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Stories for November 27th 2020
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Friday, November 27th 2020 - 08:49 UTC
Maradona buried next to his parents, amid a global outpouring of grief in the streets of Buenos Aires and Naples
Argentina’s Diego Maradona, one of the world’s greatest ever soccer players, was buried on Thursday amid a global outpouring of grief from the streets of Buenos Aires to Naples in Italy.
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Friday, November 27th 2020 - 08:38 UTC
Italian giant shipbuilder will construct a major shipyard in Yucatán, Mexico
Fincantieri, the Italian shipbuilding giant, has announced it has signed a letter of intent with the Ministry of Economic Development and Labour of the Yucatán State (Mexico) to participate in the design and construction of a shipyard located in the port of Progreso.
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Friday, November 27th 2020 - 08:19 UTC
UK: AstraZeneca vaccine will have to be approved by independent medical regulators
The British government said on Friday it has asked its independent medicines regulator to assess AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine as part of the formal approval process for the drug to be rolled out by the end of the year.
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Friday, November 27th 2020 - 08:06 UTC
Iranian diplomat on trial in Belgium accused of plotting a bomb attack in Paris
An Iranian diplomat goes on trial in Belgium on Friday accused of plotting to bomb an opposition rally outside Paris, in a case that has stoked tensions with Teheran. In June 2018 Belgian authorities thwarted what they said was an attempt to smuggle explosives to France to attack a meeting of one of Iran's exiled opposition movements.
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Friday, November 27th 2020 - 08:05 UTC
Maradona's contribution to monetary policy, according to Lord Mervyn King
Even the Financial Times referred to the death of Diego Armando Maradona, one of the most gifted footballers to ever play the game. In effect, the FT recalls that while his dribbling prowess was world-renowned, fewer people know that his skills were used to construct one of the most memorable monetary policy analogies of all time.
