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European stock futures US political certainty, rising on vaccines

LONDON – European stocks traded higher on Wednesday as rising political certainty in the US and news of a sensible coronavirus vaccine boosted global sentiment. The Pan-European Stocks 600 Index traded up 1% higher with most of the positive sectors except insurance, auto, basic resources and chemicals. News of a …

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China imposed new rules on foreigners to “ban religious extremism.”

Those religions – Chinese Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism, Protestantism – are overseen by official bodies such as the Protestant Three-Self Patriotic Movement or the China Buddhist Association, which in turn is led by the ruling Communist Party’s powerful United Front. Work section. Practice outside the boundaries of these groups is …

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