Month: March 2022
Londoners urged to avoid ‘unnecessary car journeys’ after mayor triggers high pollution alert
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has issued a high pollution alert for the U.K. capital. Andrew Holt | Photolibrary | Getty Images LONDON — Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has issued a high pollution alert for the U.K. capital, telling those with lung and heart problems to “avoid physical exertion” for its duration. In […]
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AstraZeneca takes stake in a start-up that helps doctors conduct clinical trials virtually
Medical syringes and small figurines of people are seen in front of the AstraZeneca logo displayed on a screen. On Saturday, March 26, 2021, in Dublin, Ireland. NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty Images LONDON — AstraZeneca said Wednesday it has invested in Huma, a U.K.-based medical technology start-up, as part of a broader commercial tie-up […]
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India’s rupee-ruble trade arrangement with Russia may be ready in a week, says export body chief
India is expected to announce a payment arrangement that would allow trade with Russia to continue, the president of an Indian exporters’ association told CNBC’s “Street Signs” on Wednesday. The so-called rupee-ruble trade mechanism could come as early as next week, according to A Sakthivel, president of the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO). The […]
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Buttigieg says DOT will dole out $2.9 billion in infrastructure grants to states and cities
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg speaks to the news media during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 8, 2021. Leah Millis | Reuters Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday said the administration was ready to dole out $2.9 billion in grants for state and local bridge, road and other […]
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Tencent quarterly profit surges 60% despite slowest revenue growth on record
Tencent’s twin-skyscrapers at Shenzhen Bay Start Up Plaza in Nanshan business district. Nikada | Getty Images Tencent reported its slowest quarterly revenue growth on record in the fourth quarter of 2021 as the Chinese technology giant continues to feel the impact of Beijing’s regulatory tightening on the domestic technology sector. However, the company posted a […]
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UK inflation hits fresh multi-decade high of 6.2% on surging energy prices
LIVERPOOL, UNITED KINGDOM – JANUARY 23: On the day that Britain officially enters a recession shoppers walk through Liverpool city centre on January 23, 2009 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. Figures announced today confirm that the UK is officially in a recession for the first time since the early 1990s after GDP fell in two successive […]
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Putin’s Ukraine invasion is turning into a ‘grinding war’ where nobody wins
A Ukrainian soldier stands on the front line, near Kyiv on March 20, 2022. Genya Savilov | AFP | Getty Images As Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine drags close to a fourth week it’s becoming clear to both Moscow and Kyiv that the conflict will not be easily won, or lost, by either side. Russian […]
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‘We want them to go to the Stone Age’: Ukrainian coders are splitting their time between work and cyber warfare
Thomas Samson | AFP | Getty Images Hordes of Ukrainian coders are splitting their time between doing their day jobs and fighting a cyber war with Russia. Over 311,000 people have joined a group called “IT Army of Ukraine” on the social media platform Telegram, where Russian targets are shared. While not all of them […]
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Chinese stocks may start exiting the U.S. in two years, warns Asian Corporate Governance Association
The delisting of U.S.-listed Chinese stocks may come in the next two to three years, according to Jamie Allen of the Asian Corporate Governance Association. “There doesn’t seem to be a huge incentive … for China to compromise, nor does the U.S. seem to want to compromise,” the secretary general at the non-profit organization told […]
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China Boeing 737 plane crash: No survivors found; search for black box continues
Rescuers head to the site of a plane crash in Tengxian county, Wuzhou city, in China’s southern Guangxi region on March 22, 2022. Str | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — Rescue workers haven’t found any survivors from this week’s China Eastern Airlines crash and the hunt for the black box continues, authorities said late […]
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