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Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire called Monday on the United States to not follow through on threats to impose sanctions on France in a dispute over taxation of tech giants and warned of retaliation. "This trade war is in no one's interest and I call on our American friends to display wisdom, to return to their senses," Le Maire said on France Inter radio as the US government moves towards imposing sanctions. President Donald Trump last month threatened to punish Paris for a new tax on tech giants such as Netflix and Amazon... Читать дальше...

1. Rain brings relief to fire-ravaged Australia but could hamper efforts to stamp out raging bushfires  Daily Mail
2. Australia fires: Rain brings relief but of huge blazes expected ahead  BBC News
3. Australia wildfires: PM Scott Morrison says 'blame doesn’t help anybody' as he defends government's handling of crisis  Evening Standard
4. British host Piers Morgan rips into Scott Morrison over bushfire response  Herald Sun
5. Australia fires – Heartbreaking footage shows... Читать дальше...

Streaming won big in TV at the 2020 Golden Globes, but Netflix failed to take advantage of its record-setting number of nominations. Despite being up for 34 prizes, the streaming service won just two, Olivia Coleman's best actress win for The Crown a...

As Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi spoke at the recent U.N. climate conference in Madrid, “Japan faced a barrage of criticism” over the continuous use and ...

Ghana Football Association threaten lawsuits for unauthorized betting

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New car sales sunk to a six-year low in 2019 due to low consumer confidence and uncertainty over the treatment of diesel vehicles, the automotive industry has said.

Taylor now holds New Zealand's record in both Tests and ODIs having also passed Fleming in the 50-over format last February against Bangladesh in Dunedin.

While 2019 should have been a year to celebrate the sincere efforts of rugby’s bravest blossoms, it ended instead in yet another of the serial ...

Regarding Donald Trump’s historic impeachment, one thing is indisputable: He will plunge to the darkest depths of unfathomable sleaze once he grasps that his Titanic-like ...

PV Sindhu won the World Championships in Basel last year, but made early exits in the rest of the season, including failing to defend her World Tour Finals crown in December.

Utilising Internet of Things (IoT) technology, the pay and use toilet facilitates automatic cleaning every 30 minutes.

NASA has revealed the true devastation of the Australian wildfires as satellite images show a thick blanket of smoke covering the entirety of the south east of the country.

Mrs Hanks wrote on social media that she was 'trying to be zen'

The US AFRICOM released an official comment on the January 5 attack by al-Shabaab of the Kenya Defense Force Military...

John Legend was unimpressed when his three-year-old daughter, Luna, referred to him by his first name – rather than calling him daddy.

From the CIA-orchestrated overthrow of Iran's prime minister to tension in the time of President Trump.

Liam Keen rates the Walsall players after a 2-1 win away at Salford.

As part of our series on design in 2020, George Gottl, chief creative officer at UXUS, explores what interactive design will look like in the coming year.

The heavyweight division aside, it’s THE biggest, most fan-demanded fight right now: Errol Spence vs. Terence Crawford. Spence is of course still out of action due to the nasty car smash he was involved in back in October, but this […]

Rachel Brosnahan sparkles her way down the carpet while attending the Amazon Studios after party following the 2020 Golden Globes on Sunday night (January 5) at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. The 29-year-old The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel actress was joined at the event by her husband Jason Ralph, who made his outfit [...]

Kids will also be provided free-of-cost books, a pair of school uniform, sweater, school bag and stationery at makeshift schools in tent city. Read on to know more...

China has accused the US of having a destabilizing presence in the Middle East, describing growing animosity between the United States and Iran as a threat to regional security.
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1. Beijing slams Washington for fueling tensions in Middle East with ‘military interventionism’  RT
2. Special operations troops add to Middle East buildup  POLITICO
3. Japan PM Abe sticks to plan to deploy forces to Middle East  Reuters
4. China calls for restraint, urges US to seek dialogue with Iran instead of 'force'  CNBC
5. Japan Navy Keeps Plan for Mideast Deployment Amid Iran Tension  Bloomberg
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Silvio John Camilleri’s first solo exhibition Ħarbaħolma – Images of a Wistful Escape is open at Palazzo de Piro, Mdina, until February 28. The exhibition focuses on different landscape interpretations by the artist, where the technique varies from vigorous renditions with prominent brushstroke marks to more traditionally-inspired works. Camilleri uses various media such as acrylics and inks, in addition to pencils and ordinary ballpoint pens which he considers as the most practical media to sketch while ‘on the go’. Читать дальше...