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January 2, 2021

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

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson (BBC) The post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and EU takes effect at 23:00...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks back to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Trump push on $2K checks flops as GOP-led Senate won’t vote

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks back to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 30,...

The US Navy sent two warships, including the guided-missile destroyer USS John S McCain (DDG 56) [Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Markus Castaneda/US Navy]

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China shadows two US ships through the Taiwan Strait

Beijing condemns the trip – the 13th this year – as a ‘provocatio’ and “show of force’. The US Navy...

FILE - In this Dec. 25, 2020 file photo, released by Xinhua News Agency, a staff member inspects syringes of COVID-19 inactivated vaccine products at a packaging plant of the Beijing Biological Products Institute Co., Ltd, a unit of state-owned Sinopharm in Beijing. China has given conditional approval to a coronavirus vaccine developed by state-owned Sinopharm. The vaccine is the first one approved for general use in China.(Zhang Yuwei/Xinhua via AP, File)

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China OKs 1st homegrown vaccine as COVID surges globally

FILE - In this Dec. 25, 2020 file photo, released by Xinhua News Agency, a staff member inspects syringes...

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US deploys vessel to tackle illegal fishing in Atlantic