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Aldi UK says December sales up 26%
Date: January 3, 2023
LONDON (Reuters) -The British arm of German discount supermarket group Aldi said its sales in December rose 26% compared to the previous year, reflecting the opening of new stores and consumers’ search for savings in a cost-of-living crisis. Aldi UK and Ireland said on Tuesday its sales topped 1.4 billion pounds ($1.67 billion) in December...
UK’s Cineworld to not sell assets individually, denies talks with AMC
Date: January 3, 2023
(Reuters) -Cineworld, the British cinema operator in bankruptcy proceedings, said on Tuesday it would not sell any of its assets individually, and that it had not held discussions with AMC Entertainment about the sale of any of its theatres. The British company said it would focus on selling the group as a whole rather than...
Asia shares weigh China risks, yen hits 6-month high
Date: January 3, 2023
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares recovered from early losses on Tuesday as investors weighed the near-term costs of the coronavirus infections in China against the longer-term benefits of a complete reopening of the world’s second-largest economy. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged up 0.5%, having been down more than...
WHO urges China to share specific data regularly on COVID situation
Date: January 3, 2023
(Reuters) -The World Health Organization on Friday once again urged China’s health officials to regularly share specific and real-time information on the COVID-19 situation in the country, as it continues to assess the latest surge in infections. The agency has asked Chinese officials to share more genetic sequencing data, as well as data on hospitalizations,...
Jeremy Renner, Marvel’s Hawkeye, has surgery after snow plow accident
Date: January 3, 2023
(This Jan. 2 story has been refiled to change wording in the second paragraph and remove repeated word in the final paragraph) By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – Actor Jeremy Renner, who played Hawkeye in the Marvel “Avengers” movies, was in critical but stable condition in a Nevada hospital on Monday, a day after suffering a...
Exclusive-World Bank seeks more funds to address climate change, other crises -document
Date: January 3, 2023
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The World Bank is seeking to vastly expand its lending capacity to address climate change and other global crises and will negotiate with shareholders ahead of April meetings on proposals that include a capital increase and new lending tools, according to an “evolution roadmap” seen by Reuters on Monday....