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January 3, 2021

Volunteers wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus clear the debris left over by tourists at Maidan, the...

China's State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi waves as he leaves a news conference in Tokyo [File: Issei Kato/Reuters]

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Top Chinese diplomat says relations with US at ‘new crossroads’

Ties between two nations have been strained amid disputes over trade, human rights and the origin of COVID-19 pandemic. China's...

Health workers participate in a COVID-19 vaccine delivery system trial in Hyderabad, India, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021. India tested its COVID-19 vaccine delivery system with a nationwide trial on Saturday as it prepares to roll-out an inoculation program to stem the coronavirus pandemic. Saturday's exercise included necessary data entry into an online platform for monitoring vaccine delivery, along with testing of cold storage and transportation arrangements for the vaccine, the health ministry had said.(AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

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India tests vaccine delivery system with nationwide trial

Health workers participate in a COVID-19 vaccine delivery system trial in Hyderabad, India, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021. India tested its...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Banco Financiero International SA of having ties to the Cuban military and using its profits to fund 'interference' in Venezuela [File: Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via AFP]

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Trump administration adds Cuban bank to US restricted list

Cuban foreign minister rejects the move as a ‘punitive measure’ that aims to tighten the US blockade against Cuba. US...

Dean of the Law Faculty of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Professor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine (Trinidad and Tobago Guardian)

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UWI Law Dean hospitalised after crash

Dean of the Law Faculty of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Professor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine (Trinidad and Tobago...

The relationship between London and Brussels will now be reset under the terms of the recently concluded Trade and Cooperation Agreement [File: Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP]

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Four years after divisive Brexit vote, UK formally leaves the EU

The UK has left the European Union’s single market and customs union as the Brexit saga enters a new chapter....

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Brexit: New era for UK as it completes separation from European Union

IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERS BBC - A new era has begun for the United Kingdom after it completed its formal separation from...

Microsoft said on Thursday it had detected unusual activity with a small number of internal accounts but upon investigating, discovered no changes had been made [File: Bloomberg]

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Microsoft says suspected Russian hackers accessed source code

A Microsoft spokesperson declined to say which source code the hackers viewed. Microsoft said on Thursday it had detected unusual...

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At least 140 House Republicans to vote against counting electoral votes, two GOP lawmakers say

(CNN)Two Republican members of the House of Representatives tell CNN that they expect at least 140 of their GOP colleagues...

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Brexit: New EU trade arrangements to begin after Parliament vote