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China to leapfrog U.S. as world's biggest economy by 2028 - think tank

Published On: December 27, 2020 07:47 AM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON, Dec 27: China will overtake the United States to become the world’s biggest economy in 2028, five years earlier than previously estimated due to the contrasting recoveries of the two countries from the COVID-19 pandemic, a think tank said.

Europe rolls out vaccines in bid to leave pandemic behind

Published On: December 27, 2020 07:19 AM NPT By: Reuters

GERMANY, Dec 27: Europe launches a cross-border vaccination programme of unprecedented scale on Sunday as part of efforts to end a COVID-19 pandemic that has crippled economies and claimed more than 1.7 million lives around the world.

George Blake, last in line of Cold War spies who betrayed Britain, dies at 98

Published On: December 26, 2020 06:45 PM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON/MOSCOW, Dec 26: George Blake, who died in Russia on Saturday at the age of 98, was the last in a line of British spies whose secret work for the Soviet Union humiliated the intelligence establishment when it was discovered at the height of the Cold War.

India detains 75 in Kashmir after local election

Published On: December 26, 2020 04:39 PM NPT By: Reuters

SRINAGAR, INDIA, Dec 26: India’s government detained at least 75 Kashmiri political leaders and activists to forestall political unrest after an alliance of Kashmir’s regional political parties won a local election, leaders and a police official said on Saturday.

Bereaved India paceman Siraj savours emotional test debut

Published On: December 26, 2020 03:50 PM NPT By: Reuters

MELBOURNE, Dec 26: India paceman Mohammed Siraj was urged by his captain Virat Kohli and his mother to stay in Australia and push for selection in the test side rather than head home to grieve with his family following the death of his father last month.

Liverpool won't force Salah to stay, says Klopp

Published On: December 26, 2020 12:42 PM NPT By: Reuters

LIVERPOOL, Dec 26: Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp sees no reason why Mohamed Salah would want to leave the Premier League champions but says he would not keep the Egyptian forward at the club against his will.

Ireland confirms UK coronavirus variant present

Published On: December 26, 2020 08:49 AM NPT By: Reuters

DUBLIN, Dec 26: Ireland confirmed on Friday the presence of a highly infectious new coronavirus variant whose presence in the United Kingdom has brought travel bans from a number of countries.

First case of new COVID variant found in France as cases rise

Published On: December 26, 2020 07:00 AM NPT By: Reuters

PARIS, Dec 26: France recorded its first case of the new variant of coronavirus, as the number of cases and deaths from COVID-19 mounted in the country, increasing concerns of a new wave of the virus hitting the euro zone’s second-biggest economy.

'Parting is such sweet sorrow': EU and UK clinch narrow Brexit accord

Published On: December 25, 2020 07:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON/BRUSSELS, Dec 25: Britain clinched a narrow Brexit trade deal with the European Union on Thursday, just seven days before it exits one of the world’s biggest trading blocs in its most significant global shift since the loss of empire.

Modi calls farmer protests over contested laws politically motivated

Published On: December 25, 2020 03:19 PM NPT By: Reuters

MUMBAI, Dec 25: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that protests by farmers against three laws brought by his government were politically motivated, as he touted the success of an agricultural scheme launched last year.

Indian opposition demands repeal of farm laws after protests

Published On: December 25, 2020 02:55 PM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI, Dec 25: India’s main opposition party pressed the government on Thursday to call a special parliamentary session to withdraw new agricultural laws that farmers say will leave them at the mercy of big corporations.

Japan aims to eliminate gasoline vehicles by mid-2030s, boost green growth

Published On: December 25, 2020 11:17 AM NPT By: Reuters

TOKYO, Dec 25: Japan aims to eliminate gasoline-powered vehicles in the next 15 years, the government said on Friday in a plan to reach net zero carbon emissions and generate nearly $2 trillion a year in green growth by 2050.

UK imposes more lockdowns as mutated COVID variant causes record cases

Published On: December 25, 2020 07:52 AM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON, Dec 25: The British government on Wednesday said huge swathes of England would be placed under its strictest COVID-19 restrictions as a highly infectious virus variant sweeps the country, pushing the number of cases to a record level.

Indian board approves two new IPL franchises from 2022

Published On: December 25, 2020 07:18 AM NPT By: Reuters

NEW DELHI, Dec 25: The Indian Premier League (IPL) is set to become a 10-team affair from 2022 after the Indian cricket board on Thursday approved a proposal to add two more franchises to the world’s richest Twenty20 competition.

Facebook removes Australian celebrity chef's page for COVID-19 conspiracies

Published On: December 24, 2020 01:55 PM NPT By: Reuters

SYDNEY, Dec 24: Facebook Inc said on Thursday it has removed the page of Australian celebrity chef turned conspiracy theorist Pete Evans for spreading misinformation about COVID-19, the tech giant’s latest move to police false content about the pandemic.

Coronavirus: The board game - German sisters' invention sells out for Christmas

Published On: December 24, 2020 11:10 AM NPT By: Reuters

At a loose end during Germany’s first lockdown, the four Schwaderlapp sisters decided to put their long hours indoors to good use - by inventing a coronavirus board game that is selling by the thousands.

Millions of U.S. vaccine doses sit on ice, putting 2020 goal in doubt

Published On: December 24, 2020 09:30 AM NPT By: Reuters

LOS ANGELES, Dec 24: Millions of COVID-19 vaccines are sitting unused in U.S. hospitals and elsewhere a week into the massive inoculation campaign, putting the government’s target for 20 million vaccinations this month in doubt.

China 'mines' ice from river to build frozen castles, pagoda

Published On: December 24, 2020 09:15 AM NPT By: Reuters

For more than 300 “ice miners” in Harbin, work begins in the numbing cold before dawn every day on the frozen Songhua, a broad river that winds its way through the northeastern Chinese city.

Brexit trade deal marathon heads to the finish line

Published On: December 24, 2020 08:52 AM NPT By: Reuters

BRUSSELS, Dec 24: Britain and the European Union appeared close to clinching a long-elusive trade agreement on Wednesday, raising hopes that they were now set to avoid a turbulent economic rupture on New Year’s Day.

Rules to stop coronavirus variant stoke chaos at Indian airports

Published On: December 24, 2020 08:46 AM NPT By: Reuters

MUMBAI, Dec 24: Passengers flying into India’s biggest airports on Wednesday complained of long waits and confusion as authorities sought to impose rules to try to stop the spread of a new more transmissible variant of the coronavirus.