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Silver is the new GameStop: Price boosted by online movement
LONDON - The price of silver is rallying as the online trading movement fuelling the rise of unloved shares like GameStop took a shine to the precious metal. Silver futures jumped almost 12% on Monday...
Feb 01, 2021
Court fines Navalny's wife after protests in Moscow
MOSCOW - A Moscow court on Monday has ordered the wife of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to pay a fine of 20,000 rubles (about $265) for violating protest regulations after she attended a de...
Feb 01, 2021
Biden to meet with GOP lawmakers to discuss virus relief
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is set to meet Monday with a group of 10 Republican senators who have proposed spending about one-third of the $1.9 trillion he is seeking in coronavirus aid, though c...
Feb 01, 2021
WHO team in Wuhan visits disease control centres
WUHAN, China - A World Health Organization team investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic visited two disease control centres on Monday that had an early hand in managing the outbreak in t...
Feb 01, 2021
Somali forces end jihadist siege of Mogadishu hotel, 5 dead
MOGADISHU, Somalia - At least five people have died in the attack on a Mogadishu hotel by Somalia's al-Shabab rebels that was ended early Monday by security forces, according to the Somali police forc...
Feb 01, 2021
Libya's future in balance in UN-backed leadership vote
GENEVA - Delegates from Libya's opposing sides kick off a five-day meeting on Monday to choose an interim prime minister and a three-person presidency council, in a crucial bid to reunite the troubled...
Feb 01, 2021
Germany seeks ways to give its vaccine campaign momentum
BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel and German state governors were planning to talk Monday with representatives of the pharmaceutical industry on ways to beef up the country's sluggish vaccination camp...
Feb 01, 2021
Australian prime minister says Bing could replace Google
CANBERRA, Australia - Australia's prime minister said on Monday that Microsoft is confident it can fill the void if Google carries out its threat to remove its search engine from Australia. A Google e...
Feb 01, 2021
China blasts Pompeo over accusation of genocide in Xinjiang
BEIJING - An official from China's far west Xinjiang region accused former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday of trying to undermine Beijing's relations with new President Joe Biden by decl...
Feb 01, 2021
India budget to boost health care spending,
NEW DELHI - India's government has proposed to increase spending on health care in a $477 billion budget for 2021-22 that promises extra help for weathering the coronavirus pandemic. India is in its w...
Feb 01, 2021
