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Court rulings free Hong Kong police to probe older offences under security law
(Removes repeated words from quote) By Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) - Recent court judgements have freed Hong Kong authorities to use national security powers to deploy tough colonial-era laws in a...
Oct 18, 2021
Tennis-Unvaccinated players unlikely to get visa to play Australian Open – official
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Unvaccinated tennis players are unlikely to get a visa to travel to Australia and play in the Australian Open Grand Slam, a government official said on Tuesday. "I don't think an...
Oct 18, 2021
Kidnapping in Haiti shines spotlight on gangs, risk experts say
By Maria Caspani and Brad Brooks NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ohio-based Christian Aid Ministries pulled its American staff out of the country for nine months because of political unrest before returning them...
Oct 18, 2021
Australia central bank says Delta outbreak interrupts economic recovery
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's central bank said the outbreak of the Delta variant of COVID-19 had interrupted the recovery of the national economy but expects the setback to be temporary, with the ec...
Oct 18, 2021
Dollar softens amid bets other central banks to outpace Fed tightening
By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar languished near the bottom of its recent range against major peers on Tuesday, knocked back by weak U.S. factory data overnight and on market wagers of f...
Oct 18, 2021
China says will help relieve “distress” of small companies – People’s Daily
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's commerce minister Wang Wentao said the country will take action to relieve the "distress and concerns" of small- and medium-sized enterprises, in an interview posted in th...
Oct 18, 2021
University of North Carolina defeats challenge to race-based admissions policies
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday ruled the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill did not discriminate against white and Asian American applicants in a closely watched case c...
Oct 18, 2021
Russian businessman funded ex-Giuliani associates’ account, court records show
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Russian businessman funded an account used by two ex-associates of Rudy Giuliani to donate to U.S. political campaigns, according to documents shown in court on Mon...
Oct 18, 2021
Australia’s COVID-19 cases remain subdued as vaccinations rise
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's COVID-19 cases remained subdued on Tuesday as its largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne, gradually move towards normality amid a surge in vaccinations, after being rocked...
Oct 18, 2021
One in three UK music jobs wiped out by COVID, report says
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - The COVID-19 pandemic has wiped out one in three jobs in the UK music industry, a trade body said on Tuesday, as it called for government support to help t...
Oct 18, 2021
