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WHO Chief cautions over inequality amid global COVID-19 vaccine roll...

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has blasted the unequal worldwide distribution of COVID-19 vaccine. He st...

FCA-PSA Merger Stellantis Makes A Splash On Stock Market Debut

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and Groupe PSA have agreed to merge and form Stellantis, the fourth-largest automobile company by volume in the world....

Bitcoin A Currency Reserve? Ex-Canadian PM Stephen Harper Says Yes

Can bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, become a reserve currency? While many analysts are concerned over the crypto’s volatile n...

Is NZ Tractor Industry ready to move ahead with full speed in 2021?

Like most other industries that witnessed disruption due to COVID-19, the tractor industry had also witnessed a lull in business. There was a 15.3% do...

Trump admin greenlights Land Swap for Resolution Copper Project

Trump administration is on a mining approval spree and the latest to reap benefit is the Resolution Copper project in the state of Arizona. The outgoi...

Medsafe, its Norwegian counterpart in touch to study side effects of...

New Zealand health officials became cautious following the deaths that occurred due to COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTec vaccine in Norway. Medsafe, the Medici...

Trump administration halts supplies to Huawei, says Reuters

The Trump administration has informed Huawei suppliers and Intel that is cancelling some permits to sell to the Chinese firm. It further aims to rejec...

Growing Safety Concerns around Pfizer-BioNTech’s Vaccine; here’s wha...

The COVID-19 vaccine, jointly developed by Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) and BioNTech SE’s (Nasdaq:BNTX), has come under the spotlight with doubts being...

Joe Biden Set To Become The 46th US President: Key Highlights

Source: Stratos Brilakis, Shutterstock Summary Stage set for Joe Biden’s swearing-in as the 46th US President on Wednesday Health, e...

Will the World be Able to Put The Kibosh on COVID-19 in 2021?

  At the end of 2019, a devastating monster virus sneaked into our lives. First, it gripped the emerging global superpower China, and before any...

Why are non-auto majors hopping onto autonomous car bandwagon?

You order a ride from Uber, and within a few minutes, a car arrives to pick you up. Once you hop in, you are surprised to see there is no one at the d...

Is NZ’s Domestic Pork Industry Set To Pick Up In 2021

  Pork farming is the only primary industry in New Zealand that does not cater completely to domestic demand and does not export. In fact, New Z...

Corporates rush to grab a bite of the Bitcoin rally

Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency which started trading in 2009, has sparked off a new trend of blockchain technology and is now being implemented across in...

The Who’s Who of Joe Biden’s US Cabinet

  United States President-elect Joe Biden is set to take over the White House next week and his nominated list cabinet members are at the r...

25th Amendment Explained: What is it and How does it work?

  Many unpleasant events have unfolded since the most talked-about 2020 US presidential election outcomes. But the recent mayhem at the Capitol...

The rise of Robinhood in 2020 amid controversies

  The year 2020 had been volatile for the stock market. The share market was gripped by fear and massive uncertainty throughout the year, adding...

How Chinese Ban on Australian Coal Reshuffled The Global Coal Trade?

The Australian mining sector accounts for around 10% of the country’s GDP and makes up for over 50% of the nation's exports. Asian countries inc...

Google acquires Fitbit in USD 2.1 billion deal, Regulatory Probe Con...

The market leader in the online advertising business, Alphabet-owned Google, has completed the health device producer Fitbit's acquisition worth USD 2...

Xiaomi shares slip after the US investment ban

Cranking up pressure on Beijing, the United States’ Department of Defence has blacklisted nine Chinese companies, including Xiaomi Corporation....

Sharp rise in New Zealand’s house prices continues

The NZ property market is running red hot as the new data by REINZ in December showed the housing prices setting records for the fourth consecutive mo...