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Amazon partnered with China propaganda arm to win Beijing’s favor, document shows

18 Dec 2021 18 Dec 2021

By Steve Stecklow and Jeffrey Dastin LONDON (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc was marketing a collection of President Xi Jinping’s speeches and writings on its Chinese website about two years ago, when Beijing delivered an edict, according to two people familiar with the incident. The American e-commerce giant must stop allowing any customer ratings and reviews …

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Antibodies weak vs Omicron; treatment may help patients on ventilators

17 Dec 2021 17 Dec 2021

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified by peer review. More evidence points to antibody weakness vs Omicron Evidence emerging from lab experiments reveals weaknesses of vaccines and …

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Pressure will grow on China on climate -U.S. security adviser Sullivan

17 Dec 2021 17 Dec 2021

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Friday he believed pressure would grow on China to offer “something fundamentally more ambitious” in the fight against climate change than it has put on the table so far. Asked at an event hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations think tank whether the …

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Exclusive-China pressures Germany’s Continental to cut out Lithuania – sources

17 Dec 2021 17 Dec 2021

By Andrius Sytas and John O’Donnell VILNIUS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – China is pressuring German car parts giant Continental to stop using components made in Lithuania, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters, amid a dispute between Beijing and the Baltic state over the status of Taiwan. The targeting of Continental is an example of how …

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J&J, Sinopharm, Sputnik V COVID-19 shots less effective against Omicron -study

17 Dec 2021 17 Dec 2021

(Reuters) – COVID-19 vaccines from U.S. drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and China’s Sinopharm as well as Russia’s Sputnik V shot had no neutralizing activity against the Omicron variant, according to a study which has not yet been peer reviewed. The study – conducted by Humabs Biomed SA, a unit of Vir Biotechnology, and the University …

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Death toll from powerful typhoon in Philippines climbs to 12

17 Dec 2021 17 Dec 2021

By Karen Lema and Enrico Dela Cruz MANILA (Reuters) – The death toll from a typhoon that slammed into the Philippines rose to 12 on Friday, and its president feared it could climb further as authorities assess the devastation caused by one of the strongest tropical storms to hit the country this year. President Rodrigo …

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More than 2,500 flee to Thailand as rebels clash with Myanmar army

17 Dec 2021 17 Dec 2021

(Reuters) – At least 2,500 people including hundreds of children have fled a flare-up in fighting between the Myanmar army and ethnic minority rebels and have taken refuge across the border in Thailand, Thai authorities and an aid group said. Those displaced had poured into the Thai town of Mae Sot after fighting in the …

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Arson suspected in Japan clinic blaze with 27 feared dead

17 Dec 2021 17 Dec 2021

By Kiyoshi Takenaka OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) -At least 27 people were feared dead after a fire swept through a psychiatry clinic in the Japanese city of Osaka on Friday, and police were investigating possible arson after reports a man had spilled liquid that fuelled the blaze. The fire broke out at the clinic on the …

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Omicron rewrites the COVID plan for 2022

17 Dec 2021 17 Dec 2021

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – As the Omicron variant gains momentum in Europe and the United States, scientists are rewriting their expectations for the COVID-19 pandemic next year. Just weeks ago, disease experts were predicting that countries would begin to emerge from the pandemic in 2022 after enduring a series of surges driven …

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Moderna COVID-19 shot more likely to cause heart inflammation than Pfizer’s, study shows

17 Dec 2021 17 Dec 2021

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is up to four times more likely to cause inflammation of the heart muscle, a very rare side effect, than its rival vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech, according to a Danish study published in the British Medical Journal late on Thursday. The study, in which almost 85% of Danes, or 4.9 …

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