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South Korea summons Japan envoy over islands on Olympics map
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea summoned Japan's deputy ambassador on Tuesday to protest over a map on the Tokyo Olympics website that showed a set of South Korea-controlled islands as J...
Jun 01, 2021
Bullish German job market data points to consumer-driven recovery
BERLIN (Reuters) - German unemployment fell more than expected in May as companies hired more staff in light of a recovery in Europe's largest economy helped by falling coronavirus infections and an e...
Jun 01, 2021
China fines 15 educational firms for false advertising and fraud
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's market regulator fined 15 private tutoring firms a combined 36.5 million yuan ($5.73 million) for false advertising and pricing frauds, the official People's Daily newspape...
Jun 01, 2021
Euro zone factory growth, input costs hit record highs in May: PMI
LONDON (Reuters) - Euro zone manufacturing activity expanded at a record pace in May, according to a survey on Tuesday which suggested growth would have been even faster without supply bottlenecks tha...
Jun 01, 2021
China administered total of 661.47 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine as of May 31
BEIJING (Reuters) - China administered about 22.3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines on May 31, bringing the total number of doses administered to 661.47 million, data from the National Health Commiss...
Jun 01, 2021
China’s third-child policy boosts shares in toy, diaper makers
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Shares in Chinese toy makers, diaper producers and infant food companies soared for the second day on Tuesday, as investors piled into stocks seen as benefitting from Beijing's ne...
Jun 01, 2021
German manufacturing hums along in May despite supply bottlenecks – PMI
BERLIN (Reuters) - Strong demand kept German factories humming in May even as supply bottlenecks and high material costs held back the sector, a survey showed on Tuesday. IHS Markit's Final Purchasing...
Jun 01, 2021
French manufacturing grows at fastest rate in 20 years in May – PMI
PARIS (Reuters) - French manufacturing activity expanded at the fastest rate in more than two decades in May as firms struggled to work off backlogs built up during the coronavirus pandemic, a survey ...
Jun 01, 2021
Domino’s to hire 5,000 staff in UK as demand ramps up
(Reuters) -Domino's Pizza Group said on Tuesday it would hire 5,000 pizza chefs and delivery drivers to bolster its 1,100 UK stores as customer demand heats up. The move comes as British pubs and rest...
Jun 01, 2021
EQT in 1.8 billion euro bid for Telefonica submarine cables, website reports
MADRID (Reuters) - The Swedish fund EQT has offered 1.8 billion euros ($2.2 billion) to buy Telefonica's submarine cable business, Spanish website El Confidencial reported on Tuesday, citing unidentif...
Jun 01, 2021
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