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Turkey’s state banks boosted lira rally after Erdogan rescue plan -four sources
By Orhan Coskun, Nevzat Devranoglu and Ebru Tuncay ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey's state banks aggressively sold dollars this week, boosting a rally in the lira after President Tayyip Erdogan announced a d...
Dec 23, 2021
Brazil added 324,112 formal jobs in November, 3 million in 2021
By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) - Employment in Brazil fell 13.9% in November from the same month last year, official adjusted figures showed on Thursday, with the country adding a net 324,112 for...
Dec 23, 2021
Cricket-Olivier hoping to make up for lost time with South Africa
PRETORIA (Reuters) - Duanne Olivier believes he has returned to South African cricket a more mature and complete bowler as he looks to make what almost amounts to a second international debut in the f...
Dec 23, 2021
Germany reports first death with Omicron variant
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Robert Koch Institute for infectious disease confirmed the country's first death due to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus on Thursday. The person was between the age ...
Dec 23, 2021
France, Italy urge more leeway for investment in EU fiscal reform
PARIS (Reuters) -France and Italy called on Thursday for the European Union's fiscal rules to allow more leeway for investments that would help the 27-nation bloc become greener and more self-sufficie...
Dec 23, 2021
Malta tightens restrictions as COVID-19 cases spike
VALLETTA (Reuters) - The Mediterranean islands of Malta became the latest European nation on Thursday to tighten COVID-19 restrictions as virus numbers hit a new record for a second successive day. He...
Dec 23, 2021
England’s COVID-19 prevalence hits new high as Omicron spreads – ONS
LONDON (Reuters) - Around 1.2 million people in England were likely infected with COVID-19 last week, representing 1 in 45 of the population and a new pandemic record as the Omicron variant spreads ra...
Dec 23, 2021
Putin says Western diplomatic boycott of Olympics is a mistake
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin called the diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics by the United States and its allies a mistake driven by a desire to restrain C...
Dec 23, 2021
‘Keep the defender guessing’: Russia’s military options on Ukraine
By Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's deployment of tens of thousands of troops to the north, east and south of Ukraine is fuelling fears in Kyiv and Western capitals that Moscow is planning a ...
Dec 23, 2021
Pope shakes up Vatican development office, accepts African cardinal’s resignation
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a prominent African cardinal who was a key adviser on climate change and social justice as part of a rare shake...
Dec 23, 2021
