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Zambia to introduce COVID-19 booster jabs next week
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia will introduce COVID-19 booster vaccines as it battles the respiratory disease which has infected over 200,000 people and killed more than 3,000, Health Minister Sylvia Maseb...
Dec 23, 2021
Volkswagen’s production in Wolfsburg to rise 43% in 2022 – labour boss
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Volkswagen expects to produce around 43% more vehicles at its main plant in Wolfsburg, its works council head told a German newspaper, a marked improvement from this year but sti...
Dec 23, 2021
Omicron surge prompts curfew for Spain’s Catalonia and more tests for Madrid
MADRID (Reuters) - The northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia won court approval for a night curfew on Thursday as Madrid pledged to distribute millions more test kits to tackle the Omicron variant ...
Dec 23, 2021
U.S. FDA authorizes Merck’s at-home antiviral COVID-19 pill
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorized Merck & Co's antiviral pill for COVID-19, after giving the go-ahead to a similar treatment from Pfizer Inc a day earlier. Merck'...
Dec 23, 2021
Third Point’s Loeb slams activists after UK fund chairman quits
LONDON (Reuters) - Hedge fund Third Point's boss Dan Loeb on Thursday blamed the departure of the chairman of the firm's London-listed fund on "inexperienced" and "juvenile antics" of activist investo...
Dec 23, 2021
Illinois bars state pensions from owning Unilever over Israel
By Ross Kerber BOSTON (Reuters) - An Illinois board overseeing state employee pension funds on Wednesday voted to bar funds from holding Unilever PLC shares due to sales limits by the company's Ben & ...
Dec 23, 2021
U.S. core capital goods orders unexpectedly fall in November
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New orders for U.S.-made capital goods unexpectedly fell in November while shipments rose modestly, suggesting that shortages were hampering business spending on equipment. Orde...
Dec 23, 2021
U.S. auto sales to fall in December due to supply constraints – data
(Reuters) - U.S. auto retail sales are expected to fall in December, as supply shortages and high demand have caused prices to skyrocket, consultants J.D. Power and LMC Automotive said in a report rel...
Dec 23, 2021
Spanish govt reaches labour deal with unions, businesses
By Beln Carreo MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's left-wing government has reached a labour deal with unions and employers, the Labour Ministry said on Thursday, ending months of talks and bringing it a step ...
Dec 23, 2021
Migration to U.S. empties Venezuela’s once-booming oil capital
By Mariela Nava MARACAIBO, Venezuela (Reuters) - It took accountant Anibal Pirela six days of travel and $7,000 to reach Austin, Texas from Maracaibo, the capital of Venezuela's once-flourishing weste...
Dec 23, 2021
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