL THE UNITED KINGDOM REFUSE TRADE DEALS OVER HUMAN RIGHTS?
The UK is forging its post-Brexit path as a “confident, independent nation – and an energetic force for good”, according to the government. It’s free to set trade on its…
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CHINA’S ECONOMY GROWS AGAINST COVID-19
China’s economy grew at the slowest pace in more than four decades last year, official figures show, but remains on course to be the only major economy to have expanded…
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BIDEN TO SIGN EXECUTIVE ORDER REJOINING PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD
President-elect Joe Biden plans to sign roughly a dozen executive orders, including rejoining the Paris climate accord and ending the travel ban on predominantly Muslim countries, on his first day…
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NORTH KOREA UNVEILS SUBMARINE LAUNCHED BALLISTIC MISSILE AT MILITARY PARADE
North Korea has celebrated the end of a rare political meeting by unveiling what appears to be a missile designed to be fired from a submarine. Images released by the…
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AUSTRALIA REPROVES GOOGLE OVER BLOCKED LOCAL CONTENT
The Australian government has urged Google to focus on paying for Australian content instead of blocking it. After media reports said Australian news websites were not showing up in searches,…
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BIDEN UNVEILS US$ 1.9 TRILLION ECONOMIC RELIEF PACKAGE
President-elect Joe Biden has unveiled a $1.9tn (£1.4tn) stimulus plan for the coronavirus-sapped US economy before he takes office next week. If passed by Congress, it would include $1tn for…
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UNILEVER SAYS GLOBAL CONSUMPTION WILL REMAIN DEPRESSED
Consumer goods maker Unilever Plc expects global consumption patterns to be suppressed in the first half of this year, even as business returns to normal in East Asia and markets…
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JOHNSON & JOHNSON’S ONE- DOSE COVID-19 VACCINE GENERATES PROMISING RESPONSE
J&J scientists randomly assigned healthy adults between the ages of 18 and 55 and those 65 and older to receive a high or low dose of its vaccine — called…
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CAN BIDEN REFORM THE USA ECONOMY?
The social and economic devastation from the coronavirus pandemic helped win Joe Biden the White House – and his first months in office will be devoted to tackling it. While…
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TAIWAN REPORTS FIRST CASE OF MUTANT SOUTH AFRICAN COVID STRAND
Eswatini man becomes first person in Taiwan to test positive for South African coronavirus variant TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan on Wednesday (Jan. 13) reported its first imported case of…
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