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Japan cancels a third of contracted Astrazeneca vaccine purchase
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has cancelled the purchase of about 40 million Astrazeneca Plc COVID-19 vaccine doses it agreed to buy last year, a health ministry official said in parliament on Monday. The c...
Apr 11, 2022
Ericsson suspends all business in Russia
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson said on Monday it was suspending its business in Russia indefinitely. "In the light of recent events and of European Union sanctions, the...
Apr 11, 2022
India’s Amul dairy says bracing for sales disruption due to straws ban
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's $8 billion Amul dairy group said on Monday it is bracing for disruptions and higher input costs for some products from July when the government's ban on p...
Apr 11, 2022
French lender SocGen to exit Russia with Rosbank stake sale
PARIS (Reuters) -French bank Societe Generale has agreed to sell its stake in Rosbank and the Russian lender's insurance subsidiaries to Interros Capital, a firm linked to billionaire Vladimir Potanin...
Apr 11, 2022
Taiwan orders Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill as infections rise
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan has ordered 700,000 units of Pfizer Inc's anti-viral COVID-19 pill Paxlovid, its health minister said on Monday, amid a steady increase in the number of infections as the gov...
Apr 11, 2022
Pakistan’s parliament set to elect new prime minister
By Asif Shahzad and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's parliament was set to meet on Monday to elect a new prime minister, with opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif the favourite to ...
Apr 11, 2022
Swiss vaccination panel chief says he was kidnap victim
ZURICH (Reuters) - The head of Switzerland's vaccination advisory commission has identified himself as the victim of a brief kidnapping last month that led to a fatal shootout with police. Several Swi...
Apr 11, 2022
Gary Brown, former NFL running back and coach, dies at 52
Running back Gary Brown, who spent eight seasons in the NFL with three teams and later served as an assistant coach in college and the NFL, died Sunday night of liver and kidney failure in his hometow...
Apr 11, 2022
Goldman Sachs acquires NN Investment Partners for $1.85 billion
LONDON (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs said on Monday it has acquired Netherlands-based asset manager NN Investment Partners from NN Group for 1.7 billion euros ($1.85 billion). NN Investment Partners will ...
Apr 11, 2022
China vehicle sales fall 11.7% in March after 2 months of increase
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Auto sales in China fell 11.7% in March versus an 18.7% rise in February, industry data showed on Monday, as the country's zero COVID-19 policies kept people from shopping...
Apr 11, 2022
