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Published by Reuters UK By Twinnie Siu and Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong announced a two-week ban on incoming flights from eight countries, including the United States and Britain, and tightened restrictions on Wednesday as authorities feared a fifth wave of COVID-19 infections. The restrictions were announced as health authorities scoured the […]

Published by Reuters UK LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will seek to stop adults posing as children when claiming asylum by drawing up new scientific assessments to help determine an applicant’s age, the government said on Wednesday. Adults were found to be posing as children in two thirds of claims disputed on the basis of age,

Published by InsideHook By Kayla Kibbe Believe it or not, 2022 marks the 10-year anniversary of Tinder. Yes, it would take a couple more years before Tinder and the many other dating apps that popped up in the wake of its success went fully mainstream, and even longer before we finally cleansed ourselves of the

Published by Reuters UK LONDON (Reuters) -Facebook-owner Meta has applied to appeal a British competition watchdog ruling that it must sell Giphy on grounds that include challenging the finding that the deal removed a potential competitor in display advertising. Meta said last month it had lodged an appeal against the decision by the Competition and

Published by DPA The world’s largest agricultural machinery manufacturer Deere & Company is launching a fully autonomous tractor later this year. “This is not a vision or a demo, but a finished product,” John Deere technology chief Jahmy Hindman said on Tuesday at the CES tech fair in Las Vegas. The announcement comes after the

Published by Reuters UK LONDON (Reuters) -British supermarket group Asda has recruited former Tesco executive Ken Towle as its new retail director with responsibility for all stores, it said on Wednesday. The UK’s third largest grocer, owned since last February by Mohsin and Zuber Issa and private equity company TDR Capital, has been without a

Published by Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. private payrolls increased more than expected in December, pointing to underlying labor market strength at the end of 2021. Private payrolls surged by 807,000 jobs last month, the ADP National Employment Report showed on Wednesday. Data for November was revised lower to show 505,000 jobs added instead of

Published by Al-Araby A Saudi sovereign wealth fund is close to buying out the current owners of the prestigious Italian football club Inter Milan for $1 billion, according to reports. Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), which recently led a consortium in the takeover of English football club Newcastle United, would become a majority shareholder

Published by Al-Araby Posters that featured offensive images of the Saudi royals in a south Beirut suburb, where Hezbollah enjoys strong support, were ordered to be taken down by the Lebanese interior ministry. The posters appeared on the streets of Dahieh, a predominantly Shia Muslim suburb, shortly after the leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, accused

Published by Al-Araby The UAE formally joined the UN Security Council Tuesday, alongside Albania, Brazil, Gabon and Ghana, ready to serve a two-year term. The 15-member council is the UN’s most powerful body, with members able to shape international approaches to peace and security across the world. The UAE ambassador to the UN, Lana Nusseibeh,