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US election 2020: Trump and Biden duel in chaotic, bitter debate
President Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden have fiercely clashed in one of the most chaotic and rancorous White...
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Pinterest is this year’s best social media stock
Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat get all the buzz in the social media investing world. But Pinterest has sharply outperformed them...
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Coronavirus: Hundreds of thousands of airline jobs at risk, warns industry body
Hundreds of thousands of aviation jobs are at risk without more state aid, a global industry body has warned. The...
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Togo Appoints its 1st Ever Female PM
Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe named Victoire Tomegah Dogbe to head the government, replacing Komi Selom Klassou, who resigned on Friday,...
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More troops killed as clashes rage in Nagorno-Karabakh
Fiercest clashes in more than a quarter of a century rage in Azerbaijan’s ethnic Armenian enclave. At least 26 more...
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Tax evasion and theft ‘rob Africa’ of $89bn a year: UN study
Nearly half of the total annual figure of $88.6bn is accounted for by the export of commodities such as gold,...
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Coronavirus: WHO to roll out 120 million rapid COVID-19 tests to poorer countries
The rapid tests are generally considered less accurate - though much faster - than higher-grade genetic versions. A plan to...
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Coronavirus deaths: One million people have now died globally
Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the outbreak began in December 2019. More than...
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Coronavirus: New global test will give results ‘in minutes’
A test that can diagnose Covid-19 in minutes will dramatically expand the capacity to detect cases in low- and middle-income...
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Armenia and Azerbaijan are clashing over a disputed region. Here’s what you need to know
The dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh has run hot and cold since the 1994 ceasefire -- one of several "frozen conflicts" that blight the...
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