FILE PHOTO: Healthcare workers adjust medical equipment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Centre Cardiologique du Nord private hospital in Saint-Denis, near Paris, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in France, May 4, 2021. REUTERS/Benoit TessierPARIS (Reuters) – The number of French patients in hospital with COVID-19 fell below 10,000 again for the first time since mid-August, health […]

FILE PHOTO: A person receives a dose of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine at the Central Middlesex Hospital in London, Britain, August 1, 2021. REUTERS/Henry NichollsLONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s top medical advisers on Monday recommended that all 12 to 15-year-olds receive a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, citing the benefit on avoiding disruption to education after a vaccination panel had […]

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India’s retail inflation eased to a four-month low in August on softer food prices as supply side constraints eased following the lifting of pandemic-related restrictions, which may allow the central bank to focus further on economic recovery.FILE PHOTO: A vendor sleeps as his son waits for customers at their roadside vegetable shop in New Delhi, India, February […]

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was set to open 200 points higher Monday, bouncing after five straight sessions of losses. S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures were also pointing to a broad-based rally as a recent resurgence of Covid cases due to the delta variant appears to moderating. (CNBC) All three stock benchmarks finished lower Friday, with the S&P 500 also […]

Slideshow ( 2 images )LONDON (Reuters) – A dispute between Britain and the French company Valneva over vaccines is an ongoing commercial issue but will have no impact on vaccine supply in Britain, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday. “This is an ongoing commercial issue so I am slightly restricted in what I can say,” the […]

SYDNEY (Reuters) -A sale of Australia’s biggest airport moved closer on Monday as an infrastructure investor group won permission to conduct due diligence on Sydney Airport Holdings Pty Ltd, after sweetening its takeover offer to A$23.6 billion ($17.4 billion).FILE PHOTO: People walk through the domestic terminal at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia, December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File PhotoThe move sent […]

Australia’s primary financial crimes regulator has warned that the growing size of the cryptocurrency market is creating new risks of fraud, even as global acceptance of bitcoin grows. Austrac says that while criminals “are adept at exploiting new payment channels and technology” and cryptocurrency transactions “may appear on a digital ledger, the actual details of the parties involved in the […]

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol Building is pictured in Washington, U.S., August 20, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File PhotoWASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. House of Representatives panel plans to vote next week on legislation that includes $10 billion in government assistance for high-speed-rail corridors. The House Transportation and Infrastructure proposal also includes $10 billion to enhance mobility for low-income Americans, including establishing […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department met with a number of industry participants this week to quiz them about the risks and benefits posed by stablecoins — a rapidly growing type of cryptocurrencies, the value of which is pegged to traditional currencies, according to three people with direct knowledge of the meetings.FILE PHOTO: The United States Department of the […]