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Business
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Economy
9/13/2021 5:22:15 PM
The report comes in the wake of an announcement by the Bank of International Settlements and the central banks of Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, and South Africa that they had started testing CBDCs for cross-border settlements
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Business
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Economy
9/5/2021 6:42:08 PM
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World
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International
8/30/2021 10:06:00 PM
Infections rates are ticking up globally again, as the highly transmissible Delta variant takes hold -- especially among the unvaccinated -- preying on populations where anti-virus measures have been relaxed
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Business
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Economy
8/19/2021 5:38:10 PM
Mastercard has pledged $250 million and committed to connect 50 million micro, small, and medium-sized businesses globally to the digital economy by 2025 using its technology, network, expertise, and resources
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World
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International
8/14/2021 5:57:46 PM
In late June, COVAX sent more than 530,000 doses to Britain - more than double the amount sent that month to Africa, where fewer than 2% of the population is immunized
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Business
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Economy
8/10/2021 5:29:22 PM
WBG said the support included $4.7 billion in newly approved financing for rolling out and distributing vaccines benefiting 54 countries
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World
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International
8/3/2021 3:21:04 PM
The U.S. has donated and shipped more than 110 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to more than 60 countries, ranging from Afghanistan to Zambia
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World
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International
8/2/2021 10:31:46 AM
For months the WHO urged countries to prioritize immunizing refugees, placing them in the second priority group for at-risk people, alongside those with serious health conditions
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World
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International
7/31/2021 10:19:24 AM
Previously, vaccinated people who got infected were thought to have low levels of virus and to be unlikely to pass it to others
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World
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International
7/21/2021 7:49:02 PM
'At this rate, it is expected that the cumulative number of cases reported globally could exceed 200 million in the next three weeks,' WHO says
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World
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International
7/19/2021 2:04:08 PM
China's Ministry of State Security 'uses criminal contract hackers to conduct unsanctioned cyber operations globally, including for their own personal profit,' the official said
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Business
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7/15/2021 1:02:06 PM
Fitch said that seasonal patterns will affect quarterly sukuk issuance which, following the summer break, is expected to inch up in the remainder of 2021 and beyond
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World
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International
6/26/2021 5:01:27 PM
While vaccination drives have brought down infections in numerous countries, the rise of the highly contagious Covid-19 variant, has stoked fears of new waves of a virus that has already killed nearly four million people
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World
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International
6/25/2021 12:55:08 PM
The virus that causes COVID-19 could have started spreading in China as early as October 2019, two months before the first case was identified in the central city of Wuhan, a new study showed on Friday
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World
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International
6/21/2021 6:33:14 PM
Biden announced that the US was purchasing 500 million doses from Pfizer to donate globally over the coming year, with the first deliveries expected in August
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World
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Africa
6/17/2021 8:43:29 PM
Africa is especially vulnerable. Its 1.3 billion people account for 18% of the world’s population, but the continent has received only 2% of all vaccine doses administered globally
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World
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Africa
6/17/2021 12:21:23 PM
Africa's 1.3 billion people account for 18% of the world's population but the continent has received only 2% of all vaccine doses administered globally
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Egypt
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Politics
6/15/2021 11:32:37 AM
Zayed said Egypt is well prepared to cooperate with the COVAX to help produce the doses via the Egyptian firms to speed up the supply of these vaccines globally
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World
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International
6/14/2021 1:06:35 PM
Vaccine maker Novavax said Monday its shot was about 90% effective overall and preliminary data showed it was safe
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World
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International
6/13/2021 3:39:43 PM
Many of the promised doses will flow through COVAX, a global vaccine buying system backed by the World Health Organization and Gavi, the vaccine alliance
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