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Euro soccer tournament under fire for helping spread COVID-19
By Nikolaj Skydsgaard and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The Euro 2020 soccer tournament was on Thursday blamed for a surge in coronavirus cases as fans have flocked to stadiums, bars ...
Jul 01, 2021
El Salvador’s Bukele seeks 20% minimum wage hike, orders food handouts
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) -El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele on Thursday requested a minimum wage hike of 20% from August due to poor Salvadorans suffering from global inflation. Bukele, speaking in a...
Jul 01, 2021
Olympics-Djokovic and Federer named in Olympic tournament
(Fixes typo in headline) LONDON (Reuters) - World number one Novak Djokovic and 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer were both named on the list of players for the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday -- a...
Jul 01, 2021
Panel advises Dutch government to apologise for slavery
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - An advisory panel in the Netherlands has told the government to acknowledge that the 17th-19th century transatlantic slave trade amounted to crimes against humanity, and to apolo...
Jul 01, 2021
Exclusive: Iran restricts IAEA access to main enrichment plant after attack -diplomats
By John Irish and Francois Murphy PARIS/VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has been restricting U.N. nuclear inspectors' access to its main uranium enrichment plant at Natanz, citing security concerns after what...
Jul 01, 2021
MKS Instruments to buy Atotech for $5.1 billion to expand chip manufacturing offerings
(Reuters) -Semiconductor equipment maker MKS Instruments Inc said on Thursday it will buy specialty chemicals group Atotech Ltd for about $5.1 billion to expand its chip manufacturing offerings. The c...
Jul 01, 2021
Detained U.S. journalist says he is okay as Myanmar case adjourned
(Reuters) - Detained U.S. journalist Daniel Fenster appeared to have lost weight but said he was fine on Thursday as his case on incitement charges was adjourned in a Myanmar court to July 15, his law...
Jul 01, 2021
Emerging market portfolio net foreign inflows nearly triple in June -IIF
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Foreign net flows to emerging market equity and debt portfolios accelerated in June to nearly three times the May figure despite a hawkish tilt from the U.S. Federal Reserve mid-m...
Jul 01, 2021
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall; layoffs hit 21-year low in June
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, while layoffs plunged to a 21-year low in June as compan...
Jul 01, 2021
Myanmar protesters burn army uniform five months after coup
(Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Myanmar's biggest city Yangon on Thursday, setting fire to an army uniform and chanting calls for democracy five months after a military coup ...
Jul 01, 2021
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