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New Zealand considers mandatory masks, scanning amid COVID Delta variant concerns
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand is considering making masks compulsory at high alert levels as well as compulsory scanning of QR codes to boost contact tracing in efforts to reduce the risk of coro...
Syndicated Content Jun 28, 2021
Qatar Petroleum hires banks for four-tranche bond sale – document
DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar Petroleum hired a group of banks to arrange a four-tranche U.S. dollar-denominated bond sale, comprising five, 10 and 20-year conventional bonds, as well a 30-year Formosa port...
Syndicated Content Jun 28, 2021
More infectious COVID-19 variants account for most UAE cases, authority says
DUBAI (Reuters) - New coronavirus infections in the United Arab Emirates are mostly from more infectious variants leading to an increase in the number of virus-linked deaths, a federal authority has s...
Syndicated Content Jun 28, 2021
Idorsia starts late-stage trial of heart attack drug
ZURICH (Reuters) - Idorsia is launching a late-stage trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of its experimental drug selatogrel in treating suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI), the Swiss dr...
Syndicated Content Jun 28, 2021
Japan Olympic Committee chief says strict border controls needed to prevent COVID-19 spread
TOKYO (Reuters) - There is no way there will be zero coronavirus cases among athletes arriving for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, so border controls need to be stict to stop the spread, said Japanese O...
Syndicated Content Jun 28, 2021
MLB roundup: Red Sox finish off sweep of Yankees
Enrique Hernandez and Rafael Devers homered during a four-run first inning against Gerrit Cole, and the Boston Red Sox completed a three-game sweep with a 9-2 victory over the visiting New York Yankee...
Syndicated Content Jun 28, 2021
UBS CEO sees Archegos hit as one-off, plays down job cuts – Blick
ZURICH (Reuters) - UBS Group Chief Executive Ralph Hamers sees the hit from collapsed investment fund Archegos as a "unique event", he told Swiss newspaper Blick. "Archegos is not a systemic failure, ...
Syndicated Content Jun 28, 2021
Athletics-American McLaughlin breaks women’s 400m hurdles world record
(Reuters) - Sydney McLaughlin broke the women's 400 metres hurdles world record with a time of 51.90 seconds in the final of the U.S. Olympic athletics trials on Sunday. The 21-year-old, who booked he...
Syndicated Content Jun 28, 2021
Exclusive: Groups urge G20 to adopt Brady-style debt-for-climate swaps
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three think-tanks will unveil a proposal on Monday to avert a looming debt crisis and help heavily-indebted countries accelerate moves toward more sustainable g...
Syndicated Content Jun 27, 2021
All washed up: furloughed Londoner finds fortune in the Thames
By Will Russell LONDON (Reuters) - Furloughed from her job and confined to London by coronavirus lockdowns, Flora Blathwayt founded a business based on rubbish she retrieves from the muddy banks of th...
Syndicated Content Jun 27, 2021
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