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Djokovic confirms error made on Australian travel entry form

Djokovic confirms error made on Australian travel entry form

By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic said on Wednesday an incorrect answer was made on his Australian entry docum..

PKN Orlen says talks on sale of Lotos assets not finalised yet

PKN Orlen says talks on sale of Lotos assets not finalised yet

GDANSK (Reuters) – Poland’s top energy group PKN Orlen denied a media report it had picked buyers for assets of Grupa Loto..

Cricket-Australia storm rattles England after drizzle delay

Cricket-Australia storm rattles England after drizzle delay

SYDNEY (Reuters) -England lost both openers and skipper Joe Root in a fiery storm of pacebowling on the third morning of the fourth As..

Oil falls from one-month high after U.S. fuel inventory surge

Oil falls from one-month high after U.S. fuel inventory surge

By Florence Tan and Naveen Thukral SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices lost ground on Thursday, falling more than $1 a barrel from their h..

Outcry as Australia bars Djokovic over vaccination status

Outcry as Australia bars Djokovic over vaccination status

By Courtney Walsh and John Mair MELBOURNE (Reuters) – World number one tennis player Novak Djokovic was denied entry into Austra..

South Korea to appeal court order exempting private schools from vaccine passes

South Korea to appeal court order exempting private schools from vaccine passes

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – The South Korean government said on Wednesday it will appeal against a court order to exclude ..

Oil prices slip as U.S. fuel inventories rise

Oil prices slip as U.S. fuel inventories rise

By Mohi Narayan NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Oil prices dropped on Wednesday after U.S. fuel stockpiles climbed, indicating declining demand i..

Beijing meets state air quality standards for first time in 2021

Beijing meets state air quality standards for first time in 2021

BEIJING (Reuters) – The Chinese capital Beijing met state air quality standards for the first time last year, officials said on ..

COVID patients showing less severe symptoms, UK vaccine minister says

COVID patients showing less severe symptoms, UK vaccine minister says

LONDON (Reuters) – People being hospitalised with COVID-19 in the United Kingdom are broadly showing less severe symptoms than b..

U.S. FDA backs Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster shot for 12- to 15-year-olds

U.S. FDA backs Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster shot for 12- to 15-year-olds

By Ahmed Aboulenein and Ankur Banerjee WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday authorized the https://ww..

Siloed Data & Time Intensive Reporting Removed from Construction Projects by Aphex Update

Siloed Data & Time Intensive Reporting Removed from Construction Projects by Aphex Update

Digital construction planning platform Aphex puts data in the hands of the teams building UK’s largest infrastructure projects w..

Samsung, Micron warn China’s Xian lockdown could disrupt memory chip manufacturing

Samsung, Micron warn China’s Xian lockdown could disrupt memory chip manufacturing

By Joyce Lee and Manya Saini (Reuters) -Samsung Electronics and Micron Technology, two of the world’s largest memory chip makers..

U.S. coronavirus cases hit new high, hospitalizations creep up

U.S. coronavirus cases hit new high, hospitalizations creep up

(Reuters) -The average number of daily confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States hit a record high of 258,312 over the past sev..

Australia seeks to ease COVID-19 test rules as cases hit records

Australia seeks to ease COVID-19 test rules as cases hit records

By Renju Jose and Sonali Paul SYDNEY/MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia will seek to make urgent changes to COVID-19 testing rules ..

Dollar firms in soft holiday trading, outlook bullish

Dollar firms in soft holiday trading, outlook bullish

By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) – The dollar inched up on Wednesday as a recent rally in shares showed signs of petering out, b..

U.S., Russian officials set for security talks on January 10 – U.S. official

U.S., Russian officials set for security talks on January 10 – U.S. official

By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and Russian officials will take part in security talks on Jan. 10 as the countri..

Australia COVID numbers hit a peak as Omicron outbreak strains domestic politics

Australia COVID numbers hit a peak as Omicron outbreak strains domestic politics

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia recorded another record surge in COVID-19 infections on Tuesday as an outbreak of the highly infect..

Gazprom says it will not sell gas on its spot platform this week

Gazprom says it will not sell gas on its spot platform this week

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian gas giant Gazprom does not plan to hold auctions for spot gas sales on its Electronic Sales Platform ..

Vaccine and infection data mark small victories in Omicron battle

Vaccine and infection data mark small victories in Omicron battle

By James Macharia Chege and Josephine Mason JOHANNESBURG/LONDON (Reuters) -Two vaccine makers said their shots protected against Omicr..

