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Exclusive: Ethiopia to reopen bidding for second telecoms licence, officials say
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia will open bidding for its second telecoms operator licence this month, two senior government officials said on Monday, including the right to operate mobile financial ...
Aug 02, 2021
Olympics-Equestrian-Britain win team eventing gold medal
By Shadia Nasralla TOKYO (Reuters) - Britain's Oliver Townend, Laura Collett and Tom McEwen won team gold in equestrian eventing at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday. Australia claimed the silver medal, im...
Aug 02, 2021
Grab’s sales jump 39% in Q1, ahead of record SPAC deal
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Grab, Southeast Asia's biggest ride hailing-to-food delivery group's first-quarter adjusted net sales rose 39% to a record $507 million and the Singapore-based firm reduced its l...
Aug 02, 2021
Thailand steps up home isolation as virus cases strain hospitals
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will increase the number of people required to isolate at home with COVID-19 to 100,000, health officials said on Monday, as capacity in healthcare facilities dwindles ami...
Aug 02, 2021
Foot Locker to buy two retailers for $1.1 billion – WSJ
(Reuters) - Footwear retailer Foot Locker Inc will buy two retailers for a total of about $1.1 billion in cash deals, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Foot Locker is expected to announce th...
Aug 02, 2021
In Bolsonaro’s backyard, Brazil central bank pressures banks to hew to greener line
By Carolina Mandl and Jamie McGeever SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank is preparing to require banks to account for potential losses from climate change-related phenomena such as dr...
Aug 02, 2021
Olympics-Soccer-U.S women stunned in semi-final loss to Canada
TOKYO (Reuters) -The World Cup-winning United States fell to a surprise 1-0 defeat to Canada in the semi-finals of the women's Olympic football tournament on Monday, with Jessie Fleming grabbing the w...
Aug 02, 2021
Financial regulators urgently need to get a grip on ‘Big Tech’ – BIS
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Central banks and financial regulators urgently need to get to grips with the growing influence of 'Big Tech', according to top officials from central bank umbrella gr...
Aug 02, 2021
Hong Kong tells civil servants to get vaccinated or pay for COVID-19 tests
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Unvaccinated Hong Kong government employees, as well as education and health workers will soon have to pay for regular COVID-19 tests, city leader Carrie Lam said on Monday, anno...
Aug 02, 2021
Blast and financial crisis weigh heavily on mental health of Lebanese
By Maha El Dahan and Imad Creidi BEIRUT (Reuters) - Tatiana Hasrouty had always felt safe in her home, a few kilometers away from Beirut port where her father had worked for decades at the facility's ...
Aug 02, 2021
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