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Musk pushes past Bezos

A 4.8 per cent rally in Tesla’s share price on Thursday took Musk past Bezos, with a net worth of $188.5 billion, 1.5 billion more than Bezos, who has held the top

January 8, 2021

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Pak court orders arrest of JeM chief Azhar

A Pakistan anti-terrorism court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for banned jihadist outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar on the charges of terror financing, according to media reports. The Anti-Terrorism Court

January 8, 2021

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Competition to showcase young people’s art to world leaders

Creative Earth Competition launches to showcase young people’s art to world leaders at COP26- Climate Change conference to take place in the UK next year. Actor and broadcaster Cel Spellman has launched

January 7, 2021

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Brazil logs 1K Covid deaths in 24 hours

The deaths reported on Tuesday were the second-highest single-day fatalities since September, after 1,194 patients died on December 30…reports Asian Lite News Brazil has recorded 1,171 more deaths from the novel coronavirus

January 6, 2021

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Future Retail, Amazon agree on SIAC panel

The other two co-arbitrators in the panel are Professor Albert Jan van den Berg, a founding partner at Belgium-based law firm Hanotiau & van den Berg, and Professor Jan Paulsson, founding partner

January 6, 2021

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China blocks WHO probe into Covid-19 origins

The WHO said the problem was a lack of visa clearances…reports Asian Lite News A World Health Organization (WHO) team due to investigate the origins of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) in Wuhan

January 6, 2021

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Mexico offers Assange political asylum

Addressing a press conference on Monday, the President said he will ask the Foreign Affairs Ministry to contact British officials over the asylum offer and request that Assange be pardoned…reports Asian Lite

January 5, 2021

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Bushfires menace lives in Western Australia

Several large bushfires threatened lives and homes in Western Australia (WA) on Monday, with warnings issued for state capital Perth. The state’s Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) issued warnings for

January 4, 2021

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‘Global Covid cases cross 85mn’

The US is the worst-hit country with the world’s highest number of cases and deaths at 20,626,686 and 351,453, respectively, according to the CSSE…reports Asian Lite News The overall number of global

January 4, 2021

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Q4 2020: Samsung To Post $9 Bn Operating Income

Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest memory chip maker, is expected to report a smaller-than-earlier operating income estimate due to the weakness of the US dollar, industry sources said on Sunday. Samsung, also

January 3, 2021

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