SYDNEY – Australia reported one of its highest daily death tolls from the novel coronavirus on Thursday while hospital admissions hovered near record levels, as authorities struggle to get ahead…
SHANGHAI/BEIJING – A handful of COVID-19 infections have forced the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin to shut many entertainment venues and some kindergartens and tutoring agencies, the latest big…
By Renju Jose SYDNEY – Australia will reinstate support payments for casual workers who have to quarantine due to COVID-19, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday, as a fresh…
By Lucy Craymer and Elaine Lies WELLINGTON/TOKYO – A new wave of coronavirus infections is rapidly spreading through Asia, prompting warnings for residents from New Zealand to Japan to take…
By Roxanne Liu and Ryan Woo BEIJING – Multiple Chinese cities are adopting fresh COVID-19 curbs, from business halts to lockdowns, to rein in new infections, with the commercial hub…
By Renju Jose SYDNEY -Australia said on Thursday it would expand the rollout of the fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccines from next week as it battles a steady rise in…
By Anirban Sen (Reuters) -Swedish payments firm Klarna Bank AB is nearing a deal to raise fresh capital at a valuation of about $6 billion from existing investors led by…
SHANGHAI -China took fresh steps on Friday to facilitate foreign investment in its $20 trillion bond market, saying it would cut service fees, improve overseas access to foreign exchange hedging,…
Healthy people infected with Salmonella should monitor themselves for some or all of the following symptoms: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, abdominal cramping, and fever. Salmonella can result in…
By Drazen Jorgic MEXICO CITY – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has stopped stationing a plane in Mexico for anti-narcotics operations for the first time in decades after Mexican…
TOMS RIVER, NJ – Toms River Mayor Maurice Hill’s former campaign manager, Art Gallagher, who heads the Hill administration’s department of information and misinformation today issued a press release to…
Läderach Chocolatier Suisse to open 40th Retail Store in North America by Mother’s Day Tweet this “As the demand for premium fresh chocolate continues to grow in North America, so…
SYDNEY – The Australian government has imposed sanctions and travel bans on two daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s daughter, it said in a statement…
New Orleans, LA – U.S. Marshals Service Eastern District of Louisiana New Orleans Task Force (USMS)-led, Missing Child Unit (MCU) Operation “Fresh Start” was conducted in the New Orleans, Louisiana…
BRASILIA – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has decided against an additional cut in the IPI industrial tax because of questions about the legality of the measure, according to two sources…
By Kirstin Ridley LONDON – Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP is preparing to battle a resurrected 5 billion pound ($6.6 billion) lawsuit in London’s Court of Appeal next week, launched by…
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(Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will propose limiting the legal protections that blank-check companies rely on to make bullish projections, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. The…
SYDNEY -Heavy rains drenched east Australia on Tuesday, triggering evacuation orders for thousands of flood-weary residents for the second time this month as authorities warned the intense weather is likely…
LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, agriculture specialists at Laredo Port of Entry in a single enforcement action seized over 120 pounds of prohibited fresh pork and poultry…
By Julie Gordon and Ismail Shakil -Canada’s annual inflation rate accelerated in February to hit a fresh 30-year high, with broad price gains hitting consumers on all fronts, data showed…
The Biden administration unveiled a round of fresh sanctions Wednesday, in part targeting a small portion of Russia’s massive oil and gas industry. The Department of Commerce will place restrictions…
By Simon Jessop and Ross Kerber LONDON/BOSTON – As investors and businesses increasingly pledge to cut their carbon emissions, scientists on Monday offered a fresh warning about the need to…
By Giuseppe Fonte and Gavin Jones ROME – Italy is working on a reform to make it easier for workers to retire early without bloating what is already Europe’s second…
By Julie Gordon and Ismail Shakil OTTAWA -Canada’s annual inflation rate accelerated again in January to hit a fresh 30-year high at 5.1%, as food and housing costs continued to…