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Macron warns against “self-fulfilling” prophecies on Ukraine-Russia risks
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Friday about the risk of self-fulfilling prophecies, following a U.S. intelligence assessment that Russia could be planning a multi-front o...
Dec 10, 2021
Italy may compensate firms hit by anti-takeover powers, sources say
By Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) - Italy is considering offering compensation to firms penalised by the use of its anti-takeover powers, two government officials said, in a move intended to reduce the...
Dec 10, 2021
Most of 54 dead in Mexico truck crash were Guatemalans, Mexico says
By Jacob Garcia TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Most of the victims of Thursday's truck crash in southern Mexico that killed at least 54 people and injured dozens more were Guatemalan migrants, a...
Dec 10, 2021
Moderna to supply 20 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses to COVAX
(Reuters) - Moderna said on Friday it would supply an additional 20 million doses of its COVID-19 shots to the Gavi vaccine alliance for distribution through the COVAX vaccine sharing facility in the ...
Dec 10, 2021
Softbank-backed Brazilian crypto company launches new venture unit
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Softbank-backed Brazilian company 2TM, which runs the largest cryptocurrency exchange in Latin America, has launched a venture capital unit focusing on...
Dec 10, 2021
Exclusive-Envoy says China will forego many ‘developing country’ benefits at WTO
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - China's ambassador to the World Trade Organization said on Friday that Beijing would remain a "developing" country at the global trade body but would forego many of th...
Dec 10, 2021
Asian VCs, crypto funds to invest $100 million to bolster new Assembly blockchain
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some of the largest Asian venture capital firms and crypto hedge funds will invest $100 million to further develop applications on a new blockchain cal...
Dec 10, 2021
Nov CPI heats up to highest year-on-year rate since 1982
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices increased further in November as the cost of goods and services rose broadly amid supply constraints, leading to the largest annual gain since June 1982, whic...
Dec 10, 2021
This little piggie became a giant sow – but her owner still loves her
By Leonardo Benassatto SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Rosangela dos Santos Lara went to market and bought a little piggie as a pet, but then it grew and grew and grew. Now aged three, Lilica the sow weighs in ...
Dec 10, 2021
Swiss consider limited pandemic lockdown as COVID-19 cases mount
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland proposed on Friday further tightening restrictions on public life in a bid to break the momentum of rising coronavirus cases that threaten to overwhelm its health care s...
Dec 10, 2021
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