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Vietnam begins COVID-19 vaccinations after successful virus containment
By Thinh Nguyen HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam launched its COVID-19 vaccination programme on Monday with healthcare workers first in the queue, even as the Southeast Asian country looked set to contain it...
Mar 07, 2021
China’s Primavera raising up to $5 billion in new dollar fund -sources
By Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese private equity firm Primavera Capital Group, an early investor in billionaire Jack Ma's Ant Group, is raising a new U.S. dollar-denominated fund of up to $5 bi...
Mar 07, 2021
Japan government spokesman says timing of Biden-Suga meeting undecided
TOKYO (Reuters) - No timing has been set for when a meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga might happen, Japan's top government spokesman said on Monday. C...
Mar 07, 2021
New Zealand to buy enough Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines for entire population
SYDNEY (Reuters) - New Zealand will buy additional COVID-19 vaccines, developed by Pfizer Inc and Germany's BioNTech, which will be enough to vaccinate the whole country, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern...
Mar 07, 2021
China to crack down harder on fake African swine fever vaccines: ministry
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Monday it will crack down further on illegal production and sales of African swine fever vaccines in order to ensure the r...
Mar 07, 2021
Chinese beauty app Meitu shares surge after cryptocurrency investment
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Shares of Hong Kong-listed Chinese photo editing app Meitu Inc rose as much as 14.4% on Monday morning after the company said it had bought $40 million of cryptocurrencies. The b...
Mar 07, 2021
Toyota VC invests in AI startups, firms that refine everyday processes
By Makiko Yamazaki and Maki Shiraki TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp's first venture capital fund is investing in startups that help the Japanese automaker refine everyday processes by bringing sha...
Mar 07, 2021
U.S. House set to vote on bills to expand gun background checks
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on Wednesday on a pair of bills to expand background checks before gun purchases, two years after a similar ...
Mar 07, 2021
Unions set for strikes as Myanmar crackdown intensifies
(Reuters) - Major trade unions in Myanmar prepared for strikes on Monday to try to squeeze the country's fragile economy and pile pressure on its new military rulers, as a weekend of violence and nigh...
Mar 07, 2021
Moderna reaches supply deal with Philippines for 13 million vaccine doses
(Reuters) - Moderna Inc said on Saturday it has agreed to supply the Philippines government with 13 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, with deliveries set to begin in mid-2021. The company will wo...
Mar 07, 2021
