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Maduro allies win 253 seats

In an announcement on Thursday, the National Electoral Council (CNE) said the coalition obtained 4,317,819 votes, representing 69.32 per cent of the ballots cast…reports Asian Lite News Venezuela’s ruling coalition, led by

11 December 2020

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Gates Foundation to roll out $250mn for Covid research

In a statement, the Foundation called for global commitments to make Covid-related scientific innovations available in 2021 to everyone who needs them..reports Asian Lite News The Seattle-headquartered Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

10 December 2020

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Brazil sets up 5-year anti-corruption plan

According to Rosario, the plan adopted international recommendations issued by the UN, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Organization of American States (OAS)…reports Asian Lite News The Brazilian

10 December 2020

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‘Vaccination is moral obligation’: Guterres

“Each one of us being vaccinated provides a service to the whole community because we are no longer spreading, there is no risk of spreading the disease,” said UN chief…reports Asian Lite

9 December 2020

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NZ’s tourism faces worst crisis amid pandemic

Tourism, as New Zealand’s biggest export industry contributing 20.4 per cent of total exports, directly employed 8.4 per cent of the New Zealand workforce before Covid-19..reports Asian Lite News New Zealand’s key

9 December 2020

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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

8 December 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

8 December 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

8 December 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

8 December 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

8 December 2020

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