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Keeping the bankers sweet: Hong Kong regulators send candy to quarantined financiers

14 Dec 2021 14 Dec 2021

HONG KONG (Reuters) – You know it’s going to be a long haul when the regulator starts sending you candy. Jet-setting banking executives stuck in Hong Kong’s weeks-long quarantine programme have received confectionery from senior regulators as a morale-booster during their isolation. “From their own pockets, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) senior executives sent confectioneries …

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UK looking at vaccinating children as young as five, Lim says

14 Dec 2021 14 Dec 2021

LONDON (Reuters) – The British government’s scientific vaccine advisory group is discussing whether or not to advise children as young as five receive COVID vaccines, the chair of Britain’s vaccine group said on Tuesday. “We are discussing that at the moment. We’re also waiting for the vaccines to be approved by MHRA,” Professor Lim Wei …

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British vaccine science chief says: earlier booster campaign wouldn’t have been right

14 Dec 2021 14 Dec 2021

LONDON (Reuters) – The chair of Britain’s vaccine group said on Tuesday that calling an earlier and faster COVID-19 vaccine booster campaign would not necessarily have been the right policy given the scientific evidence at the time. Britain is racing to offer all adults a booster by the end of the year as the country …

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Analysis: Murdoch emails loom large in billion-dollar election lawsuits against Fox News

14 Dec 2021 14 Dec 2021

By Helen Coster and Jan Wolfe (Reuters) – Did Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch influence Fox News’ coverage of claims about two voting technology companies — knowing that those claims were false? That has become a significant question in defamation lawsuits filed by Smartmatic and Dominion Voting Systems Corp against Fox News and its parent company …

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UK lawmakers call for tougher crackdown on online scammers, cyberflashing

14 Dec 2021 14 Dec 2021

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) -Google, Facebook and other online services should be held legally accountable for advertisements on their platforms in order to prevent fraudsters scamming millions of consumers, a cross-party group of British lawmakers has said. Britain has proposed a landmark online safety law to punish abuses such as child pornography, racism and …

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British transport group National Express to buy StageCoach in all-share deal

14 Dec 2021 14 Dec 2021

(Reuters) – British public transport group National Express is acquiring rival StageCoach in an all-share deal, the companies said on Tuesday, consolidating amid a recovery in passenger numbers from pandemic lows and an imminent end of state aid. StageCoach shareholders will get 0.36 new National Express shares in exchange for each share held, and will …

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Seven killed as car carrying migrants crashes in Hungary

14 Dec 2021 14 Dec 2021

BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Seven people were killed and four injured when a car with a Serbian licence plate carrying migrants crashed into a house in Hungary late on Monday, after its driver refused to stop for a check, police said. The driver saw that police were checking cars in the village of Morahalom near the Serbian …

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Labour shortages dent Ocado Retail’s sales

14 Dec 2021 14 Dec 2021

By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -British online supermarket Ocado Retail, a 50:50 joint venture between Ocado Group and Marks & Spencer, on Tuesday reported a 3.9% fall in revenue in its latest quarter, with its performance held back by labour shortages. Shares in Ocado were up 9.6% at 1022 GMT however as the sales fall …

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Putin and Xi to discuss ‘aggressive’ talk from U.S. and NATO, Kremlin says

14 Dec 2021 14 Dec 2021

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will discuss tensions in Europe and “aggressive” U.S. and NATO rhetoric during a video call on Wednesday, the Kremlin said. The conversation will take place at a moment of high tension in both countries’ relations with the West, with Beijing under pressure over …

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Singapore mulls COVID-19 boosters requirement to qualify as ‘fully’ vaccinated

14 Dec 2021 14 Dec 2021

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore is considering requiring its residents to get a booster shot to qualify as fully vaccinated against COVID-19, its health minister said on Tuesday, as it seeks to protect its population from the Omicron variant. The city-state of 5.5 million people currently allows only those counted as fully vaccinated – or recipients …

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