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Soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo's removal of two Coca-Cola bottles during a press conference at the European Championship has coincided with a more than $A5 billion fall in the share price of the drinks giant.

The Portugal captain is a renowned health fanatic and make it clear what he thinks of the carbonated soft drink.

The 36-year-old shifted the bottles of Coca-Cola away from him during a press conference on Monday in the prelude to his country's Group F game against Hungary.

Ronaldo followed it by holding up bottle of water before declaring in Portuguese: 'Agua!', appearing to encourage people to choose that instead.

Coca-Cola share price dropped from $US56.10 ($73) to $US55.22 ($71.86) almost immediately after Ronaldo's gesture, a 1.6 per cent dip.

The market value of Coca-Cola went from $US242b ($315.2b) to $US238b ($310b) - a drop of $US4b ($5.2b).

Coca-Cola is one of the official sponsors of Euro 2020.

A UEFA spokesperson said: "Players are offered water, alongside Coca-Cola and Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, on arrival at our press conferences".

"Everyone is entitled to their drink preferences."

Ronaldo is one of the greatest soccer players in history and a pop culture colossus, boasting nearly 300 million Instagram followers.

On Tuesday, Ronaldo scored twice in a 3-0 win over Hungary in Budapest for European champions Portugal - moving beyond France legend Michel Platini as the record goalscorer at the European Championship finals with 11.

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A French court has ordered IKEA to pay a one million euro ($A1.6 million) fine for spying on its French staff after the world's biggest furniture retailer was found guilty of improperly gathering and storing data on its employees.

The French branch of Ingka Group, which owns most IKEA stores worldwide, was accused of snooping on its workers and some clients over several years.

It was accused of breaching employees' privacy by reviewing records of their bank accounts and sometimes using fake employees to write up reports on staff.

The information was used to target union leaders or used to IKEA's advantage in disputes with customers after the firm trawled data on people's finances and even what cars they drove. It also paid for access to police files.

Prosecutors had pushed for a two million euro fine. Lawyers for France's CGT union and several individuals seeking compensation said the final amount was not hefty but welcomed the outcome.

The company said it was reviewing the court decision to see if further measures were needed to stamp out the surveillance tactics.

"IKEA Retail France has strongly condemned the practices, apologised and implemented a major action plan to prevent this from happening again," the Ingka group said.

The allegations centred on 2009-12, although prosecutors said the spying began in the early 2000s.

The firm's former chief executive in France, Jean-Louis Baillot, was found guilty and handed a two-year suspended prison sentence. He was also fined 50,000 euros for storing personal data.

Fifteen people were charged. Sanctions ranged from a 5000 euro fine to suspended sentences.

Two were found not guilty of all counts, including former IKEA France boss Stefan Vanoverbeke, who still has a senior position in the group's retail operations.

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One in four Australian adults have now received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, with more than six million jabs administered across the country.

But there is more trouble on the horizon and several high profile figures have issued stark warnings about the sluggish pace of the vaccine rollout.

NSW has recorded a new local case of coronavirus after a Bondi man in his 60s tested positive.

The man has not been overseas recently but has worked as a driver, transporting international flight crews.

The source of infection is unknown.

Health authorities are now scrambling to retrace his steps across Sydney's east and north to identify exposure sites.

State and federal health officials have convened a meeting to discuss the latest case.

NSW officials are also investigating a potential hotel quarantine breach after guests in adjacent rooms fell ill.

In Victoria, more restrictions are being eased across Melbourne as lockdown rules are slowly lifted.

But hundreds of people in a Southbank apartment complex have been forced into a fresh 14-day lockdown after several residents tested positive.

Health Minister Greg Hunt is upbeat about the vaccine rollout, with another 152,075 people inoculated in the past 24 hours.

It was the second highest day so far in the vaccine rollout, with strong figures at state centres and GP clinics.

But not everybody shares Mr Hunt's optimism.

Former finance minister Mathias Cormann, who now heads a major international economic body, declared the vaccine rollout was a race.

This statement puts him directly at odds with his former cabinet colleagues including Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

But Mr Cormann said the global vaccination effort had real economic consequences.

"The most important measure to optimise the recovery at this point in time, the economic recovery, is to have an effective and timely globally comprehensive rollout of the vaccine everywhere," Mr Cormann told Sky News in Paris.

"There is a race in getting a sufficient proportion of the global population vaccinated and the risk of further variants emerging that may be immune to the vaccine."

Mr Cormann said the vaccine rollout was clearly accelerating in Australia, particularly in cities gripped by fresh outbreaks and high infection rates.

"From what I'm seeing and what I'm reading there is rapid catch-up in terms of the level of vaccinations in Australia and that is a good thing," he said.

Fair Work Commission president Iain Ross also raised the vaccine rollout when handing down a decision on the minimum wage.

He said while the economic recovery was well underway, downside risks remained.

"In particular, the risks of domestic outbreaks and of ongoing disruptions to other major economies. The pace of the vaccine rollout also remains a risk," Justice Ross said.

Almost 95 per cent of aged care workers across Australia have been fully protected with both doses of the vaccine.

Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck played down reports some aged care workers in Victoria were yet to receive their first jab.

He has spoken to Victorian Health Minister Martin Foley, who said the reports were not correct.

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