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U.S. Labor Department submits initial text of Biden’s vaccine mandate to the White House
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Labor Department on Tuesday submitted to the White House the initial text of President Joe Biden's plan to require private-sector workers to be vaccinat...
Oct 13, 2021
Britain and Italy start work on partnership to boost trade
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and Italy have agreed to pursue a new trade partnership, the British trade department said on Wednesday following talks on the sidelines of a G20 ministerial meeting in Ital...
Oct 13, 2021
Standard Chartered to give $500 million to Atome in buy now, pay later push
(Reuters) - Standard Chartered Plc said on Wednesday it would provide $500 million in financing to help Singapore-based fintech Atome expand its buy now, pay later services in parts of Southeast Asia....
Oct 12, 2021
Japan PM Kishida: Must be cautious about issuing perpetual bonds
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday the government must be cautious about issuing perpetual bonds as a means to fund spending. "It's something we need to be cauti...
Oct 12, 2021
Data suggests mRNA booster dose generates stronger antibody response after J&J shot – Axios
(Reuters) - People who received Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine will have a stronger neutralizing antibody response if they get an mRNA shot as the second dose, Axios reported https://www.axios.c...
Oct 12, 2021
China developers’ bonds, shares hit again by Evergrande contagion worries
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shares and bonds of Chinese property companies fell further on Wednesday after China Evergrande Group missed a third round of interest payments on its dollar bonds in three weeks,...
Oct 12, 2021
World must triple clean energy investment by 2030 to curb climate change -IEA
By Noah Browning LONDON (Reuters) - Investment in renewable energy needs to triple by the end of the decade if the world hopes to effectively fight climate change and keep volatile energy markets unde...
Oct 12, 2021
Olympics-IOC’s Coates rules out pressuring China over human rights
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will not pressure 2022 Winter Olympics hosts China over its human rights record because it is not in the governing body's remit to dicta...
Oct 12, 2021
Indonesia Sept trade surplus likely narrowed amid strong exports and imports: Reuters poll
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's exports likely stayed elevated in September, supported by high commodity prices, but the resource-rich country's trade surplus was seen narrowing due to rising imports,...
Oct 12, 2021
South Korea launches panel to debate ‘living with COVID-19’
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea established a panel on Wednesday to debate a strategy on how to "live with COVID-19" in the long-term, as the country seeks to phase out coronavirus restric...
Oct 12, 2021
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