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US Fed chief reiterates call for more fiscal support

Despite recent news on vaccine development, Powell cautioned that significant downside risks for the economy remain, as widespread vaccination is still months away even in the best case…reports Asian Lite News US

November 18, 2020

-Top News·Economy·USA

Democrats seek negotiations on COVID-19 relief

The Democratic leaders noted that they agreed to compromise on a relief package and lowered their request by US $1.2 trillion during negotiations with White House earlier this year….reports Asian Lite News

November 18, 2020

-Top News·COVID-19·USA

China, Russia to boost investment ties

The agreement was made at the seventh meeting of the China-Russia Investment Cooperation Committee co-chaired by Chinese Vice Premier Han Zheng and Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov…reports Asian Lite News

November 18, 2020

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New Zealand Police to introduce hijab to uniform

New recruit Constable Zeena Ali will become the first officer to wear the official hijab…reports Asian Lite News New Zealand Police have introduced a hijab into their official uniform to encourage more

November 18, 2020

World News

Trump fires election official as retaliation

Krebs is the latest official to be dismissed by the US president following his defeat, with Defence Secretary Mark Esper also shown the door amid reports Trump doubted the Pentagon chief’s loyalty…reports

November 18, 2020

-Top News·POLITICS·USA

Pentagon chief declares troop cut back in Afghanistan

Miller said on Tuesday that he was announcing the implementation of Trump’s “orders to continue our repositioning of forces from those two countries,”…reports Asian Lite News US acting Defence Secretary Chirstopher Miller

November 18, 2020

Asia News·USA

UAE FM, UN envoy review Middle East peace process

Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, discussed the prospects of reviving the Palestinian-Israeli peace track with the UN Envoy for the peace process in the

November 17, 2020

-Top News·Arab News·UAE News

UAE, US consider ways to boost ties

Talks tackled the outstanding bilateral relations between the United Arab Emirates and the United States, as well as cooperation between the two countries….reports Asian Lite News Dr. Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash, Minister

November 17, 2020

UAE News·USA

Facebook removes racist posts about US Vice-President-Elect

One media monitoring body described the pages as “dedicated to propagating racist and misogynistic smears”…reports Asian Lite News Facebook has taken down a string of racist and misogynistic posts, memes and comments

November 17, 2020

POLITICS·USA

Pompeo in Turkey with no official talks

Ties between Washington and its strategic NATO ally have remained tense despite a personal friendship between US President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan…reports Asian Lite News US Secretary

November 17, 2020

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