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OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada's annual inflation rate rose as expected in December, data showed on Tuesday, and underlying prices pressures remained, dashing hopes that the central bank would shift into rate-cut mode early this year. Annual inflation rose to 3.4% in December from 3.1% in November, Statistics Canada said, matching estimates by economists polled by Reuters. Two of the Bank of Canada's (BoC's) core measures of underlying inflation, CPI-trim and CPI-median, accelerated, ...

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The Bank of Canada's most favored measures of core inflation are likely to slow in July for the first time in 10 months as base effects work in their favor, a milestone that could sway the bank to leave rates on hold at its next policy decision. In tracking core inflation, the BoC has been particularly focused on the annualized three-month rates of the weighted median and the trimmed mean, which filter out components with extreme price movements and are more timely than the year-over-year ...

BEIJING, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- China has taken more measures to boost the country innovation drive and is shifting from focusing on the intellectual property (IP)

The Indonesian government has decided to extend the policy on public mobility restrictions, locally known as PPKM, outside the islands of Java and Bali from Jan. 4 to 17, 2022 although Covid-19 cases continue to decline, a senior minister said on Monday.

The Indonesian government has expanded the entry ban on foreigners with travel histories in 10 countries and China's Hong Kong in the last 14 days, in order to prevent spread of the more contagious Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus, the Directorate General of Immigration has announced.

Brunei reported 188 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Monday, bringing the total tally to 7,904.

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has lengthened coronavirus restrictions in the capital region and some provinces, his spokesperson said on Saturday, as the South-East Asian nation logged a new record in daily Covid-19 infections.

A cyclist carries his friend wearing a protective face mask, amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, in Manila, Philippines, on Friday (June 11, 2021). - Reuters MANILA, June 11 (Xinhua): The Philippines Department of Health (DOH) reported on Friday 6,686 new Covid-19 infections, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the South-East Asian country to 1,300,349. The death toll climbed to 22,507 after 196 more patients died from the viral disease, the DOH said. T...

The National Taskforce for Covid-19 Prevention and Control has advised people to continue to observe measures put in place by the Ministry of Health to stop the spread of the Coronavirus, such as wearing face masks, using hand gels and practising social distancing.