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Portuguese President announces candidature for re-election

Speaking to journalists here on Monday, the President said that he remains a “proud Portuguese, convinced Catholic, admitted Republican, determined social-democratic”, after five years in office..reports Asian Lite News Portuguese President Marcelo

December 8, 2020

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NZ’s population to hit 6mn by 2050

The department has released projections of the population usually living in New Zealand over the period from 2020 to 2073, estimating a resident population of 5.1 million on June 30, 2020 as

December 8, 2020

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‘Google Pay is helping India Bridge Digital Divide’

Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Monday stressed that growing up in India amid poor access to a computer or a phone set him on a course to build a more

December 8, 2020

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New Zealand to step up security measures

The government will tackle harmful behaviour and discrimination by establishing the New Zealand Police program to respond to hate crime and hate incidents, strengthening the capacity of the Human Rights Commission..reports Asian

December 8, 2020

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UK woman becomes 1st in world to get Pfizer vaccine

She was given the injection at 6.31 GMT — the first of 800,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine that will be given in the coming weeks. Up to four million more are

December 8, 2020

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Mexico seeks extradition of US ex-Minister

The request for extraditing Garcia Luna was made by Mexico on Monday through diplomatic channels..reports Asian Lite News Mexico has requested the US to extradite former Public Security Minister Genaro Garcia Luna,

December 8, 2020

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Romanian PM steps down

President Klaus Iohannis accepted Orban’s resignation late Monday night and appointed Defence Minister Nicolae Ciuca as interim Prime Minister..reports Asian Lite News Romanian Prime Minister Ludovic Orban has announced his resignation after

December 8, 2020

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Aus PM urged to enact religious freedom laws

Morrison’s election promise to legislate protections for faith-based businesses have been stalled as a result of Australia’s bushfire crisis and the coronavirus pandemic…reports Asian Lite News Australian religious leaders have joined forces

December 7, 2020

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Maduro pins hopes on dialogue with opposition

The President added that although violent groups in the country had threatened to carry out acts of vandalism to keep some polling stations closed during the elections on Sunday…reports Asian Lite News

December 7, 2020

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Canada’s Covid-19 cases cross 390,000

The country’s national-level data indicate daily averages of 6,044 new cases over the past seven days and 74,596 people tested daily, with 7.4 per cent testing positive (November 22-28)..reports Asian Lite News

December 4, 2020

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