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Former Pentagon official to be named to key U.S. Commerce Dept post in U.S.-China tech battle -source
By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) -Alan Estevez, a former Pentagon official, is expected to be nominated as the U.S. Commerce Department's undersecretary for industry and security, a key post in the U.S.-Ch...
Jul 13, 2021
Do more: UK’s Johnson calls on firms to tackle internet’s ‘dark spaces’
LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will tell social media companies on Tuesday to do more to tackle online abuse, condemning racist comments made against England's soccer players a...
Jul 13, 2021
Brussels to back Bosnia’s EU bid after jitters over strategy
By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will try to reassure Bosnians of its readiness to admit their country one day, according to an internal document seen by Reuters, after an unoff...
Jul 13, 2021
Yellen says prepared to launch Treasury debt limit measures
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Tuesday she would notify Congress that she will immediately launch extraordinary Treasury cash management measures if Congress fails t...
Jul 13, 2021
Conagra Brands cuts annual profit forecast on cost pressures
(Reuters) -Conagra Brands Inc lowered its full-year profit forecast on Tuesday, as the packaged foods company expects to take a hit from higher commodity prices and shipping logjams. Margins for packa...
Jul 13, 2021
Greece to require vaccination or negative test at indoor restaurants
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will require customers at indoor restaurants, bars and cafes to prove they have been vaccinated against COVID-19 or have tested negative within the last three days, the gover...
Jul 13, 2021
U.S. Treasury’s Yellen ‘pleased’ with delay to EU digital levy
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Reuters on Tuesday she was pleased by the European Commission's decision to delay its announcement of a proposed EU digital levy because ...
Jul 13, 2021
Tigray rebels say they capture main town, push south and west
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Rebels in Ethiopia's Tigray region said on Tuesday they had recaptured a main town from rival forces and were pushing to take back more territory. Reuters was unable to independent...
Jul 13, 2021
Dutch coronavirus reproduction rate jumps, mostly young adults infected
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Netherlands' coronavirus reproduction rate jumped to 2.17 on Tuesday, up from 1.37 a week earlier, health authorities said, amid a spike in infections in young adults. In a t...
Jul 13, 2021
Volkswagen aims for half of vehicles sales to be electric by 2030
WOLFSBURG, Germany (Reuters) - Volkswagen on Tuesday said battery electric vehicles were expected to account for half of global vehicle sales by 2030, as Europe's largest carmaker prepares to phase ou...
Jul 13, 2021
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