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UN rights office congratulates all journalists on Nobel Peace prize
GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights office congratulated Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov on receiving the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, saying it was "recognition of the importance of the work of j...
Oct 08, 2021
Take Five: Inflation, energy and earnings
Inflation angst and soaring energy prices form the backdrop to the start of third-quarter U.S. earnings season in the coming week. Annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IM...
Oct 08, 2021
Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa: “I’m in shock”
OSLO (Reuters) - Philippines journalist Maria Ressa, who won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday with Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov, said she in live broadcast by Rappler, says she was stunned by the ...
Oct 08, 2021
Kremlin welcomes fact that editor who criticises it won Nobel peace prize
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Friday congratulated Dmitry Muratov, an editor and journalist, on winning the Nobel peace prize despite the fact that his Novaya Gazeta newspaper has often criticised...
Oct 08, 2021
Austria’s government teeters as Greens seek options to oust Kurz
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's governing coalition was on the brink of collapse on Friday as its junior party said it was seeking alternatives to governing with Chancellor Sebastian Kurz now that he has...
Oct 08, 2021
U.N. fears for civilians in Myanmar after army build-up
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights office voiced deep concern on Friday at what it said was a build-up of Myanmar's military deploying heavy weapons and troops in areas of the country ...
Oct 08, 2021
Chinese delivery giant Meituan handed $527 million antitrust fine
BEIJING (Reuters) -China's antitrust regulator has fined food delivery giant Meituan 3.4 billion yuan ($527.4 million) for abusing its dominant market position, the watchdog said on Friday, the latest...
Oct 08, 2021
WHO says ‘near’ to solving issues on Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine
GENEVA (Reuters) - A World Health Organization spokesperson said on Friday that the health agency was "near" to resolving issues on Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, without giving a date for a pot...
Oct 08, 2021
UK consumer confidence slides as inflation worry mounts: Bank of America
LONDON (Reuters) -British consumer morale has fallen to its lowest since February, when the country was under heavy COVID-19 restrictions, due to worries about the economic outlook and about rising pr...
Oct 08, 2021
Greek EU-harmonised inflation rises in September
ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece's annual EU-harmonised inflation stayed positive for a fourth straight month in September, data from the country's statistics service ELSTAT showed on Friday. Inflation was 1....
Oct 08, 2021
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