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Brexit on October 31 a 'priority' for British government: Queen Elizabeth

After weeks of gloom, the last few days have given a glimmer of hope that an agreement can be reached

Inching towards a Brexit deal? EU Council chief says basic premise ready

Theoretically tomorrow we could accept this deal with Great Britain, Donald Tusk told Polish journalists in Brussels

Amid a string of engine failures, Airbus A220s ordered to slow down

During one Swiss flight parts of the engine fell over France, and following incidents in September and October the airline halted all flights with the aircraft until they could be inspected.

Tokyo unveils $188 mn Japanese-style gymnastics venue for 2020 Olympics

The futuristic-looking Ariake Gymnastics Centre in central Tokyo uses 2,300 cubic metres of wood and is intended to hark back to traditional building techniques that predated use of modern materials

Aramco to make its long-awaited debut on Riyadh stock market on Dec 11

The Aramco listing is expected to be a major topic at a major investment summit that opened Tuesday in Riyadh

US military buries the body of IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi at sea: Report

Syrian Kurds claimed to be a key source of the intelligence that led Americans to Baghdadi after years of tracking the man

A cigarette or a candy bar, that's all you need to buy fuel in Venezuela

Bartering at the pump has taken off as hyperinflation makes Venezuela's paper currency, the bolivar, hard to find and renders some denominations all but worthless, so that nobody will accept them

Google's quantum computer does 10k-year calculation in just 200 seconds

A team of experts working on Google's Sycamore machine said their quantum system had executed a calculation in 200 seconds that would have taken a classic computer 10,000 years to complete

39 bodies found in a truck container near London: British police

A 25-year-old man from Northern Ireland has been arrested on suspicion of murder

China plans to replace Hong Kong's Carrie Lam as protests drag on: Report

The pro-Beijing leader has faced sustained criticism from protesters in the semi-autonomous city

Donald Trump blasts inquiry as 'lynching' as key witness testifies

Trump has relentlessly attacked the investigation as part of a broader partisan "witch hunt" against him

Trudeau's Liberals eke out win in Canada elections, will form minority govt

As early as today, Trudeau will have to form an alliance or formal coalition with one or more smaller parties in order to govern

Number of 'unicorn' start-ups in China exceeds that of US for first time

This makes China the country with the largest number of unicorns in the world

UK Parliament speaker denies vote on Boris Johnson's new Brexit deal

'The motion will not be debated as it would be repetitive & disorderly to do so'

Tourists can visit Siachen, see how Army works in tough place: Rajnath

Rajnath Singh inaugurates the Colonel Chewang Rinchin Bridge on Shyok River, located about 45 km from India's border with China.

Number of 'unicorn' startups in China exceeds US number for first time

There were 206 Chinese firms out of a global total of 494 ultra-valuable start-ups -- known as "unicorns" -- in June 2019

Sell our assets to pay off bank's dues, Wadhawans write to RBI, agencies

The Wadhawans, in a letter to the ED, Union finance ministry and RBI, requested that they be allowed to sell off 18 of their attached assets. The letter was released by a spokesperson of the Wadhawan

RBI relief for PMC Bank depositors, withdrawal limit hiked to Rs 40,000

RBI said it reviewed the bank's liquidity position and, with a view to reducing the hardship of the depositors, it decided to further enhance the limit

After bitcoin crackdown, China now wants centralised digital currency

China was once a stronghold of bitcoin

Unmoved by defections and criticism, Facebook officially launches Libra

Facebook has faced criticism since the summer when it unveiled plans to create a separate, private currency system to allow users to make cross-border payments more easily