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Powell speech may excite bond investors with stocks outlook worsening

The U.S. Federal Reserve's (Fed) determination to fight inflation, even if it may send the economy into recession, was reiterated by Fed Chair Jerome Powell's speech at

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America's COVID-19 complacency backfires for the worst

A COVID-19 patient arrives outside Maimonides Medical Center, New York, U.S., November 17, 2020. /Reuters Editor's note: Haider Rifaat is a features writer for OK! Pakistan, the international

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33,000 children in Tigray region face imminent death: UNICEF chief

A woman carries her baby while queuing for food at Tsehaye primary school, which was turned into a temporary shelter for people displaced by conflict, in the town of Shire, Tigray region, Ethiopi

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Boris warns Indian COVID-19 variant may cause 'serious disruption'

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves his 10 Downing Street apartment home to deliver a statement to parliament on the government's defense review, in London, UK. /AFP The U.K. Prime Minister

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Footage from Syria in 2018 among inaccurate videos circulating about Israel-Gaza conflict

Misleading videos shared by a spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been viewed over 300,000 times.

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India announces $6.7 billion to boost COVID-19 pandemic battle

An inside view of a temporary COVID-19 care center set up at Shehnai Banquet Hall attached to LNJP Hospital, in New Delhi, India, May 3, 2021. /CFP India released $6.7 billion in cheap financi

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Bernie Sanders says he AGREES with Trump's calls for $2,000 checks

Bernie Sanders has voiced his support for President Trump's demands to increase COVID-19 stimulus checks to $2,000, as he revealed there are 'at least five' Republican

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U.S. economy added fewer jobs than expected in November

01:49 The U.S. economy added almost 250,000 jobs in November, bringing the unemployment rate down to 6.7 percent. Thelatest jobs figures, though, were far below what economists were ex

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EU Budget Holdouts Meet as Pressure Mounts on Rule of Law

The leaders of Poland and Hungary, who effectively vetoed the European Union’s $2 trillion spending package last week, are meeting as pressure builds on them to relent

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Primates in Jeopardy: The most ancient orangutan species

00:54 The Tapanuli orangutan, one of the world's rarest orangutans, was classified as a distinct species in 2017, separate from the Sumatran orangutan and Bornean orang

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Delhi suffers 'severe' air pollution for third straight day

Air quality in India's capital New Delhi remained in the "severe" category for a third straight day on Saturday due to increased stubble fires and vehicle emissions, SAFAR, the country's main envi

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Why is a 'double negative test' needed before traveling to China?

As COVID-19 cases rebound sharply from North America to Europe, Chinese embassies in several countries including Russia, U.S. and UK, are now requiring Chinese and fore

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Czechia's curfew, protests in Italy and Spain: COVID-19 daily bulletin

Czechia has implemented a 9 p.m. curfew from Wednesday to slow the spread of the virus. /AP TOP HEADLINES- Violence broke out and luxury stores were vandalized in the Italian cities of Milan a

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India's capital chokes on 'severe' smog as farm fires soar

New Delhi was blanketed in noxious haze Friday as air pollution levels in parts of the city soared to "severe" levels, hours after US President Donald Trump described t

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Canada PM Trudeau wins backing of opposition party to avoid snap election

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau survived a confidence vote on Wednesday after a key opposition party backed his ruling Liberals, averting the chance of a snap el

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Brexit: Boris Johnson asks Britons to 'get ready' for no deal with EU

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday that the UK was ready to walk away from post-Brexit trade talks with a "no-deal" unless the European Union shifted its po

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Top scientists call for herd immunity approach - as government's 'soft touch' criticised

The four centres are among the worst-affected as the pandemic worsens and the UK reports more than 14,000 new coronavirus cases.