ONLINE EXCLUSIVES
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INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES AVOID AFGHAN AIRSPACE
Major international airlines are scrambling to reroute flights away from Afghan airspace as the country falls to the Taliban, disrupting
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JAPAN’S ECONOMY BOUNCES BACK
Japan rebounded faster than expected from its pandemic driven slump in the run-up to the Tokyo Olympics
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TALIBAN ENTERS AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL PALACE
A top Taliban official has said that the real test of governing is set to begin after the group entered the Afghan capital, Kabul, and took
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WFH IS HERE TO STAY BUT IS IT HURTING OUR ECONOMY?
As Americans trickle back to their pre-pandemic workplaces, most offices are still largely empty. And that's affecting local economies
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GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS IN FEAR AS CHINA PARTLY SHUTS DOWN PORTS
The partial closure of one of China's biggest cargo ports due to the coronavirus has raised fresh concerns about the impact on global
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ASIAN EQUITIES DIVERGE FROM RECORD SETTING WORLD STOCKS
Asian shares again ignored record highs hit elsewhere in the world to fall, with declines in chip manufacturers weighing on several markets
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TURKEY FACES FLASH FLOODS
Seventeen people were killed in flash floods in Turkey’s Black Sea region on Thursday that sent water and debris cascading through streets, damaged bridges and ripped up roads in the…
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ITALIAN WILDFIRES RAGE ON
Fires stoked by hot winds swept through southern Italy on Thursday, a day after a monitoring station in Sicily reported temperatures of 48.8 Celsius (119.84°F) which some scientists believe…
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CHINA SAYS CRACKDOWN ON BUSINESS COULD GO ON FOR YEARS
The Chinese government has unveiled a five year plan outlining tighter regulation for much of its economy. It says new rules will be introduced covering areas including national security, technology…
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FACEBOOK BANS FIRM OVER PFIZER AND ASTRAZENECA VACCINE SMEAR CAMPAIGN
Facebook said that it has removed hundreds of accounts linked to a mysterious advertising agency operating out of Russia that sought to
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