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By Cynthia Kim and Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) - Mr Lee's diner, a cheap-and-cheerful fried chicken shop near central Seoul,...

HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong reopened gyms, beauty parlours, theme parks and cinemas on Thursday for the first time in...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told her counterpart from Indonesia that there will be no "business-as-usual" for...

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The World Bank, International Monetary Fund, UN World Food Program and World Trade Organization on...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is closely monitoring a coronavirus lockdown in Shanghai that could cause delays to air...

By Donny Kwok and Twinnie Siu HONG KONG (Reuters) -Two of Hong Kong's largest consumer retail chains started rationing some...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Pan Pacific International, which operates a major discount store chain, said on Thursday it will provide financial...

By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The man who held a customer hostage at gunpoint at an Amsterdam Apple store has...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Dutch police said on Tuesday they had sent special units to a central square in Amsterdam because a...

By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The city of Rotterdam is to put a one-year freeze on the introduction of any...

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Dutch urban centres were largely deserted on Sunday as the country began a snap lockdown that, aimed at...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Thousands of striking workers at companies under Massmart Holdings in South Africa, which is owned by Walmart...

By Richard Lough and Iain Withers PARIS (Reuters) - Paris riverboat cruise company Seine-En-Bateau was braced for a bumper Christmas...

By Jiri Skacel and Jason Hovet PRAGUE (Reuters) -The Czech Republic and Slovakia banned unvaccinated people from hotels, pubs, hairdressers...

By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Thousands of workers, disgruntled over low wages and changes to terms and conditions of employment,...

By Nia Williams and Rod Nickel (Reuters) - Shoppers in Canada's flood-hit province of British Columbia have emptied grocery shelves...

By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria imposed a lockdown on people unvaccinated against the coronavirus on Monday as winter...

VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria entered a lockdown for people not vaccinated against the coronavirus on Monday, with reinforced police checks...

By Corina Pons MADRID (Reuters) - Camping gear such as gas cookers and lanterns are flying off the shelves of...

ZURICH (Reuters) - Austria's latest measures to tackle the spread of coronavirus will likely stay in force over Christmas and...