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EU set to add United States to safe travel list
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union governments agreed on Wednesday to add the United States to their list of countries from which they will allow non-essential travel, EU diplomats said. Ambassadors ...
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Axa Investment Managers expands deforestation exclusions
LONDON (Reuters) - AXA Investment Managers is expanding its palm oil investment strategy to exclude companies involved in major land use controversies or in causing biodiversity loss due to soy, cattl...
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Malaysia says China to contribute 500,000 doses of Sinovac vaccines
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's foreign minister Hishammuddin Hussein said on Wednesday China had agreed to contribute 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines made by its drugmaker Sinovac BioTech to t...
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Quarter of S.Koreans get at least one vaccine dose ahead of schedule
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea has inoculated 25% of its population with at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine two weeks ahead of schedule, authorities said on Wednesday, putting the coun...
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Shocked by COVID deaths, young Indians rush for life insurance
By Chris Thomas and Sethuraman N R BENGALURU (Reuters) - Like many other twenty-somethings in India, Beverly Coutinho kept postponing buying a life insurance policy, until a surge in COVID-19 cases an...
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Greek strike against labour reform bill disrupts Athens transport
ATHENS (Reuters) - Public transport staff in Athens went on strike for the second time in a week on Wednesday before a parliamentary vote on a law the government says will revamp outdated labour rules...
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Toyota thanks shareholders for support after shares hit record high
TOYOTA CITY (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp's shares reached a record high on Wednesday, earning a rare message of thanks from the company's president at its annual general meeting (AGM). The share pric...
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Flash floods kill 10 people in Bhutan, seven missing in Nepal
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Flash floods triggered by heavy rains washed away a remote mountain camp in Bhutan on Wednesday killing 10 people and injuring five, while floods in neighbouring ...
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Chickens, cows, apartments offered up in Asia’s vaccination lucky draws
(Reuters) - Chickens, cows, paid leave, even a million-dollar apartment, these are the prizes on offer from Thailand to Indonesia to Hong Kong for those who get vaccinated against COVID-19 as nations ...
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Financial, industrial stocks lift European shares to near record high
By Sagarika Jaisinghani (Reuters) -Gains in financial and industrial stocks lifted European shares on Wednesday, though the main equity index held off record highs on nervousness that the U.S. Federal...
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