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  European Union

  Biggest drop in export and import from the UK to E.U.

  U.K. Export and Imports fell by 40.7% and 28.9% to E.U. in January 2021

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  COVID19

  Delay in supplies of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine hits E.U.’s vaccination plan

  Johnson & Johnson to miss second quarter target of COVID-19 vaccine supply to E.U.

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  World

  E.U. to manufacture 20% of cutting-edge computer chips by 2030

  The plans are a part of European Union’s (E.U.’s) wider proposal called Digital Compass 2030

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  UK

  “I just didn’t want to be alive anymore” Meghan

  Duchess of Sussex has revealed in a shocking interview with Oprah Winfrey that at times she thought of ending her life as...

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  UK

  Unilever says no to ‘normal’ and yes to ‘Positive Beauty’

  The move by Unilever comes in a bid for an image makeover to portray a more inclusive definition of beauty

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  608

  Economy

  U.K. pledges £ 65 billion to support workers and businesses

  Rishi Sunak announced £ 65 billion (U.S. $ 91 billion) to extend emergency support measures to workers and businesses.

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  UK

  Listing rules eased to make London Stock Exchange attractive

  In aftermath of Brexit, The Great Britain has announced to modernize the listing rules to attract more high growth and Special Purpose...

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  COVID19

  France changes stance, approves AstraZeneca vaccine for people above 65

  The French Government has now approved the COVID-19 vaccine developed by British–Swedish pharmaceutical company – AstraZeneca, to be given to elderly above...

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  European Union

  Hungary breaks E.U. consensus, receives China made COVID-19 vaccine

  Breaking the E.U. consensus, Hungary has received the first shipment of Chinese made covid-19 vaccine, developed by Sinopharm.

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  COVID19

  Philippines offers to send nurses to Germany and Britain in exchange of COVID-19 vaccine

  Philippines, which has highest number of cases in Asia, has relaxed a ban on deploying its health care workers overseas

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  COVID19

  AstraZeneca to miss second quarter target of vaccine supply to Europe

  Reduction in covid-19 vaccine supplies in the first quarter could hit the EU’s vaccination targets

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  Uncategorized

  Following Jaguar, now Ford to go all electric by 2026 in Europe

  Ford to invest U.S $ 1 billion in Germany to go all electric by 2026

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  China

  China is now E.U.’s biggest trading partner

  China has overtaken United States as the biggest trading partner of European Union

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  504

  European Union

  E.U. calls on China to remove ban on BBC News Channel

  The E.U. said China’s decision to ban BBC restricted freedom of expression and access to information inside its borders

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  573

  Tech

  Jaguar cars to go all-electric by 2025

  Owned by Tata Motors India, JLR’s brand Land Rover will launch 6 pure electric models over the next 5 years

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  COVID19

  U.K. to begin second phase of COVID-19 vaccination

  England has entered the next phase of Coronavirus vaccine rollout after (U.K.) successfully inoculating 15 million people.

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  France

  Google ends up paying U.S. $ 76 millions to French news publishers

  American tech giant Google will pay U.S. $ 76 millions to Alliance de la presse d’information generale (APIG)

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  UK

  U.K. economy shrank by 9.9.% in 2020

  Covid-19 pandemic has halted all growth and pushed back the U.K. economy where it was 8 years ago

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  Saudi Arabia

  U.K. sold arms worth $ 1.9 billion to Saudi Arabia

  The U.K. had approved sale of arms worth U.S. $ 1.9 billion to Saudi Arabia between July to September 2020

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  Germany

  Germany, Poland and Sweden expel Russian diplomat in retaliatory move

  Tit-for-tat move came after Russia expelled diplomats of Germany, Sweden ad Poland, over their support to Alexei Navalny

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  426

  China

  British Academics under scanner concerning theft of intellectual property

  Many British Academics have come under scrutiny for sharing classified information with Chinese companies

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  COVID19

  AstraZeneca and Oxford COVID-19 vaccine less effective against the South African variant

  AstraZeneca has confirmed that the vaccine developed by it offers limited protection against the South African variant of COVID-19.

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  Germany

  Biden revokes withdrawal of troops from Germany

  Germany welcomes Biden’s decision of freezing Trump’s withdrawal of troops

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  UK

  British media regulator revokes license of CGTN in U.K.

  Ofcom has banned China’s state-run CGTN from broadcasting in UK over ownership structure

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  UK

  U.K. to set-up new subsidy scheme

  The new set of subsidy rules will allow the U.K. to be more dynamic in providing support to businesses