By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) – When Eileen Gu won Olympic gold in the Big Air, sales of her red Anta ski suit, complete with slipdrag reduction technology, surged 20-fold on Chinese e-commerce platform JD.com. Luckin Coffee sold out of Gu-endorsed drinks, with a spike in cup-holders bearing her image, and the Chinese chain immediately …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Serdar Berdymukhamedov, the son of Turkmen President Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, has confirmed he will join the race to replace his father in a presidential election set for March 12, Turkmen news website Salamnews reported on Monday. President Berdymukhamedov, 64, announced at the weekend he was calling an early election. He said he would not …
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By Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO (Reuters) – Union leaders representing tens of thousands of health workers in Sri Lanka said on Monday the government had agreed to meet their demands for higher wages, as spiralling inflation worsens the country’s economic crisis. “We have won a resounding victory here today,” S.I. Bopitiyage, Secretary of …
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By Shadia Nasralla YANQING, China (Reuters) – Valentine’s Day is normally about personally delivered romantic gestures and passionate kisses but Olympians at the “closed-loop” Beijing Games have had to be creative to express their feelings of love in a restricted environment. The thousands of athletes, staff and media who entered the COVID-19 protected bubble for …
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By Farah Master and Twinnie Siu HONG KONG (Reuters) -The latest wave of COVID-19 infections has “overwhelmed” Hong Kong, the city’s leader said on Monday as daily cases surged by some 20 times over the past two weeks, leaving hospitals short of beds and struggling to cope. Carrie Lam, the head of the administration in …
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By Alexander Cornwell and Fransiska Nangoy DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates and Indonesia are close to finalising a trade and investment deal after months of negotiations and could sign an agreement in March, officials from the two sides said. The UAE and Indonesia last September entered into talks for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong reported 2,071 new daily COVID-19 infections on Monday, a new record, with 4500 preliminary positive cases, authorities said, as they battle to control a worsening outbreak. (Reporting by Twinnie Siu; writing by Farah Master)
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government said on Monday it has agreed to buy an additional 10 million does of COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc to be delivered in March. Japan had already contracted to purchase 120 million doses from Pfizer this year. Including the extra shots and acceleration of shipments, Japan will import 46 million …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong will extend the suspension of face-to-face classes by two weeks until March 7, local broadcaster RTHK said on Monday, as the global financial hub grapples to contain a surge in COVID-19 infections. (Reporting By Twinne Siu; Editing by Anne Marie Roantree and Toby Chopra)
By Josh Smith and Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea will begin giving out fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines this month and supply millions of additional home test kits to ease shortages amid a surge in Omicron infections, authorities confirmed on Monday. The surge has pushed daily cases to records, but widespread vaccination, with first …
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