Shares in Hong Kong finished with gains Friday, as surging Chinese tech stocks helped it shrug off a weak lead from Wall Street on the last trading day of the year. The benchmark Hang Seng Index closed up by more than one percent, on a day when many Asian bourses — Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, …
Several European nations started vaccinating children aged five to 11 against Covid-19 on Wednesday in an effort to contain a raging pandemic and keep schools open, while others are still deciding their approach. Germany, Spain, Greece and Hungary were among those opening up their inoculation drives to younger kids, with doctors reporting strong initial demand …
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday warned of a looming “tidal wave” of Omicron, and brought forward a target to give over-18s a booster jab by one month to the end of December. “No-one should be in any doubt: there is a tidal wave of Omicron coming,” he said in a televised address, after …
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Mustafa sits motionless behind the wheel, upturned hands in his lap, as his taxi drives itself, bringing the United Arab Emirates closer to an autonomous future. The “safety officer” is part of a trial for driverless cabs in the capital Abu Dhabi, where customers can be picked up and dropped off at nine pre-determined spots …
Sri Lanka abandoned its quest to become the world’s first completely organic farming nation on Sunday, announcing it would immediately lift an import ban on pesticides and other agricultural inputs. The island country has been in the grips of a severe economic crisis, with a lack of foreign exchange triggering shortages of food, crude oil …
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FILE PHOTO: Banners are placed at the Amazon facility as members of a congressional delegation arrive to show their support for workers who will vote on whether to unionize, in Bessemer, Alabama, U.S. March 5, 2021. REUTERS/Dustin Chambers?/File Photo April 9, 2021 By Jeffrey Dastin and Nandita Bose (Reuters) -Amazon.com Inc warehouse employees in Alabama …
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Increasing the corporate tax rate eight percent will not drive companies out of the United States, President Joe Biden said Monday as he vowed not to negotiate on the proposed increase with Republicans. Speaking to reporters after arriving on The Ellipse in Washington, Biden said there’s no evidence that increasing the rate will compel companies …
The company logo is seen on the hood of an unsold Tesla at a dealership late Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, in Littleton, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 8:52 AM PT – Tuesday, March 23, 2021 Earlier this month marked the five year anniversary of the day the Tesla roadster began regular production. However, the …
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Former Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler, a Republican, is ramping up the rhetoric around the key role of her new get-out-the-vote drive—called Greater Georgia—to counter Fair Fight, the voter participation initiative founded by former Democratic congressional representative Stacey Abrams. Loeffler has warned that if the GOP can’t successfully rebuff Abrams’s movement, they won’t win another seat …
FILE PHOTO: An employee presents the new electric Volkswagen model ID. 4 during a media show in Zwickau, Germany, September 18, 2020. Picture taken September 18. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel/File Photo March 16, 2021 By Christoph Steitz and Jan Schwartz FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Volkswagen’s shares surged more than 9% on Tuesday, lifting its market value towards $150 …
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