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EU executive warns Germany over travel restrictions on Portugal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Germany should not impose a travel ban on Portugal but limit itself to imposing testing and quarantine requirements to be in line with European Union approach, the bloc's executiv...
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Ukraine backs bill to jail officials for false asset declarations
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday approved in a final reading a law to impose jail sentences on officials who make false asset declarations, a requirement set by the International Monet...
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Canadian HR tech firm Visier becomes unicorn after Goldman-led investment
By Niket Nishant (Reuters) - Visier Inc, the cloud-based workforce analytics company, said on Tuesday it had achieved a valuation exceeding $1 billion after raising $125 million in fresh capital in it...
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Microsoft, Sompo to invest $25 million in GM-backed startup Wejo
(Reuters) -Wejo, a British auto data startup backed by General Motors Co, said on Tuesday that Microsoft Corp and insurer Sompo Holdings Inc will invest $25 million in the company. The investment come...
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Uneven global recovery creates ‘daunting challenges’ for policymakers, BIS says
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - An uneven global recovery from the COVID-19 crisis will make recalibrating the fiscal and monetary stimulus a "daunting" challenge for policymakers, the Bank for Inter...
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Police, Palestinians clash as Israel begins demolition in Jerusalem’s Silwan
By Ammar Awad and Zainah El-Haroun JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel demolished a Palestinian shop in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan on Tuesday, triggering scuffles between police and protester...
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Walmart launches low-priced private label analog insulin
By Richa Naidu CHICAGO (Reuters) - Walmart said on Tuesday that it will start selling private-label analog insulin this week at a deep discount to branded insulin vials and pens, as it seeks to drive ...
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Malaysian palm giant IOI faces labour abuse allegations in new report
By Mei Mei Chu KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Workers at Malaysian palm oil company IOI Corp are mistreated by managers, face poor living conditions and pay high recruitment fees, according to a report to b...
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Netherlands to offer COVID-19 vaccinations to teenagers
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands will offer COVID-19 vaccinations to all children aged 12 to 17 in an effort to prevent a wave of infections due to new coronavirus mutations in the coming months....
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Anti-apartheid veteran Zuma casts long shadow over South Africa
By Alexander Winning JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - When Jacob Zuma finally caved to pressure to quit as South African president in 2018, he ranted to the state broadcaster for an hour about the ill treatme...
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