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France sees chance of compromise with Germany on EU fiscal rules
PARIS (Reuters) - France will be able to reach a compromise with the new German government to update the European Union's fiscal rules to face economic challenges following the COVID-19 pandemic, Fren...
Nov 29, 2021
AfDB postpones Abidjan investment forum due to Omicron variant
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The African Development Bank has postponed to an unspecified date its planned Dec. 1-3 investment forum in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, due to health concerns and travel restrictions over...
Nov 29, 2021
U.S. pending home sales surge in October
(Reuters) - Contracts to buy U.S. previously owned homes jumped in October, reversing a decline in the prior month, likely as buyers raced to snap up properties as mortgage rates edged upward. The Nat...
Nov 29, 2021
Paraguay sets travel ban on 10 African countries over Omicron concerns
By Daniela Desantis ASUNCIN (Reuters) - Paraguay has imposed a travel ban on foreigners from 10 African countries in a bid to prevent entry of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, the South American nation's...
Nov 29, 2021
Italian soccer reporter files charges against man for harassment on TV
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - A female Italian journalist filed charges on Monday against a man accused of slapping her bottom on live TV after a Serie A football match just as the league was cham...
Nov 29, 2021
‘Omicron’ the cryptocurrency rides new variant rollercoaster
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - As global markets fell last week on news of the new Omicron coronavirus variant, one cryptocurrency with the same name soared after the Greek letter entered the invest...
Nov 29, 2021
EU considering virtual summit on COVID situation this week or next, official says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders are considering a video conference on the COVID-19 situation at the end of this week or next week, a senior official said on Monday, as Europe becomes the g...
Nov 29, 2021
Russia fines Google 3 million roubles for not deleting banned content
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Moscow court fined Alphabet Inc.'s Google 3 million roubles ($400,386) on Monday for not deleting content that it deemed illegal, part of a wider dispute between Russia and the U....
Nov 29, 2021
‘Game-changer’: Poland tightens curbs amid Omicron fears
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland said on Monday it would ban flights to seven African countries, extend quarantines for some travellers and further limit numbers allowed into places like restaurants, amid co...
Nov 29, 2021
Ending gas financing for Africa will be a fatal blow, says Senegal
DAKAR (Reuters) - Plans by some nations to end the financing of gas exploration will prove a "fatal cost" for several emerging African economies, Senegal President Macky Sall said at the start of theC...
Nov 29, 2021
