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Olympics-Tokyo Olympics organisers bow to pressure for ‘stay home’ Games
By Ju-min Park and Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) - After weeks of insisting that the Tokyo 2020 Games could go ahead with spectators, organisers finally bowed to political pressure and rising COVID-19 in...
Syndicated Content Jul 08, 2021
Australia govt to appeal court ruling on climate change duty of care
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's government said on Friday it would challenge a court ruling that found the environment minister has an obligation to the next generation to consider the harm caused b...
Syndicated Content Jul 08, 2021
Top investor in Australia’s Myer kicks off board reshuffle talks with shareholders
(Reuters) -Myer Holdings' top shareholder Premier Investments said on Friday it has begun talks with fellow shareholders to revamp the company's board, after raising its stake in the high-street retai...
Syndicated Content Jul 08, 2021
Militia commanders rush to aid Afghan forces against Taliban
KABUL (Reuters) - A prominent anti-Taliban commander with private militia will help Afghan forces in their fight against Taliban insurgents to claw back control over parts of western Afghanistan inclu...
Syndicated Content Jul 08, 2021
Arrest warrant issued for Mexican airline magnate – report
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - An arrest warrant has been issued in Mexico for Miguel Aleman, co-founder of budget airline Interjet, on criminal tax fraud charges, according to a judicial source with knowled...
Syndicated Content Jul 08, 2021
EV maker Nio to have 4,000 battery swapping stations globally in 2025
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio Inc plans to have 4,000 battery swapping stations globally in 2025, its president Qin Lihong said on Friday. The company, which makes premium ele...
Syndicated Content Jul 08, 2021
Exclusive: U.S. set to add more Chinese companies to blacklist over Xinjiang
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is set as early as Friday to add at least 10 more Chinese companies and other entities to its economic blacklist over alleged human rights abuses and hi...
Syndicated Content Jul 08, 2021
Zaila Avant-garde, 14, wins spelling bee with ‘Murraya’
(Reuters) - Zaila Avant-garde, 14, won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday by correctly spelling Murraya, a genus of plants, becoming the first African American to win the 90-year-old compet...
Syndicated Content Jul 08, 2021
Asian stocks hit 2-mth lows as fast-spreading Delta variant shatters confidence
By Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares stumbled to two-month lows on Friday and were set for their worst weekly performance since February as confidence took a beating over the global spread ...
Syndicated Content Jul 08, 2021
MMA-McGregor predicts Poirier will leave Octagon on a stretcher
(Reuters) - Conor McGregor said he has "hammers for hands" and will use them to avenge his defeat by Dustin Poirier earlier this year when the pair meet in their trilogy fight at T-Mobile Arena in Las...
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