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CHINA’S ECONOMY CONTINUES TO GROW POST COVID
China's economy grew a record 18.3 percent in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the same quarter last year.It's the biggest jump in gross
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WORLD STOCKS REMAIN HIGH
World stocks were on course to extend a five-day run of record highs while Bitcoin took a breather after its latest surge and Russia’s markets
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DENMARK TO DITCH THE ASTRAZENECA VACCINE
Denmark on Wednesday became the first country to stop using AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine altogether over a potential link to a rare but serious form of blood clot. The decision will…
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COINBASE LISTING MARKS LATEST STEP IN CRYPTOCURRENCY’S MARCH TO MAINSTREAM
Coinbase Global – the biggest US cryptocurrency exchange – listed on the Nasdaq, marking a milestone in the journey
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NEW ZEALAND TO LAUNCH THE WORLD’S FIRST CLIMATE CHANGE RULES
New Zealand is to become the world's first country to bring in a law forcing its financial firms to report on the effects of climate change.The country
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TEXAS OIL PIPELINES FACE DRY MONTHS
Nearly half of all oil pipelines from the Permian basin, the biggest U.S. oilfield, are expected to be empty by the end of the
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CHINA FORCES ANT GROUP TO RESTRUCTURE
China has forced a sweeping restructure on the Ant Group so the financial technology firm acts more like a bank.The latest move is part of a wider
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ALIBABA ACCEPTS CHINA’S RECORD FINE AND VOWS TO CHANGE
Chinese tech giant Alibaba said it accepted a record penalty imposed by the country's anti-monopoly regulator. Regulators slapped a US$ 2.8
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CHINA CONSIDERS MIXING COVID-19 VACCINES
China’s top disease control official has said the country is formally considering mixing COVID-19 vaccines as a way of further boosting vaccine efficacy
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IMF AND WORLD BANK URGED TO HELP MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES’ DEBT
The International Monetary Fund and World Bank should do more to help address the growing debt challenges of middle-income countries and identify the “root causes of excessive and unsustainable debt,”…
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