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Pair had witty back-and-forth in an Apple store in 2007

President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to be treasury secretary, Janet Yellen, collected more than $7 million in speaking fees in 2019 and 2020 from major financial firms and tech giants including Citi, Goldman Sachs and Google

The race will decide whether Democrats or Republicans control the Senate

Former England international was mocked by the club online after they beat West Brom 5-0

The man was allegedly making roaring noises to scare people passing by 

UK travellers do not get the same protections in law – but mostly should in practice

The father of the three siblings believes it to be a case of ‘black magic’, while volunteers are seeking mental health support

The match was called off less than three hours before Wednesday's 6pm kick-off

The artefact seems to be the work of an anonymous artist, who has given interviews to Indian media

Midfielder is not a part of his club’s Premier League squad and could leave this month

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Boris Johnson has suggested the failure to secure any major liberalisation of services trade in the agreement with the EU is of little consequence. Is there any truth in that? Are the concerns about the impact of Brexit on services exaggerated?  Ben Chu investigates

The anniversary and an outgoing US president with little to lose could prove a tipping point for tensions between Tehran and Washington

More than half the fatalities were aboard a Ukraine International Airlines flight mistakenly shot down outside Tehran

Scotland will be back in European Union ‘soon’, says first minister

Travellers can land in country from 2 January but will need to get negative Covid test

Health experts are debating what to tell study volunteers who got a dummy shot instead of a COVID-19 vaccine

There’s now an end in sight for the two major issues facing the UK: Brexit and coronavirus. But Johnson will still have to work hard as he finally looks to the long-term economy, writes Chris Blackhurst

From amchoor to black garlic and orange wine, these are the foods set to make a splash in 2021

Voters in Georgia still have unfinished business to resolve two months after the November elections

How many of our selections are in your team?

Display began with poem: ‘In the year of 2020 a new virus came our way; We knew what must be done and so to help we hid away’

Display began with poem: ‘In the year of 2020 a new virus came our way; We knew what must be done and so to help we hid away’

We tried it

The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is being locally produced by the Serum Institute of India