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Covid pushes global debt to new highs

Debt increases are particularly striking in advanced economies, where public debt rose from around 70 per cent of GDP in 2007 to 124 per cent of GDP in 2020….reports Asian Lite News

December 16, 2021

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Instagram reportedly surpasses 2 bn users

Meta has been grilled recently after a leak exposed how Instagram’s own research had found the platform could harm children’s well-being…reports Asian Lite News. Meta-owned Instagram has reportedly hit two billion monthly

December 16, 2021

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Bulgarian customs seizes 58.766 kg of heroin at the border with Turkey

Bulgarian customs inspectors have seized 58.766 kg of heroin at the country’s Lesovo checkpoint at its border with Turkey…reports Asian Lite News The drug, split into 114 packets, was found on Saturday

December 15, 2021

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TURKISH LIRA SINKS

The Turkish currency, lira, has hit a new record low of 14.60 against one US dollar ahead of an upcoming meeting of the country’s Central Bank on the interest rate cut…reports Asian

December 15, 2021

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India votes against UN resolution to securitise climate action

India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations T S Tirumurti voices concern on the manner in which this issue was brought before the Security Council, reports Asian Lite News India voted against

December 15, 2021

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UNGA President: vaccinating world New Year’s top priority

President of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), has said that his first goal for the New Year is to vaccinate the world…reports Asian Lite News Abdulla Shahid,

December 15, 2021

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‘Vaccinating world New Year’s top goal’

On UN’s target to vaccinate 40 per cent of the entire population by the end of 2021 and 70 per cent by the middle of 2022, the PGA said that the goal

December 14, 2021

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SPECIAL: Intellectual Martyr’s Day@50

50th Anniversary of Intellectual Martyr’s Day observed to remember the barbaric horrors inflicted by the Pakistan Army and their collaborators … reports Dr Sakariya Kareem On the occasion of the Intellectual Martyr’s

December 14, 2021

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Second Phase of Egypt’s Gaza reconstruction plan underway

The second phase of an Egyptian reconstruction plan to help rebuild the Gaza Strip following the enclave’s destruction caused during the 11-day offensive earlier this year, is underway…reports Asian Lite News Ibrahim

December 14, 2021

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Omicron reduces vaccine efficacy, says WHO

Early evidence suggests Omicron causes “a reduction in vaccine efficacy against infection and transmission”, the WHO said in a technical brief…reports Asian Lite News. The Omicron coronavirus variant is more transmissible than

December 13, 2021

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