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Britain’s Watches of Switzerland allocates cash for U.S., EU acquisitions
ZURICH (Reuters) - Britain's luxury watch retailer Watches of Switzerland (WoS) expects strong growth in its British market in the next five years and has allocated cash for acquisitions in the United...
Jul 08, 2021
S.Korea’s LG Chem, LGES pledge $13 billion in battery investment by 2030
By Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) - LG Chem Ltd and its wholly-owned battery subsidiary LG Energy Solution (LGES) plan to invest a combined 15.1 trillion won ($13.17 billion) in South Korea this decade...
Jul 08, 2021
EU will ‘never, ever’ accept two-state deal on Cyprus
NICOSIA (Reuters) - The European Union will "never, ever" accept a two state deal on ethnically-split Cyprus, the head of its executive said on Thursday. Ursula von der Leyen, who was visiting Cyprus,...
Jul 08, 2021
Panasonic boss says Tesla relationship unaffected by share sale
TOKYO (Reuters) -Panasonic Corp's new CEO on Thursday said the Japanese company's battery supply relationship with Tesla Inc remains strong even after it sold all its shares in the U.S. electric carma...
Jul 08, 2021
Japan PM Suga declares state of COVID-19 emergency in Tokyo
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga formally declared on Thursday a state of emergency in Tokyo, putting restrictions aimed at curbing coronavirus infections in place through Augu...
Jul 08, 2021
School’s out for good? Lebanese teachers flee as financial crisis builds
By Maha El Dahan and Imad Creidi BEIRUT (Reuters) - Sorbonne-educated Chryssoula Fayad spent nearly two decades teaching history and geography at Lebanon's elite French schools, ultimately heading dep...
Jul 08, 2021
France welcomes New Caledonia’s new president before territory’s final independence vote
PARIS (Reuters) - France's overseas territories minister on Thursday welcomed news that New Caledonia had elected Louis Mapou as its first pro-independence president since a 1998 deal with Paris to gr...
Jul 08, 2021
With cases stabilising, Taiwan to partially ease COVID-19 curbs
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan will partially ease its COVID-19 curbs next week but will officially maintain its existing alert level until later in the month, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said on Thurs...
Jul 08, 2021
Tesla sold 33,155 China-made vehicles in June – CPCA
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc sold 33,155 China-made vehicles, including those for export, in June, China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) said on Thursday. CPCA also said ...
Jul 08, 2021
World food prices fall in June for first time in a year – FAO
ROME (Reuters) - World food prices fell in June for the first time in 12 months, pushed lower by declines in vegetable oils, cereals and dairy products, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday...
Jul 08, 2021
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