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The European Commission says it wants to cut customs paperwork for goods moving between Great Britain and Northern Ireland in half.
The EU revealed a new package of proposals just a day after the British government called for the Northern Ireland Protocol - a key part of the Brexit agreement - to be radically altered.
An electronic cigarette has been authorised as 'appropriate for the protection of public health' by the US Federal Drug Administration for the first time.
The move signals that the government believes that the help such a device can offer smokers to quit traditional cigarettes outweighs the risks of getting a new generation hooked.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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Mobile Telecom Operator - MTN Uganda has officially opened its Initial Public Offer (IPO), to sell 20% of its shareholding to the public.
This follows approval from the Capital Markets Authority and Uganda Securities Exchange.
The offer price has been set at $0.056 cents per share.
As CGTN's Isabel Nakirya reports…
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The European Union will today (Wednesday) offer to remove a majority of post-Brexit checks on British goods entering Northern Ireland, as it seeks to resolve a trading dispute with the UK.
It comes after Britain threatened to rip up a key protocol of the Brexit deal, as Benji Hyer explains from London.
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As an imminent power shortage looms in India, authorities are stitching together a new plan.
Coal-powered electricity accounts for three-quarters of all power consumption in the country.
But a majority of provinces have been running low on coal inventory for the past month.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
IN: The Prime Minister's officeThe International Monetary Fund has cut its forecast for Japan's economic growth in 2021. That's after the most recent wave of coronavirus infections hit business activities and domestic spending.
Phoebe Amoroso reports from Tokyo.
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Hong Kong is facing widespread shutdown as a severe typhoon passes by the southern coast of China. Two people have died in traffic accidents, and business and transport remains disrupted across the city.
Richard Kimber reports from Hong Kong
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Australia will embark on its first mission to the moon, before the end of the decade.
The countries Federal Government has signed a deal with Space Agency NASA to build a rover, destined for the Moon.
Shaun Bindley reports
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A State Department spokesperson has described two days of talks with' the Taliban in Qatar as 'largely positive' .
It was the first face to face meeting between the two sides since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August following the US military withdrawal.
US Correspondent Rachel Silverman has more.
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North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un has defended his pursuit of nuclear and other weapons as necessary for 'self-defence' in a speech, according to state media.
The isolated nation unveiled its largest ever intercontinental-ballistic missile last year.
Caroline Malone reports from Washington.
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DUR: 0:43A U.S. Navy nuclear engineer and his wife, charged for trying to sell nuclear submarine secrets to a foreign country, could face life in prison.
Federal prosecutors say they're seeking continued detention for Jonathan and Diana Toebbe out of concern they may try to flee the country.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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