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Asia has wary welcome for G7’s answer to Belt and Road
By Bernadette Christina and Aradhana Aravindan JAKARTA/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A plan by the Group of Seven nations to counter Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative has been welcomed by countries in China'...
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Indonesia’s government defends legal challenge to job creation law
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's chief economic affairs minister defended President Joko Widodo's flagship job creation law at the Constitutional Court on Thursday, arguing the move to simultaneously a...
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Roadblocks upend Palestinian family’s life in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah
By Suheir Sheikh and Ammar Awad JERUSALEM(Reuters) - For months the world has watched a political eviction drama unfold between Israeli settlers and Palestinian residents of a tiny barricaded road in ...
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Hundreds of Indonesian doctors contract COVID-19 despite vaccination, dozens hospitalised
By Kate Lamb, Agustinus Beo Da Costa and Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - More than 350 Indonesian doctors have contracted COVID-19 despite being vaccinated with Sinovac and dozens have been hospi...
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MLB roundup: Mets top Cubs despite Jacob deGrom’s exit
Jacob deGrom pitched three perfect innings before exiting with right shoulder soreness, but the Mets' bullpen finished the job as New York earned a 6-3 victory over the visiting Chicago Cubs on Wednes...
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French Finance Minister reaffirms he has no plans to raise taxes
(Reuters) - French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire reaffirmed on Thursday that he had no plans to raise taxes, even as the government faces pressure to reduce its deficit. "We will not raise taxes," L...
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Fintech firm Wise to list directly on London’s stock market
By Pamela Barbaglia LONDON (Reuters) - British fintech firm Wise said on Thursday it will go public in London in what will be the first direct listing of a technology company on the London Stock Excha...
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Japan’s Mazda aims to launch 13 electrified car models by 2025
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Mazda Motor Corp will introduce 13 electric car models by about 2025, including hybrids and plug-in hybrids, the automaker said on Thursday, as it looks to electrify all vehi...
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TikTok owner ByteDance’s 2020 revenue soars, net loss at $45 billion – memo
BEIJING (Reuters) - TikTok owner ByteDance's total revenue more than doubled last year to $34.3 billion but its net loss widened to $45 billion, according to a company memo seen by Reuters. The wideni...
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Travel for the vaccinated? We’re looking at all options, UK minister says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is looking at all the options on a possible easing of COVID-19 international travel restrictions, including allowing those with both vaccinations to go abroad, Financial Sec...
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