Scotland reports fewer COVID-19 hospitalizations with Omicron

Scotland reports fewer COVID-19 hospitalizations with Omicron

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – In Scotland, the Omicron variant of the coronavirus appears less likely to result in COVID-19 hospita..

COVID-testing rules spark Christmas travel chaos in Australia as cases hit records

COVID-testing rules spark Christmas travel chaos in Australia as cases hit records

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s COVID-19 testing facilities were severely stretched on Thursday amid a record..

UK reduces COVID-19 self-isolation to 7 days for most in England

UK reduces COVID-19 self-isolation to 7 days for most in England

LONDON (Reuters) – The British government said that from Wednesday it was reducing the COVID-19 self-isolation period to seven d..

Sky no longer the limit for Germany’s ‘Mainhattan’ skyscraper boom

Sky no longer the limit for Germany’s ‘Mainhattan’ skyscraper boom

By John O’Donnell FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Towering above a nondescript office quarter of downtown Frankfurt, a 47th floor th..

EU regulator backs Novavax shot as region’s fifth COVID-19 vaccine

EU regulator backs Novavax shot as region’s fifth COVID-19 vaccine

By Pushkala Aripaka (Reuters) – The European Union’s drug regulator on Monday approved use of the COVID-19 vaccine from U...

Pro-Beijing ‘patriots’ sweep Hong Kong election with record low turnout

Pro-Beijing ‘patriots’ sweep Hong Kong election with record low turnout

By Edmond Ng and Sara Cheng HONG KONG (Reuters) – Pro-Beijing candidates swept to victory in an overhauled “patriots”..

Sterling erases post-BoE gains as Omicron weighs

Sterling erases post-BoE gains as Omicron weighs

LONDON (Reuters) – The British pound slipped to a three-day low on Monday, nearing $1.32 versus the greenback as a broad risk-of..

Oil prices slide as rapid Omicron spread dims fuel demand outlook

Oil prices slide as rapid Omicron spread dims fuel demand outlook

By Jessica Jaganathan SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices slumped 3% on Monday as surging cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant in Euro..

Soccer-England drawn with Italy and Germany in Nations League

Soccer-England drawn with Italy and Germany in Nations League

NYON, Switzerland (Reuters) -England were handed a tough draw for the 2022-23 UEFA Nations League after they were grouped alongside Eu..

World coal power demand to hit new high after China, India, U.S. surge – IEA

World coal power demand to hit new high after China, India, U.S. surge – IEA

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Rising consumption in China, India and the United States could bring global coal-fired power demand to a ne..

Chinese envoy to Japan: calls on Tokyo for support of Beijing Olympics

Chinese envoy to Japan: calls on Tokyo for support of Beijing Olympics

TOKYO (Reuters) -China’s envoy to Japan, Kong Xuanyou, on Thursday said the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics had been unfortunat..

Cricket-England look to crash Australia’s pink ball party

Cricket-England look to crash Australia’s pink ball party

By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) – England are preparing to throw the kitchen sink at Australia in the day-night second Ashes t..

Soccer: Premier League has record 42 positive COVID-19 cases in past week

Soccer: Premier League has record 42 positive COVID-19 cases in past week

(Reuters) – The Premier League found a record 42 cases of COVID-19 among players and staff at various clubs over the past week, ..

Indonesian quake rattles residents but only one hurt and minor damage

Indonesian quake rattles residents but only one hurt and minor damage

By Gayatri Suroyo and Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) – A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on..

Soccer-Manchester United suffer COVID-19 outbreak

Soccer-Manchester United suffer COVID-19 outbreak

LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester United suffered an outbreak of COVID-19 among players and staff on Sunday, jeopardising their next..

3D printing is key to improving spare parts supply chains, when combining human and data-driven skills

3D printing is key to improving spare parts supply chains, when combining human and data-driven skills

3D printing, could be the key to reducing inventory, and for making supply chains for spare parts more responsive, according to new re..

UK economy almost flat-lined in October, adding to rate hike doubts

UK economy almost flat-lined in October, adding to rate hike doubts

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s economy barely grew in October, before the emergence of the new Omicron variant of the corona..

AstraZeneca to supply COVID-19 antibody cocktail to Singapore

AstraZeneca to supply COVID-19 antibody cocktail to Singapore

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – AstraZeneca said on Friday it will supply Singapore with its COVID-19 antibody cocktail, Evusheld, by the ..