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COVID-hit Queen Elizabeth sends message to Brazil
Date: February 22, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth sent a message of condolence to Brazil on Monday as she continued to carry out official duties despite testing positive for COVID-19. Buckingham Palace said on Sunday that Elizabeth, 95, was suffering mild cold-like symptoms but was expected to carry on with light engagements, an indication that the world’s...
‘Growth’ stocks still not cheap, cautions JPMorgan
Date: February 22, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – Tech-dominated “growth” stocks are still not cheap despite some sharp falls over the last six months, analysts at U.S. investment bank JPMorgan cautioned on Monday. The so-called FAANGs have seen some of their COVID-era surges cut back this year, with Facebook down 38%, Apple down 5.7%, Amazon down 8.5% and Netflix and...
UK’s Johnson scraps COVID restrictions in England
Date: February 22, 2022
By Elizabeth Piper and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris on Monday said he would end all coronavirus restrictions in England including mandatory self-isolation for people with COVID-19 and free testing, drawing scepticism from some scientists and political opponents. Johnson’s “living with COVID” plan has sparked alarm that it is premature and...
Ukraine wants peace but won’t give up its land to Russia, president says
Date: February 22, 2022
By Pavel Polityuk and Matthias Williams KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Russia of wrecking peace efforts and ruled out making any territorial concessions in an address to the nation in the early hours of Tuesday. Zelenskiy spoke after Russia’s decision to formally recognise two Moscow-backed regions of eastern Ukraine as independent and...
More women take top UK Plc roles, but there’s room for improvement – report
Date: February 22, 2022
(Reuters) – Women now make up nearly 40% of the boards of Britain’s biggest 100 companies, compared with just 12.5% a decade ago, with recommendations in place to enable more female representation in top management, a government-backed report said on Tuesday. Researchers reviewed women’s representation in about 24,000 positions in firms on Britain’s blue-chip FTSE...
Putin orders Russian troops to Ukraine after recognising breakaway regions
Date: February 22, 2022
By Andrew Osborn and Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the deployment of troops to two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine after recognising them as independent on Monday, accelerating a crisis the West fears could unleash a major war. A Reuters witness saw tanks and other military hardware moving through the separatist-controlled...