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Rural residents worry for elderly as COVID rips across China
By Martin Quin Pollard, Xiaoyu Yin and Tingshu Wang LEZHI (Reuters) - In a busy village clinic in Lezhi county in southwest China's Sichuan province on Thursday, 59-year-old Yang waited anxiously as h...
Dec 30, 2022
NHL roundup: Aleksander Barkov (3 goals, 2 assists) powers Panthers
Aleksander Barkov scored a first-period hat trick and also had two assists and Matthew Tkachuk added two goals and two assists as the Florida Panthers cruised to a 7-2 victory over the Montreal Canadi...
Dec 30, 2022
Indian maker of cough syrup linked to Uzbekistan deaths halts production
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Indian maker of a cough syrup that was linked to the death of 19 children in Uzbekistan said on Friday that it had halted production of all medicines after an inspection by t...
Dec 30, 2022
Russia targets Ukraine in new drone attack
KYIV (Reuters) -Russia launched 16 "kamikaze" drones into Ukraine overnight, Kyiv's military said on Friday, a day after Moscow fired dozens of missiles in its latest barrage against Ukrainian critica...
Dec 30, 2022
Iran holds joint military drills in the Gulf- state media
(Reuters) - Iran held joint naval, air, and ground exercises in the Gulf on Friday near the strategic Strait of Hormuz waterway, state media reported. The drills involve submarines and drones "practis...
Dec 30, 2022
Japan’s biggest banks to raise housing loan rates after BOJ’s policy tweak
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's three biggest banks said on Friday they would raise interest rates for housing loans for next month, reflecting the Bank of Japan's tweak in its ultra-loose policy. Sumitomo ...
Dec 30, 2022
Malaysia to screen all inbound travellers, including from China, for fever
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia will screen body temperatures of all inbound travellers, including those from China, to monitor for fever as part of measures to prevent an outbreak of the coronaviru...
Dec 30, 2022
Russian services activity shrinks for third month running in Dec -PMI
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Activity in Russia's services industry shrank for the third month running in December, a survey showed on Friday, as companies faced weak consumer demand at home, severe inflationar...
Dec 30, 2022
Coal, gas lead 2022 commodities rally; recession fears greet New Year
By Naveen Thukral and Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Coal and natural gas markets were poised on Friday to end 2022 with strong gains after a global energy crisis triggered by the Russia-Ukraine w...
Dec 30, 2022
Analysis-Will Netanyahu clip the wings of his new cabinet hawks?
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - One is a pistol-packing ex-member of an outlawed Jewish militant group. The other is a religious fundamentalist who once called himself a "proud homophobe". Both ...
Dec 30, 2022
