ISRAEL BEGINS ‘NORMAL’ LIFE
Israel reopened swathes of its economy including malls and leisure facilities on Sunday, with the…
UK SCIENTISTS HIGHLIGHT 12 CRITERIA FOR COVID VACCINE PASSPORTS
The Royal Society says international standardisation of the criteria for issuing vacine passports is essential.…
UK GOVERNMENT BORROWINGS REACH HIGHEST LEVEL
UK government borrowing hit £ last month, the highest January figure since records began in…
CANADA VOWS TO BAN FACEBOOK OVER NEWS CONTENT
Canada vowed on Thursday to make Facebook Inc pay for news content, seeking allies in…
UN URGES GLOBAL VACCINE PLAN
A health worker waits to administer the Johnson and Johnson vaccine at the Chris Hani…
FACEBOOK BLOCKS NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA
Australians woke to empty news feeds on their Facebook Inc pages on Thursday after the…
CHINA BECOMES EU’S LARGEST TRADING PARTNER
China is now the EU's biggest trading partner, overtaking the US in 2020. China bucked…
ANTHONY FAUCI WINS PRIZE FOR ‘DEFENDING SCIENCE’
The US top infectious diseases expert, Anthony Fauci, has been awarded a prestigious $1m (£717,000)…
BITCOIN REACHES NEW HIGHS
Bitcoin hit a new record high $60 shy of $50,000 on Tuesday, extending a sharp…
MEET THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION’S FIRST BLACK FEMALE LEADER
Photo courtesy: FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is poised to be confirmed as leader of…
JAPAN’S ECONOMY SHRINKS IN 2020
Japan's economy surged in the fourth quarter of 2020, but it was not enough to…
ISRAELI STUDY FINDS 94 PERCENT DROP WITH PFIZER VACCINE
Israel’s largest healthcare provider on Sunday reported a 94% drop in symptomatic COVID-19 infections among…
UK ANNUAL RECORDS SHOW SLUMP IN ECONOMY
The ONS said hairdressing was one sector that recovered lost ground in December The UK…
IS THE STOCK MARKET ABOUT TO CRASH?
Despite a steep 30 percent market correction last year, the longest bull market on record has helped
US HOUSE APPROVES ANOTHER US$ 14 BILLION FOR AIRLINES
A lone customer seeks assistance at an American Airlines check-in counter at Washington's Reagan National…
LONDON LOSES OUT AS EUROPE’S TOP SHARE TRADING HUB
Amsterdam ousted London as the largest financial trading centre in Europe last month as Brexit-related…
ALL EYES ON ASTRAZENECA
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine is not perfect, but will have a big impact on the pandemic,…
MEET COVAX: THE PROGRAMME ENSURING GLOBAL ACCESS TO THE COVID-19 VACCINE
At this historic moment in time, UNICEF has all-hands-on deck
GLOBAL TRADE RECOVERY COULD STALL AGAIN
GLOBAL TRADE RECOVERY COULD STALL AGAIN A recovery in global trade is expected to slow…
