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Haiti receives first 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines – UNICEF
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti received on Wednesday its first 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines, donated by the U.S. government through the COVAX mechanism, the UNICEF regional director for Latin ...
Jul 14, 2021
IOC chief, Tokyo governor to meet as COVID cases rise
TOKYO (Reuters) - International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike were set to meet on Thursday, the metropolitan government said, as COVID-19 cases hit a six-mont...
Jul 14, 2021
Whitehaven Coal expects government to decide by August 30 on controversial mine expansion
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's Whitehaven Coal said on Thursday it expected a government decision by Aug. 30 on approval for its Vickery coal mine extension, after a court ruled in May that climate...
Jul 14, 2021
Indonesia warns COVID-19 cases may rise further, hopes won’t top 60,000
(Reuters) - Senior Indonesian minister Luhut Pandjaitan warned on Thursday that COVID-19 cases may continue to rise in the country, but said authorities hoped that daily infections would not top 60,00...
Jul 14, 2021
China’s economy grows slower than expected in second quarter
(Reuters) - China's economy grew more slowly than expected in the second quarter, as slowing manufacturing activity, higher raw material costs and new COVID-19 outbreaks weighed on the recovery moment...
Jul 14, 2021
Rights groups urge Japan to stop real estate project in Myanmar
TOKYO (Reuters) - Human rights groups on Thursday called for Japan to cancel a real estate project involving Myanmar's defence ministry, saying the project is linked to the military, which has waged a...
Jul 14, 2021
China’s economy grows more slowly than expected in second quarter
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's economy grew more slowly than expected in the second quarter, official data showed on Thursday, as higher raw material costs hurt factory activity and new COVID-19 outbreak...
Jul 14, 2021
China industrial output rises 8.3% in June, retail sales up 12.1%
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's industrial output grew 8.3% in June from a year earlier, slowing from a 8.8% rise in May, official data showed on Thursday. But the figure was higher than a 7.8% rise forec...
Jul 14, 2021
China’s June new home price growth slows amid curbs
BEIJING (Reuters) - New home prices in China rose at a slower pace in June, data showed on Thursday, as government measures to cool the heated housing market further tapped the brakes on growth. Avera...
Jul 14, 2021
China central bank partially rolls over maturing medium term loans, rate unchanged
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China's central bank partially rolled over maturing medium-term loans on Thursday, the same day as a cut in the banks' reserve requirements takes effect. The People's Bank of China...
Jul 14, 2021
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