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NEW YORK, April 7( Xinhua)--The U.S. dollar advanced in late trading on Thursday, amid market expectations that the Federal Reserve will speed up policy tightening. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, rose 0.15 percent at 99. 7510.In late New York trading, the euro fell to 1. 0881 dollars from 1. 0905 U.S. dollars in the previous session, and the British pound increased to 1. 3073 dollars from 1. 3066 U.S. dollars in the previous session.... The Australian do

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South Africa’s vaccination drive has had a slow start.... Some parts of the hospital were gutted by a fire in April, and more than 700 patients were evacuated.... So far, vaccinations have been limited to healthcare workers, people 60 and older, and schoolteachers....

Open this photo in gallery A woman wears a face mask as she walks by a COVID-19 rapid testing

-110 yen range, after the unit advanced overnight on speculation that a rise in U.S. Treasury yields

Britain has experienced an alarming rise in cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant with an

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson greets 88-year-old Nitza Sarner as she waits to receive a pfizer booster vaccination as he visits a COVID-19 vaccination centre at Little Venice Sports Centre, in London, on Oct.... Britain has recorded more than 139, 000 coronavirus deaths during the pandemic, the highest toll in Europe after Russia.... Many scientists are urging the government to reintroduce some of the measures that it lifted three months ago when more than a year of restrictions ended,

“ This particular inflation is just unique in history, ” Powell said Thursday before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.... On Wednesday, he appeared before the House Financial Services Committee where he said inflation may slow “ in six months or so, ” suggesting a clear reading on inflation won’t come until the end of the year.... “ This is the Fed saying it is prepared to endure a longer period of elevated inflation than just a few months, ” Tim Duy, chief U.S. economis