By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – British grocery sales rose 9.4% to a record 12.8 billion pounds ($15.3 billion) in the four weeks to Dec. 25, though growth was driven by price inflation rather than increased purchasing, market researcher Kantar said on Wednesday. It said sales measured by volume, or the amount people bought, fell …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union government officials recommended on Wednesday that passengers flying from China to the EU should have a negative COVID-19 test before they board, as Beijing plans to ease travel restrictions despite a wave of new COVID infections. The recommendation comes from the EU’s Integrated Political Crisis Response group (IPCR), which is a …
By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar held at lower levels on Wednesday after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s December meeting offered no surprises or new information about the size of its expected rate hike in February. The Fed hiked rates by 50 basis points last month and Fed officials agreed a …
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HEBRON, Ky. (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he was concerned by how China was handling the COVID-19 pandemic. China’s COVID-19 data is not giving an accurate picture of the situation there and under represents the number of hospitalizations and deaths from the disease, a senior official at the World Health Organization …
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By Seher Dareen (Reuters) – Gold held near seven-month highs reached on Wednesday after the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s last meeting showed all its policymakers remained committed to fighting inflation, but agreed on the need to slow rate hikes in 2023. Spot gold rose 0.7% to $1,851.41 per ounce by 2:48 p.m. ET (1948 …
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By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on lawmakers in the Republican-led House of Representatives to “get their act together,” saying the messy battle to determine the chamber’s leader reflects poorly on the United States. The fight over who will lead the House after Republicans gained a majority in November’s midterm …
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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Jack Smith, the U.S. special counsel named to investigate Republican former President Donald Trump, has a reputation for winning tough cases against war criminals, mobsters and crooked police officers. Behind the scenes, however, Smith’s former colleagues say he is just as tenacious in his pursuit to get criminal …
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By Jennifer Rigby and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber GENEVA (Reuters) -China’s COVID-19 data is not giving an accurate picture of the situation there and underrepresents the number of hospitalisations and deaths from the disease, a senior official at the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. The U.N. agency was preparing to meet Chinese scientists again on Thursday …
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(Reuters) – After winning a slim majority of seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in November’s midterm elections, Republicans are trying to elect a speaker. WHAT IS THE SPEAKER’S IMPORTANCE? The speaker of the House, second in the line of succession for the presidency after the vice president, leads the chamber and sets the …
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By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan will toughen its COVID-19 border control measures for travellers from China from Sunday, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said, in response to a surge of infections. Additional measures will require negative coronavirus tests taken within 72 hours of passengers boarding direct flights from China, the government said on Wednesday after …
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