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2021

Alibaba’s Jack Ma appears for first time since regulatory crackdown

Alibaba chief executive Jack Ma has bought Bordeaux vineyard Chateau de Sours. Photo: AFP Jack Ma, the billionaire founder of Chinese internet behemoth Alibaba, made his first public appearance in over two months in an online video Wednesday, ending weeks of speculation about his whereabouts. Ma — one of China’s richest people with a fortune estimated at around $58 billion — disappeared from the public eye in early November, when he was hauled in front of regulators for an October speech critical of China’s outdated financial system. Shortly afterwards, the record-breaking $37 billion IPO of his financial group Ant was…

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Trump to pardon former adviser Bannon

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 22, 2017 US President Donald Trump (L) congratulates Senior Counselor to the President Stephen Bannon during the swearing-in of senior staff in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) President Donald Trump has decided to pardon his influential former adviser Steve Bannon, US media reported Tuesday, though no official announcement had been made as Trump counted down his final hours in the White House. Bannon was granted clemency after being charged with defrauding people over funds raised to build the Mexico border wall…

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Iran hits Trump with last-minute sanctions

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 20, 2020 US President Donald Trump looks down during an event on lowering prescription drug prices in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC. – President Donald Trump came his closest yet to admitting election defeat on November 23, 2020 after the government agency meant to ease Joe Biden’s transition into the White House said it was finally lifting its unprecedented block on assistance. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) Iran on Tuesday imposed sanctions on outgoing US President Donald Trump and several of his top aides and…

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Brexit pushes billions into France: bank chief

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 28, 2018 An anti-Brexit demonstrator waves a Union flag alongside a European Union flag outside the Houses of Parliament in London. – The British government said on September 7, 2020, that it was taking steps to “clarify” how Northern Ireland’s trade will be handled after Brexit, but insisted it remained committed to its EU withdrawal agreement and the province’s peace process. Britain cannot allow the peace process or its internal market “to inadvertently be compromised by unintended consequences” of the Brexit protocol relating to Northern Ireland, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s official spokesman…

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FBI says Capitol rioter allegedly hoped to sell Pelosi laptop to Russia

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(FILES) In this file photo a supporter of US President Donald Trump leaves a note in the office of US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi as he protests inside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 6, 2021. – A young woman identified as having taken part in the storming of the US Capitol reportedly stole a laptop belonging to top Democrat Nancy Pelosi and hoped to sell it to a Russian spy agency, according to an FBI criminal complaint. The complaint, filed late January 17, 2021 in US District Court in Washington, seeks the arrest of Riley June…

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2021

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Leaving office, Trump has lowest approval rating of his presidency

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[FILES] US President Donald Trump (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP)President Donald Trump will leave the White House this week with the lowest approval rating of his presidency, with just 34 percent of Americans supporting the job he has done, a Gallup poll showed Monday. Gallup noted that Trump’s average approval rating during his one-term presidency was 41 percent, four points lower than any of his predecessors since the polling group has been gathering data. Trump’s job approval had dipped to 35 percent in previous polls, most notably after he failing to condemn a violent gathering of white supremacists in…

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2021

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Shun misconceptions, myths about COVID-19 vaccine, expert tells C’River people

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PHOTO: Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images Director-General, Cross River State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Dr. Janet Ekpenyong, has debunked all forms of disbeliefs, misconceptions or myths about the COVID-19 vaccine. In an interview with journalists yesterday, Ekpenyong urged Cross River people to ignore such misconceptions, as the vaccine would soon be introduced in the country, even as she called on the Federal Government to expedite action on the availability of the vaccine for Nigerians. She said sensitisation and creation of demand for the COVID-19 vaccine were considered the most effective remedy to checkmate the spread of the pandemic and its…

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WHO, China could have acted more quickly: pandemic response probe

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This photo taken on January 16, 2021 shows residents undergoing Covid-19 coronavirus tests at a makeshift testing centre inside a residential compound in Shijiazhuang, in northern Hebei province, as part of a mass testing programme after the province declared an “emergency state”. (Photo by STR / CNS / AFP) / China OUT The World Health Organization and Beijing could have acted faster when Covid-19 first surfaced in China, a group investigating the global response has concluded. In its second report, the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response said that an evaluation of the “chronology of the early phase of…

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Navalny urges Russians to ‘take to the streets’

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This grab taken from a video made available on January 18, 2021 on Navalny team Youtube page shows Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny speaking while waiting for a court hearing at a police station in Khimki outside Moscow. – Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Monday urged Russians to stage mass anti-government protests during a court hearing after his arrest on arrival in Moscow from Germany. (Photo by Handout / Navalny team Youtube page / AFP) / Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Monday urged Russians to stage mass anti-government protests during a court hearing after his arrest on arrival in Moscow…

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Uganda eases internet shutdown imposed over election

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A man uses a computer to read news at a cyber cafe minutes after the Uganda Communication Commission, a body responsible for communications in Uganda, restored the internet in Kampala, Uganda, on January 18, 2021. – Internet was partially restored in Uganda on January 18, 2021 after a near-total blackout was imposed across the country on January 13, 2021 ahead of the country’s elections. (Photo by Badru Katumba / AFP) Internet was partially restored in Uganda on Monday almost five days after a near-total blackout was imposed across the country on the eve of elections the opposition says were rigged.…