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Shops close, security guards flee in Afghan capital
KABUL (Reuters) -Kabul's streets were deserted early on Monday, a day after Taliban insurgents took over the Afghanistan capital without a fight, but the airport was jammed with hundreds of civilians ...
Aug 15, 2021
Japan to extend COVID-19 “state of emergency” lockdown through mid-Sept -report
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government is set to extend its "state of emergency" soft lockdown in regions including Tokyo to the middle of September as well as adding several other regions, the San...
Aug 15, 2021
China’s new local COVID-19 infections fall for sixth day
BEIJING (Reuters) - New local COVID-19 infections in China declined for a sixth day, official data showed on Monday, as most regions pulled the latest outbreak under control, while others kept up vigi...
Aug 15, 2021
China cbank offers more medium-term loan than expected to cushion economic slowdown
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's central bank injected billions of yuan through medium-term loans into the financial system on Monday, which many market participants interpreted as an effort to prop up th...
Aug 15, 2021
HSBC to buy Axa’s insurance assets in Singapore for $575 million
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - HSBC said on Monday it had agreed to acquire Axa's insurance assets in Singapore for $575 million as it scales up its insurance business. "The proposed acquisition, which is subj...
Aug 15, 2021
Malaysia PM at palace to meet king amid reports he will resign
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin was seen entering the national palace on Monday amid reports he will tender his resignation, media reported. Muhyiddin lost his major...
Aug 15, 2021
Japan to extend COVID-19 “state of emergency” lockdown through mid-Sept -report
TOKYO (Reuters) -The Japanese government is set to extend its "state of emergency" soft lockdown in regions including Tokyo to the middle of September as well as adding several other regions, the Sank...
Aug 15, 2021
U.S banks walk tightrope of encouraging, but not mandating vaccines
By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall and Noor Zainab Hussain NEW YORK (Reuters) - Big Wall Street banks have started enforcing stricter mask and vaccine requirements for staff, sometimes communicating them beh...
Aug 15, 2021
Emergency vaccine summit needed to help Africa, says UK’s ex-PM Brown
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S., British and Italian leaders must hold an emergency summit before the U.N. General Assembly to end vaccine inequality and send more shots to Africa and other low-income nations...
Aug 15, 2021
Rugby-Former Wallaby Kefu stabbed, family injured in home invasion
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Rugby World Cup winner and Tonga coach Toutai Kefu was stabbed in the abdomen and several of his family members injured in a home invasion at his house in Brisbane in the early hours...
Aug 15, 2021
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