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Chris Giles, Clive Cookson, Sarah Neville and Jasmine Cameron-Chileshe in London
– Jan 18, 10:39 AM
The UK has pulled ahead of other large advanced economies in the race to vaccinate against coronavirus, and had inoculated almost 6 per cent of its population by the end of last week. After performing poorly in controlling the spread of the virus…
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Gideon Rachman
– Jan 18, 4:18 AM
On January 20 1961, John F Kennedy, America's youngest ever elected president, gave his inaugural address from the steps of the Capitol. Exactly 60 years later Joe Biden, America's oldest ever president, will be sworn in at the same place —…
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James Bosworth
– Jan 18, 7:13 AM
The writer is author of the Latin America Risk Report newsletter At the start of the year, Donald Trump had more Twitter followers than any other current world leader. Then he became the first to be removed from the platform. It was the highest…
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Sadiq Khan
– Jan 18, 3:50 AM
The writer is the mayor of London People who work in the UK's financial services once believed that they could bank on a Conservative government. But they have been well and truly abandoned by the current one at the worst possible time. With great…
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James Politi in Washington
– Jan 18, 8:52 AM
Joe Biden has tapped Gary Gensler, the former Goldman Sachs investment banker and financial regulator during the Obama administration, to be the next chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr Gensler's selection was paired with the…