Category: World

Exporters advised by Department for International Trade officials to form EU-based companies to circumvent border issues

1. Move to EU to avoid Brexit costs, firms told – The Guardian
2. Rotting fish, lost business and piles of red tape. The reality of Brexit hits Britain – CNN
3. US trade deal: Biden to play hardball as he fears UK ‘advantage’ over ‘closest ally’ EU – Daily Express
4. ‘A Brexit nightmare’: the British businesses being pushed to breaking point – The Guardian
5. French customs officials’ post-Brexit dirty tricks on British fish, DAVID JONES reveals – Daily Mail

HONG KONG: Thousands of Hong Kongers were ordered to stay in their homes on Saturday for the city’s first coronavirus lockdown as authorities battle an outbreak in one of its poorest and most densely packed districts. The order bans about 10,000 people living inside multiple housing blocks within th…

1. HK orders thousands to stay home – The Manila Times –

Authorities had warned people to stay away from Saturday’s protests, but protesters defied the ban and bitter cold, and turned out in force.

1. Police arrest over 1,000 at Russia protests backing jailed Kremlin foe Navalny – ABS-CBN News
2. Alexei Navalny: ‘More than 2,000 detained’ in protests across Russia – BBC News
3. Russian Police Clash With Kremlin Critic Supporters, Arrest Over 2,000 – NDTV

Military-to-military communication between

1. Preventing a US-China war ‘relies on conversations between their militaries’ –

The jailed opposition leader’s wife says she is among those held at a protest in the capital Moscow.

1. Alexei Navalny: Hundreds detained in protests across Russia – BBC News
2. Police arrest over 1,000 at Russia protests backing jailed Kremlin foe Navalny – ABS-CBN News
3. Supporters of jailed Kremlin critic Navalny take to the streets despite warnings – Rappler
4. Kremlin Critic’s Wife Detained At Rally Against Vladimir Putin: Report – NDTV

Demonstrators clash with riot police during a rally in Vladivostok on January 23, 2021.

1. Protests in support of jailed opposition leader Navalny sweep across Russia – CNN
2. Russia arrests dozens amid nationwide pro-Navalny protests – Al Jazeera English
3. Kremlin Critic’s Wife Detained At Rally Against Vladimir Putin: Report – NDTV

Biden may find he can get a big plan or a bipartisan plan — but not both.

1. Biden’s bold immigration overhaul may face a Republican wall in Congress – INQUIRER.net
2. Joe Biden’s inner circle: meet the new president’s close-knit team – The Guardian
3. Biden Undoes Trump Migration Orders, Pushes For Major Reform – NDTV
4. Democrats start reining in expectations for immigration bill – The Independent

Park owner Jordan Patch and Cosmo.

1. An extremely rare white kangaroo was born at a zoo in New York –

British Prime Minister Borish Johnson has warned that the UK variant of the coronavirus disease may not just be more infectious but could also be more deadly.

1. UK Covid-19 variant may be more deadly —British PM – UNTV News – UNTV News
2. COVID variant found in UK may be more deadly than others, says Boris Johnson – CNN Philippines
3. ‘Some evidence’ UK coronavirus strain more deadly, says UK PM Johnson – ABS-CBN News
4. Johnson says UK virus variant more deadly – INQUIRER.net
5. British PM says UK variant may carry higher risk of death – GMA News

A New York zoo has welcomed a baby red kangaroo with a rare condition that left park employees shocked.

1. An extremely rare white kangaroo was born at a zoo in New York –

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1. Quake info: Mag. 4.2 earthquake – North Pacific Ocean, 224 km southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico, on Saturday, 23 Jan 2021 2:04 am (GMT -7) –

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1. Light magnitude 4.6 earthquake 21 km southwest of Bahia Solano, Colombia –