Riyadh gives approval night before low-cost Israir due to fly its first planned route to the UAE, using Saudi airspace.…
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Month: November 2020
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Canada unveils largest economic relief package since WW2
Monday’s announcement is among the first major challenges for Ms Freeland, who took over the role of finance minister in…
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Controversial pipeline given green light by Minnesota regulators
Minnesota regulators approve final permit for Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 crude oil pipeline, but the start date is not specified.…
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US weekly jobless claims data flawed says government watchdog
The GAO said that the US Labor Department’s weekly jobless claims numbers contain a number of inaccuracies, making it tough…
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Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon surges to 12-year high
Destruction of the world’s largest rainforest in 2020 rose 9.5 percent from a year earlier according to government data. Destruction…
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The Trumps’ final White House Christmas decorations unveiled
This is the final Christmas in the White House for President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania [Kevin Lamarque/Reuters] First…
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Trump presidency’s final days: ‘In his mind, he will not have lost’
His boss, the president, was in another part of the White House. In that moment, Donald Trump was on speaker…
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OPEC+ meeting: Dissenting voices in the ‘black box’
OPEC+ will meet Tuesday to decide whether it will extend output cuts into 2021 [File: Bloomberg] OPEC negotiations are always…
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Pakistan’s opposition holds Multan rally day after arrests
Protest held a day after police made arrests on orders from the government citing need to combat the coronavirus outbreak.…
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US braces for continued surge in COVID-19 cases, hospitalisations
People attend a protest for nurses demanding more PPE, coronavirus testing and staff in West Hills, Los Angeles, California [Lucy…
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Charging ‘the Beatles’: Inside the case against ISIL fighters
Alexanda Kotey, left, and El Shafee Elsheikh, right, were allegedly among four British fighters who made up a brutal ISIL…
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Brazil’s Amazon: Deforestation ‘surges to 12-year high’
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Croatian PM Andrej Plenkovic tests positive for COVID-19
Government statement says 50-year-old ‘feeling well’ and carrying out duties from home as the country hits a new record death…
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Australia bushfire spreads across popular Fraser Island
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Biden to nominate Janet Yellen as US treasury secretary
Mr Biden will nominate Neera Tanden, who worked with the Obama administration on the creation of Obamacare, to head the…
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Turkey tightens coronavirus curbs as death toll hits record high
New rules include a curfew during the week and a full lockdown on weekends as daily COVID-19 cases surge. People…
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Top US court seems sceptical of Trump ‘citizenship’ census plan
US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts waits for President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on February 4,…
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Public’s help sought after rare birds stolen from California zoo
“Our bird zookeepers and entire team are deeply concerned for the safety of both of these animals,” said the zoo’s…
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Kaavan’s not-so lonely journey to freedom in Cambodia
A global effort helped bring the ‘world’s loneliest elephant’ to a new home with 600 other pachyderms. Elephant Kaavan, 36,…
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Bitcoin hits a new record, rallying to $19,857
Bitcoin hits a new record, taking less than three years to replicate the meteoric rise that vaulted it into the…
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