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Chinese drone and chip makers added to US banned list
Drone maker DJI and chipmaker SMIC are the latest Chinese firms to be added to a US trade blacklist. In...
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Germany and Finland bring home women from Islamic State camps
Germany and Finland have repatriated five women and 18 children from Syrian camps housing suspected family members of Islamic State...
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Covid: US reaches long-awaited deal for coronavirus aid
After months of wrangling, US lawmakers have agreed to a roughly $900bn (£660bn) package of pandemic aid, including money for...
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Which countries have banned UK flights, travel over COVID concern
Several countries ban flights and travellers from the UK after a new coronavirus strain was detected there. Several countries have...
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Covid-19: Explosion kills nine coronavirus patients in Turkey
Nine people have been killed after an oxygen ventilator exploded at a hospital treating coronavirus patients in southern Turkey, officials...
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Covid: Chile’s president Sebastián Piñera fined $3,500 for no-mask selfie
Chilean President Sebastián Piñera has been fined $3,500 (£2,588) for breaching coronavirus rules by posing for a selfie with no...
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Uganda election: False claims about Joe Biden and others
With Uganda's elections due in January, there's plenty of misinformation being shared in a heated campaign which has seen serious...
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Trump trade chief wants WTO leadership race reopened
The US has suggested that the process to find a new Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) needs to...
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US cyber-attack: US energy department confirms it was hit by Sunburst hack
The US energy department is the latest agency to confirm it has been breached in what is being described as...
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China’s luxury market boomed this year, even as global sales shrank
China's luxury market has proved "unstoppable" this year even as the coronavirus pandemic hammered global demand for expensive goods. That's...
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