EU says it expects financial services deal with UK, but trust an issue

Puzzle with printed EU and UK flags is seen in this illustration taken November 13, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain and the European Union are on course to agree a deal on regulatory cooperation in financial services this month, but the UK’s actions in Northern Ireland makes it harder to

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World shares track Wall St decline as bond yields rebound

A currency trader gestures at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 4, 2021. Asian shares fell Thursday, tracking a decline on Wall Street as another rise in bond yields rattled investors who worry that higher inflation may prompt central banks to raise ultra-low interest

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Kenyans with egg allergies warned over Covid-19 jab

Kenya Health Principal Secretary Susan Mochache at a Press briefing on March 3, 2021. If you are allergic to chicken and eggs, then you are ineligible for the Covid-19 vaccine. The Health ministry warned Wednesday that front-line workers with specific allergies should not take the jab. There are protocols that have to be followed before

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President Farmajo holds emergency meeting with health workers, Benadir regional administration and civil society organizations

Photo/Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, met with the National Commission for the control of COVID-19 and the Civil Society to hear a report on the health and economic implications of the resurgence of the epidemic. The Minister of Health of the Federal Government of Somalia, Dr Fawzia

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Rishi Sunak: economic recovery will be ‘swifter and more sustained’

Credit PA Media Victoria Jones Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak outside 11 Downing Street, London, before heading to the House of Commons to deliver his Budget. Picture date: Wednesday March 3, 2021. By David Hughes The UK’s recovery from the economic damage caused by coronavirus will be “swifter and more sustained” than previously thought,

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UK Treasury boss to extend job support, tax breaks in budget

A cleaner sweeps up in front of 11 Downing Street in London, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak will depart from his official residence to announce his new Budget later Wednesday in parliament. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) LONDON (AP) — Britain’s treasury chief is expected to extend job support programs and

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US forces: Rockets hit airbase in Iraq hosting US troops

File – This Dec. 29, 2019, aerial file photo taken from a helicopter shows Ain al-Asad air base in the western Anbar desert, Iraq. At least 10 rockets targeted a military base in western Iraq that hosts U.S.-led coalition troops on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, the coalition and the Iraqi military said. It was not immediately

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Somalia health clinics will close due to UK aid cuts, charity warns

The former international development secretary Andrew Mitchell said ‘cutting aid is a death sentence’. Photograph: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA By Patrick Wintour Aid agencies say they are being forced to prepare to suspend health clinics in Somalia serving as many as 2,000 women and children a month, after they have been warned they may face cuts

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Somalia President Farmajo calls regional leaders to meet and discuss 2021 elections

File Photo/Somali Times The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo is hosting a ceremony on 4 March 2021 to mark the culmination of the efforts and discussions related to the implementation of the country’s elections between the Federal Government of Somalia, state governments and the Benadir Regional Administration. The meeting will

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Goodbye gas: Volvo to make only electric vehicles by 2030

Volvo car is parked behind the Volvo logo in the lobby of the company’s corporate headquarters, in Brussels. Volvo says it will make only electric vehicles by 2030. But for those who want one, they will have to buy it online. The Swedish automaker said Tuesday, March 2, 2021, that it is phasing out the

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