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China’s June exports rise 32.2% year-on-year, beat forecast; imports up 36.7%
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's exports in June beat expectations and rose at a faster pace of 32.2% from a year earlier, thanks to strong global demand, while imports increased 36.7%, customs data showed...
Jul 12, 2021
U.S. lawmakers ask for meeting on WTO waiver with Merkel during Washington visit
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nine Democratic U.S. lawmakers on Monday urged Germany to drop its "blockade" of a COVID-19 related waiver of intellectual property rights under global trade rules, and asked Ch...
Jul 12, 2021
Tokyo police arrests 4 Olympics workers for cocaine usage
TOKYO (Reuters) - Four electricians engaged in maintenance works for the Tokyo Olympic Games have been arrested for allegedly using cocaine, a spokesperson for the Tokyo metropolitan police said on Tu...
Jul 12, 2021
Olympics: Briton Johnson-Thompson ready for Tokyo after injury return
(Reuters) - Britain's heptathlon world champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson said she is fully fit after recovering from a ruptured Achilles tendon and is ready to compete at the Tokyo Olympics. Johnson-...
Jul 12, 2021
BioNTech had planned five million vaccines to Taiwan by July, diplomat says
TAIPEI (Reuters) - BioNTech SE had planned to send Taiwan five million COVID-19 vaccine doses by July under an original deal which collapsed in January, Taipei's top diplomat in Berlin said on Tuesday...
Jul 12, 2021
China customs says trade may slow in second-half, flags pandemic uncertainties
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's customs administration spokesperson Li Kuiwen said on Tuesday that the country's trade may slow in the second half of 2021, mainly reflecting the statistical impact of the ...
Jul 12, 2021
Aptiv, Lear join Mexico’s effort to ramp up vaccinations at border
By Jose Luis Gonzalez CIUDAD JUAREZ (Reuters) - Auto part suppliers Aptiv PLC and Lear Corp turned their plants and parking lots in the northern Mexico border city of Ciudad Juarez into COVID-19 vacci...
Jul 12, 2021
China market regulator approves Tencent’s $3.5 billion deal to take Sogou private
(Reuters) - China's antitrust regulator unconditionally approved on Tuesday Tencent Holdings Ltd's plan to take the country's no.3 search engine Sogou Inc private in a $3.5 billion deal. Reuters had r...
Jul 12, 2021
ATP roundup: American Jenson Brooksby wins at Newport, R.I., grass tourney
American Jenson Brooksby took down Russian Evgeny Donskoy 7-5, 6-3 on Monday to reach the second round at the Hall of Fame Open in Newport, R.I. Brooksby, 20, delivered on 67 percent of his first serv...
Jul 12, 2021
Asia shares track Wall Street higher as investors await earnings
By Julie Zhu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian shares climbed in early trade on Tuesday after Wall Street hit record highs overnight, as investors awaited the second-quarter earnings season and a batch of e...
Jul 12, 2021
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