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Asian shares extend gains on global optimism, vaccine hopes

Asian shares advanced on Tuesday, lifted by the economic recovery, vaccine rollouts and signs that new coronavirus cases may be abating

Australian government to amend laws to make Google and Facebook pay

The amendment is for clarifying that publishers would be paid in lump sums rather than per click on news article links

European Union's anti-fraud body warns against Covid-19 vaccine scams

The EU's anti-fraud office is urging member states to be vigilant against scammers offering to sell fake Covid-19 vaccines

Myanmar security forces intensify crackdown on anti-coup protesters

The forces are seeking to quell the large-scale demonstrations calling for the military junta that seized power earlier this month to reinstate the elected government

Bangladesh authorities send more Rohingya refugees to new island

This comes despite calls by human rights groups for a halt to the process

Power cut across Texas as snow, ice blanket southern Plains

Officials in Houston had warned people to prepare for outages and hazardous roads conditions similar to what residents might see in the wake of a Category 5 hurricane

No new community cases of Covid found in New Zealand since lockdown

Health officials said they'd found no evidence the coronavirus had spread further in the community

Major Australian media company strikes news pay deal with Google

Seven West Media has become the largest Australian news media business to strike a deal with Google to pay for journalism

Virus may never go away but could change into mild annoyance: Experts

What if COVID-19 never goes away? Experts say it's likely that some version of the disease will linger for years. But what it will look like in the future is less clear.

Strong earthquake shakes Japan's Fukushima, other northeastern areas

The Japan Meteorological Agency says a strong earthquake has hit off the coast of northeastern Japan

Rafael Nadal into fourth round in Australian Open; back seems OK

Rafael Nadal extended his winning streak against fellow left-handers to 18 with a 7-5, 6-2, 7-5 victory over Cameron Norrie

Pakistan cricket team to tour S Africa in April for limited-overs series

Pakistan's limited-overs tour to South Africa in April will include an extra Twenty20 game

Wall Street opens lower; investors grow cautious on outlook

The market remains focused on trillions of dollars of potential government aid that could be coming for the economy, as Democrats move forward with their stimulus package.

UK economy shrinks 9.9% amid pandemic, biggest annual decline on record

The coronavirus pandemic closed shops and restaurants and and devastated the travel industry

Democrats pushing President Biden's Covid-19 bill through House panels

Democrats pushed half of President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief plan through a House committee Thursday

Robinhood raises $3.4 billion from investors amid surge in trading

The move comes amid a spike in trading on Wall Street fuelled by small investors driving up shares in GameStop and other stocks

FPIs remain net buyers with Rs 14,649 crore investment in January

Overseas investors pumped in a net of Rs 19,473 crore into equities but pulled out Rs 4,824 crore from the debt segment between January 1 and January 29

Nine of 10 most valued firms lose over Rs 3.96 trn in market valuation

Only ICICI Bank managed to witness addition in its market valuation the holiday-truncated last week

Budget session of Parliament set to get off to a rocky start on Friday

18 Opposition parties to boycott President's address in solidarity with farmers

Explainer: How experts will hunt for coronavirus origins in China

After a two-week quarantine, the real work can begin. Maybe.