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Social media app Parler, suspended after Capitol riots, may not return: CEO

"It could be never," he said. "We don't know yet." The app said in a legal filing it has over 12 million users

China's 2020 total crude oil imports jump 7.3% to record on low prices

China's total crude oil imports surged 7.3% in 2020 despite the coronavirus, with record arrivals in the second and third quarter amid plunging oil prices and expanding refineries, data showed

Oil prices dip on rise in virus cases; US stock draw checks losses

Oil prices eased for a second day as mounting coronavirus cases globally raised demand concerns, although a drawdown in US crude stocks for a fifth straight week capped losses

Little evidence coffee firms' sustainability efforts have impact: Report

There is little evidence efforts by the world's top coffee roasters to prevent human rights and environmental abuses are having any impact, with most farmers operating at a loss, a coffee report said

Lockdowns in 2021 threaten to slow first-quarter earnings recovery globally

A major chunk of the global recovery in firms' earnings expected in first quarter is at risk of being pushed back further as lockdowns cloud hopes of a swifter economic rebound, investment banks said

Unilever gets vaccine partnership offers as it plots worker safety strategy

Unilever is strongly encouraging employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus as soon as possible and floated the idea that it could buy shots to share with people in poorer countries

Saudi offers $6 trn investment opportunities over next decade: Crown Prince

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said the kingdom offers investment opportunities worth $6 trillion over the next decade, with new projects representing half of this value

US asks Tesla to recall 158,000 vehicles for touchscreen failures

Tesla was asked to recall 158,000 Model S and Model X vehicles over media control unit failures that could pose safety risks by leading to touchscreen displays not working

Oil ends lower, retreating from recent gains as Covid-19 cases rise

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House impeaches Trump after US Capitol siege; his fate in Senate hands

Only three US presidents ever impeached; none removed; vote held with large security presence at US Capitol; Pelosi calls Trump 'clear and present danger' to US

US government executes first woman on death row in nearly 70 years

The US Supreme Court, with its conservative majority, cleared the way for her execution after overturning a stay by the 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals

Taiwan's Foxconn joins hands with China's Geely as Apple cars loom

They will each hold 50 per cent of a venture that will also provide consulting services on electric vehicle (EV) technologies to automakers

As China Covid-19 cases rise, millions more placed under lockdown

Wave of infections to put a damper on February's Lunar New Year holiday, when millions of people travel home

Trump admin shelves planned investment ban on Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu

Senior officials in the administration had been considering plans to add the firms to a list of alleged Chinese military companies, which would have subjected them to a new US investment ban

US House sets stage for Donald Trump's historic second impeachment

A vote of the House majority to impeach would trigger a trial in the still Republican-controlled Senate

20,000 national guard with lethal weapons being deployed in Washington

As many as 15,000 have already been deployed in and around the Capitol Hill and another 5,000 would be added around the January 20 inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden

Six Republicans back Trump impeachment after storming of US Capitol

A growing number of Republican lawmakers have said they will vote to impeach him on charges that he incited his supporters to carry out the deadly Jan. 6 attack on Congress

US lawmakers' comments on impeachment of President Donald Trump

Following are comments on the US House of Representatives vote on Wednesday on the impeachment of President Donald Trump

New York City ending business ties with Trump Organization, says Mayor

The company's contracts to operate a carousel in Manhattan's Central Park, skating rinks and a golf course in the Bronx are worth about $17 million a year, de Blasio said on MSNBC

Facebook tracking a rise in violent rhetoric tied to Biden's inauguration

Violent rhetoric on online platforms had already ramped up in the weeks before last week's unrest as right-wing groups planned the assault, largely in open public view