By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) – Several parents associations in South Korea held protests on Thursday against a vaccine pass mandate for children aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19 among teenagers. From February, those aged 12 or older will have to show a vaccine pass to enter public spaces, including private tuition centres, libraries …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian drugmaker Biocon Ltd is in talks with generic drugmaker Mylan for a merger of their biosimilar businesses, financial news website Moneycontrol reported on Thursday, citing sources with direct knowledge of the matter. Biocon will seek to hold a controlling majority stake in the merged entity and the companies will also look …
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By Jessie Pang and Edmond Ng HONG KONG (Reuters) -A Hong Kong court found three prominent pro-democracy activists guilty on Thursday over an unauthorised assembly on June 4 last year to mark Beijing’s 1989 crackdown on protesters in and around Tiananmen Square. Hong Kong has traditionally held the world’s largest annual June 4 vigils, as …
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By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asia’s demand for carbon offsets is picking up as more companies in global supply chains, IT and banking sectors seek to lower their carbon footprint following the COP26 November Glasgow Climate Pact, the head of Asian exchange T-RECs.ai said. The hard-fought Glasgow Climate Pact sent a clear message to …
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By Jessie Pang and Edmond Ng HONG KONG (Reuters) -A Hong Kong court found three prominent pro-democracy activists guilty on Thursday over an unauthorised assembly on June 4 last year to mark Beijing’s 1989 crackdown on protesters in and around Tiananmen Square. Hong Kong has traditionally held the world’s largest annual June 4 vigils, as …
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By Helen Coster (Reuters) – The number of journalists worldwide who are behind bars reached a global high in 2021, according to a new report from the nonprofit Committee to Protect Journalists, which says that 293 reporters were imprisoned as of Dec. 1 this year. At least 24 journalists were killed because of their coverage, …
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – One month after her son Eran had recovered from a mild case of COVID-19, Sara Bittan rushed the three-year-old to the emergency room. He had high fever, a rash, his eyes and lower body were swollen and red, his stomach was hurting and he was crying in pain. Eventually …
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By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – One month after her son Eran had recovered from a mild case of COVID-19, Sara Bittan rushed the three-year-old to the emergency room. He had high fever, a rash, his eyes and lower body were swollen and red, his stomach was hurting and he was crying in pain. Eventually …
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By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Kaori Kaneko TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s ruling party approved a draft tax plan on Thursday that rewards businesses that raise wages but shied away from ambitious reforms around climate change or capital gains, two key policy issues for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. The government will “comprehensively consider” capital gains tax reforms and …
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By Dan Whitcomb and Jahnavi Nidumolu (Reuters) -The North Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered primary elections in the state delayed from March until May of 2022, citing legal challenges to gerrymandered political maps. The court in its five-page unsigned written ruling directed North Carolina election officials to hold primaries for all state offices on …
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