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Marketmind: A delta-driven drop
A look at the day ahead from Tommy Wilkes. After an August in which stock markets have repeatedly hit record highs, the mood music turned decisively more sombre on Thursday, led by a late slump in U.S...
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Nicole Kidman gets quarantine exemption by Hong Kong for TV series -media
HONG KONG (Reuters) - As Hong Kong braces for more draconian COVID-19 travel restrictions to take effect from midnight Thursday, Australian actor Nicole Kidman received an exemption from the governmen...
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MLB roundup: Shohei Ohtani pitches, belts 40th homer in Angels’ win
Shohei Ohtani tossed eight dominant innings and blasted his major league-leading 40th home run, carrying the visiting Los Angeles Angels to a 3-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday. Ohtani (...
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Singapore’s SC Capital set sights on hard-hit Japanese hotels with $550 million fund
By Junko Fujita TOKYO (Reuters) - Singapore's SC Capital Partners aims to raise around $550 million for a new fund targeting hard-hit Japanese hotels, its chairman told Reuters, betting tourism will c...
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Britain says: we cannot evacuate unaccompanied children from Afghanistan
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain is unable to evacuate unaccompanied children from Afghanistan, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Thursday when asked about footage which showed a young child being handed...
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Toyota to slash September production due to global chip shortage – Nikkei
(Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp will reduce global production for September by 40% from its previous plan due to the worldwide shortage of semiconductors, the Nikkei business daily reported on Thursday....
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Philippines earmarks $899 million for COVID-19 booster shots
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines is allotting 45.3 billion pesos ($899 million) for COVID-19 booster shots under its 2022 budget, an official said, even as health authorities have yet to conclude th...
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Monarchy reshaped as Malaysia’s king looks to end political turmoil
By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian king Al-Sultan Abdullah's efforts to end the country's long-running political instability could transform the traditionally ceremonial monarchy rev...
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Taliban urge people to leave airport in Afghan capital after 12 killed since Sunday
KABUL (Reuters) - A total of 12 people have been killed in and around the airport in the Afghan capital, Kabul, Taliban and NATO officials said, since the Taliban seized the city on Sunday, triggering...
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Afghanistan on edge after anti-Taliban protest in east, Kabul calm as airlift goes on
KABUL (Reuters) - As the United States and other Western powers pressed on with the evacuation of their nationals and some Afghans on Thursday, the rest of Afghanistan waited to see whether the nation...
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