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England slaps 5,000 pound fine on most travel abroad

Fines of 5,000 pounds ($6,900) will be introduced from next week for people from England who try to travel abroad without good reason under new COVID-19 laws which last

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China pays more attention to consumers' rights in the digital age

March 15, World Consumer Rights Day. /CFP China has paid more attention to consumers' rights and introduced new ways to facilitate consumption in the digital age, according to CCTV's 315 Gala,

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Biden to direct states to make all adults eligible for vaccine by May 1

President Joe Biden will direct states to make all adults eligible for COVID-19 vaccines by May 1 and use his first primetime address to say he expects life to return c

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Pakistan bans TikTok again over ‘immoral and objectionable’ videos

Pakistan has banned TikTok again in the country after reviewing a complaint that said the popular video app hosted immoral and objectionable content.A high court in the city of Peshawar on Thursday or

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Caretaker PM threatens to stop running government in Lebanon

Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab threatened on Saturday to stop performing his duties to pressure politicians to form a new government, citing an incident

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Caretaker PM threatens to stop running government in Lebanon

A file photo of Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab Photograph. /AFP Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab threatened on Saturday to stop performing his duties to pressure

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Spain: Catalans to vote in test of separatist movement

Voting has started in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia on Sunday as 5.3 million voters are called to cast ballots in a regional election that will test the region’s seces

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Merkel says Germany didn’t act quickly enough

Chancellor Angela Merkel says Germany didn’t act quickly enough last fall to prevent a second surge in coronavirus infections.“We didn’t shut down public life early eno

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Uganda continues to record low new COVID-19 cases

FILE PHOTO: A health worker collects swab samples from a truck driver to be tested for coronavirus at the Elegu border point. He will have to wait days for the result. /Getty Images Uganda's M

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WallStreetBets goes dark

After a wild day for public markets driven by Reddit traders commandeering stocks and combatting hedge fund short sellers, the community at r/wallstreetbets no longer has a home on Discord and its Red

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Heavy snow hits London

(Scroll to the right to see more)Heavy snow hits London on Sunday. Conditions are set to become more hazardous going into the final week of January with weather warni

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Why are some people flouting COVID-19 restrictions in Pakistan?

A second wave of COVID-19 infections is happening in Pakistan, but some are concerned that people are flouting regular warnings from the government and violatingsocial distancing rules around the

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China’s draft payments rules put Ant, Tencent on notice

A string of recent events in China’s payments industry suggests the duopoly comprising Ant Group and Tencent may be getting a shakeup.Following the abrupt call-off of Ant’s public sale and

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Uganda vows to prosecute drivers caught flouting COVID-19 rules

FILE PHOTO: Travelers queue to buy bus tickets at the Namirembe Bus Park in Kampala, Uganda. /Getty Images Drivers in Uganda have been put on notice that they will face prosecution if found gu

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Bolt unveils its fourth-generation scooter

Bolt is better known for its ride-hailing service. But the company also operates an electric scooter service in 45 cities across Europe. Designed by the company’s in-house hardware team, the new model

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Novel coronavirus not from Wuhan, says top German virologist

00:35 The novel coronavirus rampant around the world is not from the central Chinese city of Wuhan, but a mutation from northern Italy, top German virologist Alexander Kekule said on T

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iRobot issues warning for select Roomba i7+ docking stations over potential short circuiting

Robotic vacuum giant iRobot this week sent warnings to select owners of the Roomba i7+, noting that the Clean Base docking station has the potential to malfunction and short circuit. According to iRo