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Russia ready to cut EU ties if sanctioned: Foreign minister

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow is ready to sever ties with the European Union if the bloc imposes sanctions that put the country's economy at risk,

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NYSE threatens to abandon New York if trading is taxed

New York Stock Exchange at Wall Street, New York City, U.S., January 12, 2021. /VCG Is the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) about to leave New York?The exchange's President Stacey Cunningham war

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Denmark and Sweden push ahead with 'vaccine passports'

02:57 Denmark and Sweden say they are developing systems for digital vaccine certification, known as "vaccine passports," allowing travelers to prove they have had an anti-coronavirus

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Biden says US won't lift sanctions to bring Iran to talks

US President Joe Biden said he won't lift sanctions against Iran as long as the Islamic republic is not adhering to its nuclear deal commitments.Asked whether he would

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China's state-owned firm regulator responds to fair competition doubts

04:37 Internationally, there have been negative remarks about China's state-owned economy, with a major complaint aimed at China's subsidies to these companies. China's state-owned ass

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China and the U.S. must engage in 'smart power' relations

Editor's note: Joseph S. Nye, Jr. is former dean of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and the author of "Do Morals Matter? Presidents and Foreign Policy from FDR to Trump".

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Global media professionals call for strengthening in cooperation

Media professionals across the world on Wednesday called for more cooperation to safeguard the objective and fair order of news dissemination and to provide factual and reliable news content to the w

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Google to pay $2.59 million to settle allegations of discrimination

Google has agreed to pay $2.59 million to more than 5,500 current employees and former job applicants as part of a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor over allegations of systemic discriminat

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Italy president seeks help from lower house to revive coalition

Italian President Sergio Mattarella speaks during a news conference at the Quirinale Palace in Rome, Italy, January 29, 2021. /Reuters Italian President Sergio Mattarella, looking to overcome

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Biden's appointment may bring turnaround on Iranian nuclear agreement

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (center L) meets Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif (center R) in Moscow, Russia, January 26, 2021. /Getty Editor's note:Lan Shunzheng is a research fe

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UN poll finds no appetite for plant-based diets to fix climate change

Legumes are a nutritious staple around the world. /CFP The world's biggest ever survey on climate change shows that people are thinking green, just not when it comes to their dinner plates.The

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Top U.S. diplomat Blinken sees long road to Iran deal

Newly confirmed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken concludes his first press briefing at the State Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 27, 2021. /Reuters The United States will o

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Ring’s new video doorbell is $60

The top-line feature for Ring’s latest is no doubt its price. No way around that. At $60, it’s $40 cheaper than the standard Video Doorbell – and prices from there go up significantly, with the “Elite

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Russia ready for talks with Joe Biden administration if US is willing

Russian President Vladimir Putin. /VCG Russia is ready to set up a dialogue with the new US Biden administration in which differences are expected to be aired, a Kremlin spokesman said on Sund

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Chinese banks report net forex settlement surplus in 2020: official

In 2020, the accumulative amount of foreign exchange settlement and sales by Chinese lenders were $2.05 trillion and $1.89 trillion, with an accumulative surplus of $158.7 billion. /CFP Last y

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Didi to subsidize trips for vaccinations with $10M global fund

As countries around the world prepare to vaccinate people against the coronavirus, tech companies are rushing to demonstrate their willingness to help fight the deadly virus. China’s ride-hailin

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Can Biden rescue U.S.?

03:46 Editor's note:The 2020 U.S. elections saga has come to its final chapter: the Inauguration Day of Joe Biden, after which he will become the 46th President of the United States. C