04:04 A key former adviser to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson told CGTN Europe Brexit "played to the government's favor" as it allowed the UK to act alone when procuring COVID-19 vacci
"The polls are proving wrong again."That's currency analyst Giles Coghlan, at HYCM, a trading services company based in London, who remarked on the volatile stock markets across Europe and the U.S. t
"The chief business of the American people is business."I usually start this briefing with a quote from one of the day's top stories and one of its protagonists. But the day's biggest story is the U.
"There is unfortunately still no evidence that you can simply turn on and off an economy like a light switch without causing more structural damage."That's Carsten Brzeski, an economist at ING, react
"They said they could not endorse Dr Ngozi. I don't know the reasons for that."That was World Trade Organization spokesperson Keith Rockwell, reacting to the U.S. delegation choosing not to back the
"[It would be] considered a strong signal to reinforce the multilateral order and a clear signal towards Africa, as a sign of mutual trust."That's what one European Union official told CGTN's Toni Wa
"Macron needs treatment on a mental level."That was the sentence from Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan which sparked consternation in France and further afield amid a row over the country's tou
"We shouldn't be shy, we should take part in this race as Western European countries did."That's Peter Szijjarto, Hungary's foreign minister, commenting on the opening of a third Huawei facility in t
"Take a stand against excessive consumption this Black Friday."That was the unusual message from Swedish retailer Ikea ahead of the annual shopping bonanza during which brands slash their prices to o
"The annual increase was the largest since September to November 2011 and the quarterly increase was the largest since May to July 2009."That was the statement from the UK Office for National Statist
"We're navigating the worst crisis faced in our industry."That was International Airlines Group CEO Luis Gallego in a statement explaining why he was replacing the British Airways boss of four years
"It's clear that whichever woman assumes this job will have a very full plate from day one."That was World Trade Organization spokesperson Keith Rockwell, when asked about the two finalists for the l
"I think we will see more clubs going to the wall before we get to the end of the year."That's Simon Chadwick, a professor of sport and expert on its marketing, who spoke to CGTN about the crisis fac
"I have not paid taxes for eight years. I will not pay taxes again – it is unconstitutional and illegal."That was John McAfee speaking to reporters in Cuba in 2019. Today that statement may have caug
"I would like to use this opportunity to wish President Donald Trump and his wife Melania a very full and speedy recovery as quickly as possible from COVID-19."That was German Chancellor Angela Merke
"Our result is 178 terabits per second, so that's 30 million times faster than the UK average."That's University College London researcher Polina Bayvel, who spoke to CGTN Europe about the future of
"I'm not prepared to sign off on anything. I have to see the deal."That was U.S. President Donald Trump, speaking about the deal agreed between TikTok owner ByteDance and U.S. tech firm Oracle. It wa
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