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Olympics-Organisers report 24 new Games-related COVID-19 cases
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Olympics organisers on Thursday reported 24 new Games-related COVID-19 cases, including three athletes. The latest daily cases have brought the total Games-linked number since ...
Jul 28, 2021
China’s assets remain attractive despite recent correction – state media
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's state media on Thursday said yuan-denominated assets remain attractive and that short-term market panic does not represent long-term value, the latest official effort to s...
Jul 28, 2021
Olmypics-Athletics-Ingebrigtsen keeps it in the family in Tokyo gold chase
By Philip O'Connor TOKYO (Reuters) - Norway's middle-distance prodigy Jakob Ingebrigtsen has been keeping things very much in the family as he aims for Olympic gold in Tokyo, training together with hi...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Swimming-Australian Stubblety-Cook wins men’s 200m breaststroke gold
TOKYO (Reuters) - Izaac Stubblety-Cook of Australia won the gold medal in the men's 200m breaststroke at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday. Arno Kamminga of Netherlands won silver and Matti Mattsson of F...
Jul 28, 2021
Biden to ask federal workers Thursday to get vaccinated or face testing -source
By David Shepardson and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday is expected to announce that about two million civilian federal workers will need to be vaccinated agai...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Swimming-American Finke wins men’s 800m freestyle
TOKYO (Reuters) - Robert Finke of United States won the gold medal in the men's 800m freestyle at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday. Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy won the silver and Mykhailo Romanchuk of...
Jul 28, 2021
Powell presses pause on dollar’s rally; sterling surging
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar hovered around a two-week low on Thursday, weighed down by the latest insistence from Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell that rate increases aren'...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Rowing-Italy win lightweight women’s double sculls gold
TOKYO (Reuters) - Italy won Olympic rowing gold in the lightweight women's double sculls on Thursday at Tokyo's Sea Forest Waterway. France took silver, while the Netherlands claimed bronze. (Reportin...
Jul 28, 2021
Hyundai Motor, LG’s battery unit to invest $1 billion in EV partnership
(Reuters) - South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution said on Thursday they would set up a joint venture (JV) in Indonesia to establish a battery cell plant for electric vehicles (EV), ...
Jul 28, 2021
China regulator talks to investment banks to calm market jitters – sources
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Securities and Regulatory Commission (CSRC) on Wednesday night held a meeting with executives of top global investment banks with an aim to calm financial markets nerves,...
Jul 28, 2021
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