SINGAPORE — Shares in Asia-Pacific were mostly higher in Wednesday trade as investors continued to assess the impact of the omicron Covid variant.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index gained 0.34% as of its final hour of trading, paring earlier gains of more than 1%. Mainland
Square Wines and Spirits in Long Island City established its first website in 2017 and was working on an upgrade in early 2020 when the pandemic shut down the economy.
Liquor stores were declared essential businesses and allowed to remain open, but Square shut its
/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/YKBRYL4XCNKHFKR7D2DZA7UQSA.jpg "Australia delays border reopening as Omicron cases rise")
SYDNEY, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Australia said on Monday it would delay the reopening of its international border by two weeks after reporting its first cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison convened a meeting of his national security committee and said
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A woman wearing a protective face mask walks along a deserted city bridge during morning commute hours on the first day of a lockdown as the state of Victoria looks to curb the spread of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Melbourne, Australia, July 16, …
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SYDNEY, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Australia’s Victoria state reported its biggest one-day rise in COVID-19 cases of the year on Thursday as a surge in vaccinations nationwide raised hope for easing restrictions with almost 70% of the adult population having had a first dose.
Victoria,
