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‘This is like a nightmare’: Thousands displaced as floods hit Bangladesh Rohingya camps
By Ruma Paul (Reuters) - Heavy monsoon rains triggered landslides and flash floods in refugees camps displacing thousands of Rohingya Muslims in southeastern Bangladesh this week, U.N. and other offic...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-IOC chief Bach admires courageous Biles
By Ossian Shine TOKYO (Reuters) - Simone Biles's bravery in confronting mental health challenges head on is admirable, IOC president Thomas Bach told a small group of reporters at the Tokyo Olympics o...
Jul 30, 2021
Bullard: Fed should taper this fall, go “fairly rapidly” to end early 2022
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve should start reducing its $120 billion in monthly bond purchases this fall and cut them "fairly rapidly" so the program ends in the first months of 2022 and ...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-Table Tennis-China’s Ma wins men’s singles gold
By Eimi Yamamitsu TOKYO (Reuters) - China's Ma Long defeated compatriot Fan Zhendong 4-2 to win men's singles table tennis gold on Friday. The bronze medal went to Germany's Dimitrij Ovtcharov. (Repor...
Jul 30, 2021
COVID vaccine protection highly likely to wane over time – UK advisers say
LONDON (Reuters) - The protection that vaccines give against coronavirus infection, and potentially severe disease, is highly likely to wane over time so vaccine campaigns will continue for years to c...
Jul 30, 2021
Olympics-Athletics-Shock 10,000m winner, DQ for U.S. in mixed relay on opening night
By Mitch Phillips TOKYO (Reuters) - The Olympic athletics programme opened with a huge surprise and a shock disqualification on Friday as Ethiopian youngster Selemon Barega claimed a stunning 10,000 m...
Jul 30, 2021
U.S. equity funds see big inflows on earnings optimism – Lipper
(Reuters) - U.S. equity funds saw strong inflows in the week to July 28, bolstered by optimism over earnings and hopes for a faster economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S. equity funds attr...
Jul 30, 2021
No toxic fallout from German chemical blast, official says
DUESSELDORF (Reuters) - The fallout from Tuesday's fatal blast at an industrial estate in western Germany did not contain any toxic substances, an official from the regional environmental protection a...
Jul 30, 2021
Russian retailer Magnit eyes expansion of new ready-to-eat project
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Magnit, one of Russia's largest food retailers, said on Friday it had launched a range of ready-to-eat products at certain stores and could develop the project further with the cons...
Jul 30, 2021
Gopuff valued at $15 billion after raising funds from global investors
(Reuters) -Delivery startup Gopuff said on Friday it raised $1 billion from global investors, including Guggenheim Investments and SoftBank Vision Fund 1, valuing the company at around $15 billion. Th...
Jul 30, 2021
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