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China’s Guangdong summons Evergrande boss after debt repayment warning

3 Dec 2021 3 Dec 2021

BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s Guangdong province on Friday summoned the chairman of China Evergrande Group after the real estate developer said there was “no guarantee” it would have enough funds to meet debt repayments, while regulators sought to reassure markets. Evergrande, once China’s top-selling developer, is grappling with more than $300 billion in liabilities, fuelling fears …

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Floods cut off communities in South Sudan’s Unity state

3 Dec 2021 3 Dec 2021

By Denis Dumo JUBA (Reuters) – Severe flooding has hit South Sudan’s northern state of Unity, cutting off communities from accessing supplies of food and other vital commodities, a state official said on Friday. More than 700,000 people have been affected by the worst flooding in the country for nearly 60 years, the U.N. refugee …

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Advocates welcome Taliban decree barring forced marriages but call for more

3 Dec 2021 3 Dec 2021

By Charlotte Greenfield ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A decree released by the Taliban barring forced marriage was a major step forward, two leading Afghan women said on Friday, but questions remained about whether the hardline Islamist group would extend women’s rights around work and education. Afghanistan’s Taliban government on Friday released a decree which said women …

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Canadian grocery retailer Loblaw wins offshore tax case in top court

3 Dec 2021 3 Dec 2021

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian grocery retailer Loblaw Companies Ltd does not have to pay tax on income earned by an offshore subsidiary, the country’s Supreme Court said on Friday, a decision that could have implications for other companies. The case revolved around a Barbados-based bank linked to the company. Loblaw successfully argued the bank was …

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BioNTech CEO says vaccine upgrade on the cards, ready to move quickly

3 Dec 2021 3 Dec 2021

By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) -BioNTech should be able to adapt its coronavirus vaccine relatively quickly in response to the Omicron variant, and the next few weeks will show how urgently an upgrade is needed, its CEO Ugur Sahin told the Reuters Next conference on Friday. Sahin said people should continue to seek the established …

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BioNTech CEO says vaccine upgrade on the cards, ready to move quickly

3 Dec 2021 3 Dec 2021

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Cementing ties with France, UAE places $19 billion order for warplanes, helicopters

3 Dec 2021 3 Dec 2021

By John Irish DUBAI (Reuters) -The United Arab Emirates ordered 80 Rafale fighter jets and 12 military helicopters on Friday, deepening economic and political ties with France through an arms contract worth 17 billion euros ($19.20 billion). The largest ever overseas sale of the French warplane was sealed as French President Emmanuel Macron began a …

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WHO’s top scientist says Omicron could displace Delta

3 Dec 2021 3 Dec 2021

By Francesco Guarascio and Stephanie Nebehay (Reuters) -The World Health Organization’s chief scientist told the Reuters Next conference on Friday the Omicron variant could become dominant because it is highly transmissible, but that a different vaccine may not be needed. Soumya Swaminathan also said it was too early to say whether Omicron is milder than …

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WHO’s top scientist says Omicron could displace Delta

3 Dec 2021 3 Dec 2021

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Vaccine makers doing right to look to adjust COVID-19 jabs – WHO

3 Dec 2021 3 Dec 2021

GENEVA (Reuters) – It is “commendable” that makers of COVID-19 vaccines are planning for the “likelihood” of needing to adjust their products to protect against the Omicron variant, a World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson said on Friday. Christian Lindmeier, speaking at a U.N. briefing in Geneva, said the agency was still studying the transmissibility and …

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