WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – By the third day of being confined to his Australian hotel room for quarantine, David Marriott was getting bored. He had seen a few seasons of “The …
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Exclusive: EU denies blocking 3.1 million AstraZeneca shots to Australia
CANBERRA / BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union on Tuesday denied blocking shipments of 3.1 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to Australia, as the bloc intensifies scrutiny of vaccine exports to …
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By Tom Westbrook, Chibuike Oguh * MSCI AxJ Index rises 0.4% to a two-week high * The US dollar index remains near a two-week low * Asian Stock Markets: tmsnrt.rs/2zpUAr4 SINGAPORE / …
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SINGAPORE – Asia-Pacific stocks were mixed in trading on Tuesday after major Wall Street indices rose to all-time closing highs overnight in the United States. The Nikkei 225 in Japan fell 0.88% …
Read More »Two Australians released from house arrest in Myanmar
(Reuters) – An Australian couple has been released from house arrest in Myanmar and allowed to leave the country without charge, one of the two business consultants said on Sunday. Christa Avery …
Read More »Stocks Rise After Excellent US Employment Data, Bonds Smell Of Trouble With Fed
TOKYO (Reuters) – Global stock prices rose to a high of a month and a half on Monday after data showed an increase in US employment, while US bonds came under pressure …
Read More »Stocks Rise After Excellent US Employment Data, Bonds Smell Of Trouble With Fed
TOKYO (Reuters) – Global stock prices rose to a high of a month and a half on Monday after data showed an increase in US employment, while US bonds came under pressure …
Read More »Australia enjoys Easter with no new local coronavirus cases
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australians were celebrating Easter Sunday in a relatively unfettered way, as the country reported no new locally acquired coronavirus cases. FILE PHOTO: A man crosses a nearly empty city …
Read More »UK says AstraZeneca vaccine is safe even after 7 deaths from blood clots
Sign up here for our daily coronavirus newsletter on what you need to know and Subscribe to our Covid-19 podcast for the latest news and analysis. The UK confirmed that seven people …
Read More »Video shows angry man attacking octopus on Australian beach
A video showing an octopus lashing out at a man on a beach last month in Western Australia has gone viral. Geologist and author Lance Karlson was about to swim near the …
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