US economy sheds 140,000 jobs in December in end to brutal year
The US economy shed 140,000 jobs in December, slamming the brakes on seven months of jobs gains.
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EU chief warns members cannot negotiate separate vaccine deals
Warning comes after Germany agreed with BioNTech to supply 30 million additional doses in a side deal.
Capitol chaos, Bitcoin surge, Neil Young and Iraq’s time keeper
We round up the numbers from the week’s biggest economic news stories so you can impress yourself and your friends.
Capitol siege: If rioters were Black, ‘hundreds’ would be killed
Activists and politicians, including Biden, have highlighted racial inequality after the mostly white mob rioted.
Iran bans COVID vaccines from UK, US
The supreme leader's order scraps a plan to import 150,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine through philanthropists.
Iran in no hurry to see the US return to nuclear deal: Khamenei
Iran's supreme leader demands removal of sanctions and says not in hurry to see the US return to the 2015 nuclear deal.
UAE to reopen land, sea, air borders with Qatar on Saturday
The move comes days after Saudi Arabia announced a breakthrough in ending the three-and-half-year Gulf dispute.
China seals off two cities to contain coronavirus outbreak
Millions from both cities south of Beijing banned from leaving unless absolutely necessary after new infections emerge.
Vaccines may not work against SA virus variant, UK minister warns
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps warns virus mutation first recorded in South Africa is a 'very big concern'.
US reports over 4,000 daily coronavirus deaths for first time
The US has seen a total of 365,000 deaths linked to the coronavirus so far.
Pakistan court sentences three to death for blasphemy
Fourth accused, a college teacher, sentenced to 10 years in jail for 'blasphemous' lecture he delivered in a classroom.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard unveils missile base amid US tensions
The unveiling of the base came hours after the US flew strategic bombers over the region.
Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine likely effective against UK mutation
The vaccine appeared to work against a key mutation in new variants of the coronavirus, the US drugmaker says.
Pakistani PM says will not be ‘blackmailed’ into visiting Hazaras
Khan says he sympathises with community that has faced targeted attacks, but will not visit until the dead are buried.
Brazil’s COVID deaths pass 200,000 as cases continue to rise
No sign of lockdown in the South American country, which has the second-highest death toll after the US, as cases spike.
Scottish fishermen halt exports due to Brexit red tape
In the first working week after Brexit, one-day deliveries were taking three or more days - if they got through at all.
Pakistan says all visa restrictions for Bangladeshis removed
The move is seen as an ice breaker in frosty relations between the two Muslim-majority countries in South Asia.
Boeing to pay $2.5bn to resolve 737 MAX criminal probe in US
Two deadly crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia killed 346 people in total.
Trump administration officials mull broader China investment ban
The executive order signed by Trump bans US investment in companies allegedly owned by the Chinese military.
Who are the US Capitol rioters?
Shocked reactions to US Capitol siege continue as images, details of pro-Trump demonstrators in Congress emerge.