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Chinese city delays clearing travellers, cargos at port of entry after one COVID-19 infection
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese city next to Vietnam border postponed from Tuesday the clearing of travellers and cargos to pass through its port of entry on COVID-19 concerns, state media reported. Don...
Dec 21, 2021
Punches thrown in Ghana parliament over proposed electronic payments tax
ACCRA (Reuters) - A brawl broke out on the floor of Ghana's parliament late on Monday as lawmakers debated a proposed tax on electronic transactions that has divided the house for weeks. The 1.75% e-l...
Dec 21, 2021
Japanese criticise vaccine passport app for lack of maiden name support
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government's digital agency apologised on Tuesday for shortcomings in a new COVID-19 vaccine passport application that drew criticism from opposition lawm...
Dec 21, 2021
European shares rise after Monday’s bruising sell-off
(Reuters) - European shares rebounded on Tuesday after a bruising sell-off in the previous session, with a jump in commodity stocks offsetting concerns about the Omicron coronavirus variant. The pan-E...
Dec 21, 2021
Ireland to begin ‘phased exit’ from AIB in coming months
By Conor Humphries DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland said on Tuesday it will begin a "phased exit" from its 71% stake in Allied Irish Banks over the next six months, as it pares back state ownership of its l...
Dec 21, 2021
Rosneft approves new 2030 strategy, targets net zero emissions by 2050
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian largest oil producer Rosneft said on Tuesday its board has approved a new strategy through to 2030 that calls for achieving net zero emissions by 2050. As part of efforts to...
Dec 21, 2021
Thailand reinstates mandatory COVID-19 quarantine, scraps waiver programme
(Reuters) - Thailand will reinstate its mandatory COVID-19 quarantine for foreign visitors and scrap a quarantine waiver from Tuesday, a government spokeswoman said, due to concerns over the spread of...
Dec 21, 2021
Bigger fries off the menu as Japan McDonald’s faces supply crunch
TOKYO (Reuters) - McDonald's Holdings Company Japan said on Tuesday it would suspend the sale of medium- and large-sized french fries for a week starting on Friday due to supply chain bottlenecks. The...
Dec 21, 2021
Japan’s Tepco to build underwater tunnel for Fukushima water release
By Ju-min Park TOKYO (Reuters) - The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant intends to build an underwater tunnel to release water from the plant into the sea, it said on Tuesday, ...
Dec 21, 2021
Swiss Q3 current account surplus widens to 24 billion francs
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland ran a current account surplus of 24 billion Swiss francs ($26.06 billion) in the third quarter of this year, some 10 billion more than in the same quarter of 2020, the S...
Dec 21, 2021
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