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Chinese authorities summon AstraZeneca China on suspected insurance fraud
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities summoned officials of AstraZeneca China regarding an investigation of suspected medical insurance fraud by the company's employees, the National Healthcare Secu...
Jan 29, 2022
Italy rejects extradition of Venezuela’s ex-oil minister, says lawyer
ROME (Reuters) - Italy has rejected a request by Venezuela for the extradition of Rafael Ramirez, a once powerful oil minister and former head of state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela, his lawyer s...
Jan 29, 2022
Australia to seek part in China-EU trade row at WTO
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia will seek to be included in consultations over a trade dispute between the European Union and China that the EU launched at the World Trade Organisation, the Australian...
Jan 29, 2022
U.S. East Coast prepares for heavy snow, plunging temperatures as blizzard hits
By Caitlin Ochs NEW YORK (Reuters) - Residents of New York and New England hunkered down on Saturday for a fierce Nor'easter bringing high winds, deep cold and up to two feet (60 cm) of snow, a blizza...
Jan 28, 2022
Australia wants Kanye West fully vaccinated before any concert tour
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Hip-hop artist Kanye West will have to be fully vaccinated if he wants to play concerts in Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Saturday, after media said the perform...
Jan 28, 2022
Myanmar economy to remain ‘severely tested’ by coup fallout – World Bank
(Reuters) - Myanmar's economy will remain critically weak for much of 2022 and will be "severely tested" by the impacts of a coup a year ago, but there are recent signs of stabilisation in manufacturi...
Jan 28, 2022
Meta pauses new users from joining analytics tool CrowdTangle
(Reuters) - Facebook's parent company Meta Platforms Inc has paused new users from joining its social media tracking tool CrowdTangle due to staffing constraints. Meta, which disbanded the CrowdTangle...
Jan 28, 2022
Russian industry targeted, not consumers, if Biden export curbs imposed
By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) - The Biden administration plans to spare everyday Russians from the brunt of U.S. export controls if Russia invades Ukraine, https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-b...
Jan 28, 2022
Judge Childs being considered for Supreme Court nomination -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. District Court Judge J. Michelle Childs is among those being considered by President Joe Biden for nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, a White House spokesperson said on ...
Jan 28, 2022
U.S. Senator Brown says ‘no question’ Biden’s Fed nominees qualified
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown on Friday said he met with President Joe Biden's three latest nominees for the Federal Reserve board, calling them qualified and urging fellow lawmakers...
Jan 28, 2022
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