Oil prices fell 1% on Tuesday on concerns that new pandemic curbs and slow vaccine rollouts in Europe will slow a recovery in fuel demand and as producers cut prices,…
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Worried that spending excessive time within Sunrisers Hyderabad’s (SRH) bio-secure bubble could lead to mental fatigue, Australian all-rounder Mitchell March has pulled out of the forthcoming edition of the Indian…
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BBC China correspondent John Sudworth has relocated to Taiwan amid fears for his safety as tensions grow between Beijing and Britain’s public broadcaster. Sudworth told BBC Radio 4’s Today program…
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Tokyo Olympics 2020: Xinjiang link prompts concerns over Australian athletes’ uniforms – Sports News , Firstpost
‘We’ve been assured that none of the cotton for the Australian Olympic team comes from that region,’ said Ian Chesterman, Australian Olympic Committee vice president. “We’ve been assured that none…
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With less than a month until showtime, the 93rd Oscars are taking another pass at the script. Show producers Steven Soderbergh, Jesse Collins and Stacey Sher remain determined to have…
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Wall Street’s main indexes fell on Monday after a surge in the previous session, as global banks said they faced potential losses of billion of dollars from a hedge fund’s…
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Oil prices fell than 1 per cent as fresh coronavirus lockdowns revived worries about demand for oil products, even as tug boats struggled to move a stranded container ship…
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The central government decided to conduct a deeper review of post-vaccination side-effects from the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, news agency AFP reported on Saturday. The news came after several countries had…
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FATF retains Pakistan in 'grey list', asks Islamabad to address concerns 'as quickly as possible'
The FATF said that that there is a serious deficiency on the part of Pakistan in checking terror financing and the country is yet to demonstrate it has taken action…
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The developers of audio chat room app Clubhouse plan to add additional encryption to prevent it from transmitting pings to servers in China, after Stanford researchers said they found vulnerabilities…
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Biden talked with Xi about concerns over China’s coercive unfair economic practices: WH official
US President Joe Biden in his maiden phone call with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping talked about the fundamental concerns he has with Beijing’s coercive and unfair economic practices, White…
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WASHINGTON — President Biden spe Wednesday evening with President Xi Jinping of China, raising concerns about Beijing’s aggressive policies abroad and human rights abuses at home in the first conversation…
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Congress walks out of Lok Sabha during Modi's speech, says PM didn't satisfy concerns over farm laws
The farm laws should be withdrawn and new ones should be brought only after thorough consultation with the farmers, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury told reporters outside the Parliament File…
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All good here! Flip or Flop star Christina Anstead responded to fans’ concerns and about her weight amid her divorce from estranged husband Ant Anstead. “So people are commenting…
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Notwithstanding the cut in import duty on steel products, the high iron ore prices and second wave of Covid remain a concern for the domestic steel sector, though demand has…
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Britney Spears’ social media manager addresses fans’ concerns over pop star’s social media accounts
Amid her ongoing legal battle with her father over conservatorship, recently a new video of singer Britney Spears raised concern among her fans. Now, Cassie Petrey, Britney’s social media manager,…
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Rutam Vora High domestic and export demand, coupled with fears of lower output, have fuelled turmeric prices. Turmeric futures on NCDEX have jumped by over 10 per cent over the…
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Buoyed by higher domestic and export demand coupled with fears on lower output has fuelled turmeric prices. Turmeric futures have jumped on NCDEX by over 10 per cent in past…
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Oil prices slipped for a second straight session on Monday as renewed Covid-19 lockdowns raised fresh concerns about global fuel demand. Brent crude futures for March fell 15 cents, or…
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Hong Kong and Madrid are the latest to tighten lockdowns amid new infections and concerns over the new variant.
New infections in recent months and a contagious new variant threatening to accelerate the pandemic have prompted some governments to revert to their harshest social-distancing measures. In Hong Kong, the…
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Blockchain Bites: Clearing the Record on Yellen’s Crypto Concerns and the Bitcoin Double-Spend Fracas
After dropping 13% yesterday, bitcoin is once again on the ascent. Meanwhile, Janet Yellen has offered a nuanced view of crypto and small Ethereum mining pools are organizing a…
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Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament postponed once again over COVID-19 concerns – Sports News , Firstpost
The deferred men’s edition of the ACT was supposed to be held in Dhaka from 11 to 19 March, while the women’s event was to be organised in Donghae, South…
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New hi: Bangladesh’s Minister of State (MoS) for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam has reaffirmed close ties with India, dismissing concerns of the Chinese trying to influence Dhaka that could impact…
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Image via Getty/Andrew Hasson The 2021 edition of the Glastonbury Festival has been canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, d on Thursday, organizers said 2021 will…
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Pablo Escobar’s Former Hippos and Their Offspring Could Be Culled Over Environmental Concerns
Scientists are growing concerned about the rising population of hippopotamuses that were introduced to Colombia back in the 1980s by drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. In a new study, published in…
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California Covid-19 Update: State Crosses 3 Million Infections As Deaths Spike; New Virus Variants Raise Concerns
In the past week there has been a lot of good news for virus-ridden California. The graph charting the number of new cases in the state los like a downward…