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COVID19

China stocks up
Markets

China stocks up

BEIJING/SHANGHAI: China stocks closed higher on Wednesday, with electric vehicle and healthcare shares leading the...
Published 21 Jan, 2021 04:23am
Cotton futures gain
Markets

Cotton futures gain

NEW YORK: ICE cotton futures rose on Wednesday, aided by a rally in equity markets, as increased likelihood of...
Published 21 Jan, 2021 04:23am
Biden to assume U.S. presidency amid deep divisions, raging pandemic
World

Biden to assume U.S. presidency amid deep divisions, raging pandemic

  • Democrat Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, assuming the helm of a country beset by deep political divides and battered by a raging coronavirus pandemic.
  • Biden, 78, will become the oldest U.S. president in history at a scaled-back ceremony in Washington that has been largely stripped of its usual pomp and circumstance.
Published 20 Jan, 2021 03:51pm
EU's Michel calls on Biden to form new transatlantic pact
World

EU's Michel calls on Biden to form new transatlantic pact

  • "Today is more than a transition. Today is an opportunity to rejuvenate our transatlantic relationship, which has greatly suffered in the last four years. In these years, the world has grown more complex, less stable and less predictable".
Published 20 Jan, 2021 03:17pm
How Biden plans to fight climate change
World

How Biden plans to fight climate change

  • The political and technical challenges are great, and there will be pressure on Biden not to cut fossil fuels loose too quickly -- particularly natural gas, which has helped the US lower its net emissions for a decade and is seen as a crucial "bridging" energy.
Published 20 Jan, 2021 10:05am
North Korean defector numbers plunge amid pandemic
World

North Korean defector numbers plunge amid pandemic

  • "It looks like the number of (North Korean) people entering the South decreased due to the effects of North Korean-Chinese border control and restrictions of movement from third countries due to Covid-19," Seoul's unification ministry said in a statement.
Published 20 Jan, 2021 09:40am