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Vietnam to pay attention to monetary policy after U.S. report – central bank official
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam will pay more attention to its monetary policy as it is not only a domestic matter but the a concern for the country's big trade partners, a central bank deputy governor said...
Dec 05, 2021
Portuguese parliament dissolved ahead of Jan 30 election
LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa decreed the dissolution of parliament on Sunday in the remaining formal step ahead of a previously announced snap general election set f...
Dec 05, 2021
Israeli firm to sell HSBC Tower in New York for $855 million
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's Property and Building Corp said on Sunday it agreed to sell the HSBC Tower building in midtown Manhattan for $855 million to New York-based real estate ...
Dec 05, 2021
Belarus summons Ukrainian military attache over border violation
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Belarusian defence ministry said on Sunday it had summoned a Ukrainian military attache to protest against what it called repeated violations of Belarus airspace by Ukrainian ai...
Dec 05, 2021
German COVID-19 rules put off shoppers, says retailer group
BERLIN (Reuters) - The tighter restrictions Germany has introduced to try to limit the spread of COVID-19 are putting people off from shopping in the usually busy run-up to Christmas, the country's as...
Dec 05, 2021
Western countries express concern over Afghan reprisals
BERLIN (Reuters) - The United States and a group of Western countries including Germany, France and Britain have expressed concern over reported killings and disappearances of former members of the Af...
Dec 05, 2021
COVID-19 curbs China’s power in Indo-Pacific, risks of war ‘significant’ – report
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic has weakened China's power in the Indo-Pacific, and the region's deepening security uncertainties present a "significant" risk of war, the Lowy Institute...
Dec 05, 2021
Senegal records first Omicron case in tourist who attended demonstration
DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal has recorded its first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in a tourist who attended a demonstration in the capital Dakar last month with about 300 people of varyi...
Dec 05, 2021
U.S. reluctance to lift all sanctions main obstacle to reviving 2015 pact – Iranian official
DUBAI (Reuters) - The reluctance of the United Sates to lift all sanctions on Iran is the main challenge to reviving the 2015 nuclear pact, a senior Iranian foreign ministry official was cited as sayi...
Dec 05, 2021
Swiss watchdog seeks more tools to go after bad bankers – paper
ZURICH (Reuters) - The chairperson of Switzerland's financial watchdog has called for more power to punish wayward bankers after a string of scandals tarnished the sector's international reputation. M...
Dec 05, 2021
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