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FOCUS ON-Rowing at the Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO (Reuters) - Focus on rowing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: THE ABSOLUTE BASICS * There are two distinct categories of events, contested on a 2,000m course: sculling and sweep. * Sculling involves t...
Jul 22, 2021
Olympics-Tennis-Djokovic has Golden Slam in his sights but taking one step at a time
By Sudipto Ganguly TOKYO (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic has learnt from his previous Olympics eartbreak and will not allow himself to be distracted from his quest to become the first man to complete the G...
Jul 22, 2021
Faraday begins trading, aims for launch of high-end crossover vehicle
By Ben Klayman DETROIT (Reuters) - Electric carmaker Faraday Future on Thursday officially begins life as a publicly traded stock after shareholders of the blank-check money it merged with approved th...
Jul 22, 2021
FOCUS ON-Archery at the Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO (Reuters) - Focus on archery at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: THE ABSOLUTE BASICS * There are three types of bow used in archery - recurve, compound and barebow. The recurve bow is the only one used ...
Jul 22, 2021
Preparing to bow out, Merkel too busy to think about life after office
By Madeline Chambers BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Angela Merkel made clear on Thursday she would keep working on issues such as climate change till her last day as chancellor but, inscrutable as ever,...
Jul 22, 2021
Bulgaria’s interim government offers to revamp budget and raise pensions
SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's interim government proposes to amend the 2021 fiscal budget and use surplus revenue to boost state pensions and prepare the Balkan country for any upsurge in the COVID-19 ...
Jul 22, 2021
Index Ventures raises $3.1 billion in new funds
BERLIN (Reuters) - Index Ventures said on Thursday it had raised $3.1 billion from investors, stepping up the scale of its operations amid a record-breaking boom in venture capital funding, after pull...
Jul 22, 2021
U.S. names special envoy to Haiti to help facilitate peace, probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday announced a special envoy to help coordinate U.S. assistance in Haiti, including efforts promoting long-term peace and elections after the assassin...
Jul 22, 2021
Olympics-Archery-Five to watch at the Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO (Reuters) - Five archers to watch at the Tokyo Olympics: BRADY ELLISON (UNITED STATES) Ranked number one in the world, and a three-times Olympic archery medallist, Ellison is enjoying the best t...
Jul 22, 2021
Uber’s trucking unit to buy Transplace for $2.25 billion
(Reuters) -Uber Technologies Inc said on Thursday its trucking unit would buy transportation logistics company Transplace for about $2.25 billion from private equity firm TPG Capital. The deal consist...
Jul 22, 2021
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