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Ukraine parliament votes to speed up vaccine registrations
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament on Thursday backed plans to accelerate and simplify the registration of COVID-19 vaccines as the country prepares to start vaccinating its 41 million people. The ...
Jan 28, 2021
Exclusive: China likely to avoid setting 2021 GDP target over debt concerns, sources say
By Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) - China will likely avoid setting a 2021 growth target, dropping the closely watched measure for a second straight year on concerns that maintaining one could encourage ...
Jan 28, 2021
Russian authorities target ally of Kremlin foe Navalny before jail appeal
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian investigators said on Thursday they had opened a criminal case into Leonid Volkov, a close ally of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, hours before a court was due to hear...
Jan 28, 2021
GameStop slugfest spreads as calls for probe build
By Sagarika Jaisinghani and Nikhil Nainan (Reuters) - The battle between small-time traders and hedge funds that has shaken U.S. and European stock markets moved into Asia on Thursday, with surges in ...
Jan 28, 2021
BaFin says suspects employee of Wirecard insider-trading
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's financial watchdog BaFin said on Thursday it had filed a criminal complaint against one of its employees for suspected insider trading in collapsed payments company Wir...
Jan 28, 2021
Veteran Yankees pitcher Tanaka agrees return to Japan’s Rakuten
TOKYO (Reuters) - Pitcher Masahiro Tanaka has agreed to return to Japanese baseball team the Rakuten Eagles after spending seven seasons with the New York Yankees, Rakuten announced on its website on ...
Jan 28, 2021
Taiwan asks Germany to help obtain coronavirus vaccines
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan has sought Germany's help in securing COVID-19 vaccines, Economy Minister Wang Mei-hua said on Thursday, after Berlin asked for the island's assistance in easing a shortage o...
Jan 28, 2021
No review into workers’ rights, says UK business minister
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will no longer hold a review into workers' rights, business minister Kwasi Kwarteng said, reiterating that the government will not water down employment protections but inst...
Jan 28, 2021
Norway wealth fund earned $123 billion in 2020 despite pandemic
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, earned a return on investment of 10.9% in 2020, or 1.07 trillion Norwegian crowns ($122.7 billion), it said as it re...
Jan 28, 2021
No rest for either team as Warriors visit Suns
Two of the NBA's best point guards, both likely to feel inspired by disappointing performances 24 hours earlier, renew their rivalry on Thursday night when Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors ...
Jan 28, 2021
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