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Posted by The Analyst | 23 December 2020 | Politics
US charges for new Lockerbie suspect 32 years on are a dismal show of mawkish grandstanding

Attorney General William Barr's announcement of charges for the man who allegedly made the bomb that blew up Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988 feels like the last desperate measure in a sorry saga that has lasted more than three decades. America wields an unhealthy, mawkish obsession with terrorist attacks. It lets them fester to...

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Posted by The Analyst | 23 December 2020 | Politics
If Biden makes Disney’s Bob Iger his China ambassador, expect a wave of twofold propaganda

Disney executive chairman Bob Iger is under consideration for a major ambassadorship under the incoming Biden administration, with the Hollywood Reporter saying he is being tapped for the top job in China or the UK. There is substance to these rumours, as Iger has political ambitions, and was even thinking about a run for president...

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Posted by The Analyst | 23 December 2020 | Politics
If Biden makes Disney’s Bob Iger his China ambassador, expect a wave of twofold propaganda

Disney executive chairman Bob Iger is under consideration for a major ambassadorship under the incoming Biden administration, with the Hollywood Reporter saying he is being tapped for the top job in China or the UK. There is substance to these rumours, as Iger has political ambitions, and was even thinking about a run for president...

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Posted by The Analyst | 23 December 2020 | Politics
If Biden makes Disney’s Bob Iger his China ambassador, expect a wave of twofold propaganda

Disney executive chairman Bob Iger is under consideration for a major ambassadorship under the incoming Biden administration, with the Hollywood Reporter saying he is being tapped for the top job in China or the UK. There is substance to these rumours, as Iger has political ambitions, and was even thinking about a run for president...

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Posted by The Analyst | 23 December 2020 | Business
US sanctions may lead to dollar’s demise, Russian central bank warns

The greenback may fall victim to Washington's sanctions, as these policies force global players to ditch the US dollar and switch to national currencies in trade, according to the Central Bank of Russia (CBR). “Active use of the sanctions regime by the US administration in recent years is something that seriously undermines the reliability of...

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Posted by The Analyst | 23 December 2020 | Business
US sanctions may lead to dollar’s demise, Russian central bank warns

The greenback may fall victim to Washington's sanctions, as these policies force global players to ditch the US dollar and switch to national currencies in trade, according to the Central Bank of Russia (CBR). “Active use of the sanctions regime by the US administration in recent years is something that seriously undermines the reliability of...

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Posted by The Analyst | 23 December 2020 | Business
China’s GDP to grow 7.9% next year to pre-pandemic level, says World Bank

The growth of China's gross domestic product (GDP) will accelerate to 7.9 percent next year from the two percent in 2020, according to a report by the World Bank published on Wednesday. It has projected that the country's GDP growth will return to its pre-pandemic level by 2021 in response to improved consumer and business...

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