(Reuters) – New Delhi will ramp up testing for COVID-19 and encourage the increased use of masks, a local minister said on Thursday, after India recorded its highest daily case count in nearly six months. India recorded 3,016 new cases of the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the federal health ministry said on Thursday, …
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By Nellie Peyton and Bhargav Acharya JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Oscar Pistorius, known as the “Blade Runner” for his carbon-fibre prosthetic legs, was denied parole on Friday after he sought early release from prison where he is serving a 13-year sentence for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius, a South African, went from public hero as …
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By Ariba Shahid KARACHI (Reuters) -Eleven people were killed in a stampede during the distribution of food aid in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Friday, a health official said, one of several such incidents in recent weeks as the country’s economic crisis bites. The dead included five women and three children, police said, …
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By Khanh Vu and Phuong Nguyen HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam’s central bank said on Friday it will cut its refinance rate by 50 basis points effective April 3, bucking the regional trend as it maintains its focus on supporting economic growth amid global uncertainty. The move brings the refinance rate to 5.5%, while the discount rate …
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By Alistair Smout and Kaori Kaneko LONDON/TOKYO (Reuters) – Britain on Friday said it had struck a deal to join an 11-country trans-Pacific trade pact which includes Japan and Australia as it looks to deepen ties in the region and build its global trade links after leaving the European Union. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said …
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(Reuters) -Canada on Friday granted the final approval for Rogers Communications Inc’s C$20 billion ($15 billion) buyout of Shaw Communications Inc, clearing the deal that will create the country’s No. 2 telecoms company. The green light for the deal came as Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Francois-Philippe Champagne agreed to the transfer of wireless …
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(This March 29 story has been refiled to attribute the quotes in paragraphs 14 and 16 to Neste’s vice-president of renewable aviation) By Inti Landauro, Joanna Plucinska and Simon Jessop CARTAGENA, Spain/LEEDS, England (Reuters) – Energy giant Repsol has bought into Europe’s drive for green jet fuel, but believes the 200 million euro ($217 million) …
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By Stefanno Sulaiman NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – Central bank governors and finance ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in Bali have agreed to strengthen cooperation between them to better withstand future global crises, chair Indonesia said on Friday. The gathering of finance leaders of ASEAN, a region of about 650 …
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By Tim Reid (Reuters) -Senior Republicans in Congress rallied behind former President Donald Trump after he was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury investigating hush money payments to a porn star, calling the charges a weaponization of the justice system by Democrats. Republicans’ ferocious response to the indictment on Thursday reflected the grip Trump still …
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By James Davey and Sinchita Mitra (Reuters) -British online supermarket and technology group Ocado on Thursday won a high court legal action brought by Norwegian robotics firm AutoStore after the judge dismissed its patent infringement claims. The two pioneers in warehouse storage technology are facing off in multiple jurisdictions around the world to protect their …
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