Bloomberg Walmart Inc will no longer require fully vaccinated employees to wear masks unless required by state or local rules, effective immediately. In addition, a policy allowing five extra days of paid time off for workers testing positive for Covid-19 will end on March 31 as planned, Walmart said. Daily health screenings will no longer be needed for workers, ...

Bloomberg US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and foreign ministers from Japan and South Korea committed to work together to deter further Russian escalation along Ukraine’s border and condemned North Korea’s recent ballistic missile launches. Blinken, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs Chung Eui-yong stressed the “critical importance” of strong cooperation among their countries ...

  Bloomberg Ferdinand Marcos Jr, son of the late Philippine dictator, widened his lead in a presidential preference survey conducted by pollster Pulse Asia Research Inc in January. Marcos, a former senator, was chosen by 60% of the 2,400 respondents, Pulse Asia said, higher than the 53% he garnered in December. Vice President Leni Robredo, the opposition leader, came second ...