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Pricey homes, cheap airfare: Canada rejigs inflation measures for post-pandemic life
By Julie Gordon and Fergal Smith OTTAWA (Reuters) - A year into the pandemic, Canada's national statistics agency is updating how it measures inflation, using new types of data for the first time as i...
Jun 04, 2021
Renewables to make up at least 48% of Indonesia’s 2021-2030 electricity plan
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia aims to increase the proportion of renewable power in its 2021-2030 national electricity plan to at least 48%, from 30% in the 2019-2028 plan, a senior energy ministry of...
Jun 04, 2021
WHO urges countries to follow U.S., give vaccine doses to fill gap
GENEVA , (Reuters) - A U.S. plan to quickly share COVID-19 vaccine doses with poorer countries is an "important start" but more shots are urgently needed to cover a gap caused by Indian supply disrupt...
Jun 04, 2021
MLB roundup: Red Sox end Astros’ winning streak
Christian Arroyo smacked a three-run homer and Martin Perez tossed 7 2/3 scoreless innings as the Boston Red Sox notched a 5-1 victory over the host Houston Astros on Thursday to salvage the finale of...
Jun 04, 2021
BOJ’s Kuroda says c.banks should avoid one-size-fits-all climate standards
TOKYO (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Friday a lack of due consideration to heterogeneity in setting climate risk standards would do more harm than good. "Central banks' pol...
Jun 04, 2021
Eu antitrust regulators to investige Facebook’s Marketplace
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators opened on Fridan an investigation into Facebook's marketplace to see whether the world's largest social network breaches EU rules by using advertising data...
Jun 04, 2021
Russia’s May auto sales jump 133.8% y/y – AEB
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Sales of new cars in Russia totalled 147,378 units in May, an increase of 133.8% compared with the same month last year when a strict lockdown was in place due to the novel coronavi...
Jun 04, 2021
Lebanon asks U.N. to explore means of funding special tribunal
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minsiter Hassan Diab asked the U.N. secretary general in a letter on Friday to urgently explore ways of financing the Special Tribunal of Lebanon in light ...
Jun 04, 2021
Russia’s retail sales jump in April as economy rebounds from pandemic impact
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's retail sales rose more than expected in April as the economy rebounds from the impact of last year's COVID-19 lockdown, adding weight to officials' assurances of a faster-t...
Jun 04, 2021
Head of Germany’s Catholics offers resignation over abuse failures
BERLIN (Reuters) - The head of the Catholic Church in Germany, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, has offered his resignation from his position as Archbishop to the Pope, saying he had to share responsibility fo...
Jun 04, 2021
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