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– British researchers led by Oxford University said on Friday that the current understanding of long COVID and options to treat it is emerging as a major long-term issue for …

– More than 100 United Nations member states will convene this month to draw up a blueprint for the first-ever global agreement to tackle plastic pollution. The U.N. says it …

– Major investment banks have pencilled in a strong run of interest rate hikes for 2022 after hotter-than-expected inflation data ramped up pressure on the Federal Reserve to take a …

By Danielle Kaye NEW YORK – Marriott and Hilton, two of the biggest U.S. hotel chains, told investors they expect people to resume packing their bags for business and leisure …

By Patturaja Murugaboopathy – Global non-financial companies have issued the lowest debt volumes in three years in the first six weeks of 2022, deterred by rising interest rates as governments …

By Fergal Smith TORONTO – Canada’s main stock index rose on Tuesday, helped by a rally in global equity markets after Russia indicated it was withdrawing some troops from exercises …

LONDON – BBC Studios, the commercial arm of Britain’s BBC, has chosen Rebecca Glashow, currently president of BBC Studios Americas, to head its global distribution from New York, underlining its …

BRUSSELS – Global trade bottlenecks are more the result of demand spikes than supply chain snags, with pressure likely to ease in the coming months, the World Trade Organization’s chief …

By Julien Pretot, Karolos Grohmann and Iain Axon BEIJING – Russian skating prodigy Kamila Valieva’s failed drug test prior to her dazzling Winter Games team gold threw the 15-year-old’s Olympic …

– Global equity funds drew massive inflows in the seven days to Feb. 9 as investors cheered strong earnings results from U.S. and European companies, shrugging off concerns over a …

– Credit Suisse on Friday downgraded global equities to “benchmark” rating from “overweight”, citing the need for the U.S. Federal Reserve to raise interest rates above market expectations amid higher …

SWEETGRASS, Mont. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations would like to announce dates for an upcoming Global Entry enrollment event to be held by CBP …

By Patturaja Murugaboopathy and Gaurav Dogra – Poorer ’emerging market’ countries are facing the headwind of rising global interest rates this year, which in the past has prompted international investors …

– Global equity funds lured big inflows in the seven days to Feb. 2 on optimism over strong earnings from U.S. technology companies and on hopes that inflation would ease …

TOKYO – Japan’s top steelmaker Nippon Steel Corp is seeking more merger and acquisition (M&A) opportunities to boost its global output capacity to 100 million tonnes, an executive said on …

By Jonathan Saul LONDON – Efforts to speed up the movement of goods around the world have yet to solve the supply chain bottlenecks caused by surging demand for retail …

By Nina Chestney LONDON – The value of traded global markets for carbon dioxide (CO2) permits grew by 164% to a record 760 billion euros ($851 billion) last year, analysts …

By Deena Beasley – Merck & Co’s new antiviral pill, once touted as a potential game changer for treating COVID-19, is the last choice among four available options for at-risk …

By Jonnelle Marte – Domestic monetary policy actions may do little to tame some of the inflation being driven by global supply chain pressures, researchers for the New York Federal …

By Patturaja Murugaboopathy – Global financial sector ETFs have seen vast inflows since the start of this year, according to Refinitiv Lipper data, as investors bought into a sector set …

NEW YORK -Morgan Stanley’s Chief Executive James Gorman believes his successor would benefit from global experience as well as strong “core values”, he said in an interview with Reuters Breakingviews. …

LONDON – Global crude steel production gained 3.7% last year to 1.95 billion tonnes, World Steel Association data showed on Tuesday, despite weaker output in top producer China as an …

By Karin Strohecker LONDON – A potential invasion of Ukraine by neighbouring Russia would be felt across a number of markets, from wheat and energy prices and the region’s sovereign …