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Putin accuses Ukraine of provoking clashes with pro-Russian separatists amid tensions
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of provoking armed confrontation with pro-Russian separatists and failing to honour earlier agreements over its wartorn east, the Kremlin sa...
Mar 31, 2021
China state media outlet warns against 'crude' efforts to get people vaccinated
BEIJING (Reuters) - Some local authorities in China have resorted to "simple and crude" measures to push people into getting COVID-19 vaccines, a state media outlet said on Wednesday, warning against ...
Mar 31, 2021
Exclusive: A billion for every chip-maker who 'makes in India,' sources say
By Sankalp Phartiyal and Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is offering more than $1 billion in cash to each semiconductor company that sets up manufacturing units in the country as it seeks to bu...
Mar 31, 2021
Spain says EU vaccine certificates to be ready in June at latest
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain expects digital vaccine certificates to ease travel within the European Union will be ready in June at the latest, foreign minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya said on Wednesday. Fa...
Mar 31, 2021
Investigation begins into how ship got stuck on Suez Canal
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Formal investigations into how the giant container ship Ever Given ran aground in the Suez Canal, shutting down shipping in the major global waterway for almost a week, beg...
Mar 31, 2021
MUFG Securities says loss related to U.S. client estimated around $270 million
TOKYO (Reuters) - The securities unit of Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group said on Wednesday its loss related to an unnamed U.S. client was estimated around $270 million, after it flagged potenti...
Mar 31, 2021
Philippines says Chinese 'militia' swarm has spread in disputed waters
MANILA (Reuters) - Hundreds of Chinese vessels believed to be manned by militias in the South China Sea have spread to a wider area, the Philippines said on Wednesday, defying its demand for the floti...
Mar 31, 2021
Graffiti or homage? Hi-tech imaging sheds light on Holy Sepulchre wall crosses
By Rinat Harash JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Crosses etched in mysterious abundance across the walls of Christianity's most sacred church were long assumed to be graffiti, but they may be the work of mediaev...
Mar 31, 2021
BlackRock closes Shanghai unit as it shifts focus to mutual fund business
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Global asset manager BlackRock has folded a private fund unit in Shanghai as it focuses on launching its mutual fund business in the world's second-biggest economy. BlackRock last...
Mar 31, 2021
German jobless falls by 8,000 in March
BERLIN (Reuters) - German unemployment fell in March, data showed on Wednesday, as lockdown measures to curb the coronavirus Europe's biggest economy had a limited effect on the labour market. The Fed...
Mar 31, 2021
