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Thailand to allow quarantine-free travel from 46 countries, PM says
By Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Orathai Sriring (Reuters) - Thailand will allow visitors from 46 countries vaccinated against COVID-19 to forgo quarantine from next month, up from 10 previously announc...
Oct 21, 2021
Mozambique urges Credit Suisse to fully cancel scam-linked debt
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Mozambique on Thursday called on Credit Suisse to fully cancel debt estimated at $2 billion linked to a scandal involving the bank, ten times more than it has offered to write ...
Oct 21, 2021
Fed ethics office cautioned policymakers last year about personal securities trading -NYT
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve ethics officials in March 2020 cautioned Fed policymakers about personal securities trading as the central bank geared up for what became a m...
Oct 21, 2021
World Bank sees ‘significant’ inflation risk from high energy prices
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Energy prices are expected to inch up in 2022 after surging more than 80% in 2021, fueling significant near-term risks to global inflation in many developing co...
Oct 21, 2021
UK PM says sticking with current plan for COVID-19 despite high case numbers
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is sticking with its current plan for managing COVID-19 said Prime Minister Boris Johnson, adding that although infection numbers are high they are within the levels forecas...
Oct 21, 2021
U.S. existing home sales surge to 8-month high in September
WASHINGTON(Reuters) - U.S. home sales surged to an eight-month high September, but higher prices as supply remains tight are squeezing out first-time buyers from the housing market. Existing home sale...
Oct 21, 2021
Germany needs to invest $1 trillion to hit climate target
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany needs an extra 860 billion euros ($1 trillion) in investment if it is to achieve its 2030 climate target, a study conducted by the Federation of German Industries (BDI) with...
Oct 21, 2021
Exxon plans to increase carbon capture at Wyoming facility
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil said on Thursday it plans to expand carbon capture and storage (CCS) at its LaBarge, Wyoming facility and had started the process for engineering, procurement and construction ...
Oct 21, 2021
Ethiopia hits Tigrayan forces in third day of air strikes – government
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia carried out an air strike on the city of Mekelle for the third day this week, a government spokesperson said, in a campaign to weaken rebellious Tigrayan forces they h...
Oct 21, 2021
One of world’s last two northern white rhinos dropped from race to save the species
NAIROBI (Reuters) - One of the world's last two northern white rhinos, a mother and her daughter, is being retired from a breeding programme aimed at saving the species from extinction, scientists sai...
Oct 21, 2021
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